46th Berlin International Film Festival

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Location Berlin, Germany No. of films 339 films Website Website		Founded 1951 Festival date 15 – 26 February 1996

Awards Golden Bear (Sense and Sensibility)

The 46th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1996. The Golden Bear was awarded to British-American film Sense and Sensibility directed by Ang Lee. The retrospective dedicated to American film director, producer and screenwriter William Wyler was shown at the festival.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

Nikita Mikhalkov (Head of the Jury)

Gila Almagor

Vincenzo Cerami

Joan Chen

Ann Hui

Peter Lilienthal

Jürgen Prochnow

Claude Rich

Fay Weldon

Catherine Wyler

Christian Zeender

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

Golden Bear: Sense and Sensibility by Ang Lee

Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize: Lust och fägring stor by Bo Widerberg

Silver Bear for Best Director:

Yim Ho for Taiyang you er

Richard Loncraine for Richard III

Silver Bear for Best Actress: Anouk Grinberg for Mon homme

Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sean Penn for Dead Man Walking

Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Yōichi Higashi for Eno nakano bokuno mura

Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Andrzej Wajda for Wielki tydzień

Alfred Bauer Prize: Vite strozzate

Honourable Mention:

Mahjong by Edward Yang

Stille Nacht by Dani Levy

Rì guāng xiá gǔ by He Ping

Blue Angel Award: Lust och fägring stor by Bo Widerberg

Honorary Golden Bear:

Jack Lemmon

Elia Kazan

Berlinale Camera:

Tschingis Aitmatov

Jodie Foster

Sally Field

Astrid Henning-Jensen

Volker Noth

FIPRESCI Award

Taiyang you er by Yim Ho

References

46th Berlin International Film Festival Wikipedia

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Jury

Films in competition

Awards

References