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Click on film title to see reviewBrazilian film The Elite Squad by Jose Padilha was the surprise winner of this year s Golden Bear at the Berlinale, beating off critics favourites such as There Will be Blood and Happy-Go-Lucky. It is the first Brazilian film to receive the top honour in Berlin since Walter Salles Central Stationin 1998. Accepting his award from the jury president Costa-Gavras, Padilha said that the Greek-born filmmaker is a like a hero to all Latin-American film-makers. In his review for Screen, Jonathan Romney wrote that <a href=https://www.stanleyus.us>stanley us</a> Padilha s first fiction venture, which sold mo <a href=https://www.stanleymug.us>stanley mug</a> re than 2.4m ticke <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.fr>stanley cup</a> ts at the Brazilian box-office last year was intelligent, energetic and immensely watchable . It was co-produced by Universal Pictures International, which has distribution rights in Latin America and is being sold in the rest of the world by The Weinstein Company TWC . We are so pleased for Jose Padilha and everyone involved in Tropa de Elite and we are grateful to the Berlin Film Festival for embracing the film, said Glen Basner who is head of international distribution at TWC. This award and the critical acclaim it has received will certainly jump start the worldwide release of the film and we, along with Eduardo Costantini, Costa Films and The Latin American Film Company, look forward to providing it with a strong voice in the months to come. Speaking about the International Jury s work, president Costa-Gavras praised the friendship and seriousness of his fellow jur