The critics' choice
The German film critics’ guild announced the recipients of its annual awards for the best productions of 2002.
The 300 members choice as best film of the year was the multiple award-winning Halbe Treppe [+see also:
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Best documentary was won by Thomas Ridelsheimer’s Rivers and Tide about sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.
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