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55th Berlin International Film Festival

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Opening film
  
Man to Man

Location
  
Berlin, Germany

Hosted by
  
Anke Engelke

Closing film
  
Kinsey

Founded
  
1951


Awards
  
Golden Bear (U-Carmen eKhayelitsha)

The 55th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10–20, 2005. Man to Man by Régis Wargnier served as opening night film. The festival closed with Kinsey by Bill Condon. The Golden Bear was awarded to South African film U-Carmen eKhayelitsha directed by Mark Dornford-May.

Contents

The retrospective was dedicated to the scene formers. It was titled Production Design + Film. Locations, Settings, Spaces and was divided into five sections and a total of 45 films were shown at the festival.

Jury

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

  • Roland Emmerich - Head of jury
  • Ingeborga Dapkunaite
  • Bai Ling
  • Franka Potente
  • Wouter Barendrecht
  • Nino Cerruti
  • Andrei Kurkov
  • Gabriela Tagliavini - Short films
  • Marten Rabarts - Short films
  • Susan Korda - Short films

    • In competition

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

    Short Film In-competition

    The following short films were selected:

    Awards

    The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

  • Golden Bear
  • U-Carmen eKhayelitsha: Mark Dornford-May
  • Silver Bear
  • Best Film Music - The Beat That My Heart Skipped: Alexandre Desplat
  • Best Actor - Thumbsucker: Lou Taylor Pucci
  • Best Actress - Sophie Scholl: The Final Days: Julia Jentsch
  • Best Director - Sophie Scholl: The Final Days: Marc Rothemund
  • Best Short Film - The Intervention: Jay Duplass and Jam Session: Izabela Plucinska
  • Outstanding Artistic Achievement - The Wayward Cloud: Tsai Ming-liang
  • Jury Grand Prix
  • Peacock: Gu Changwei
  • Silver Bear - Honorable Mention
  • Best Short Film - Don Kishot be'Yerushalaim: Dani Rosenberg
  • Honorary Golden Bear
  • Fernando Fernán Gómez
  • Kwon-taek Im
  • Berlinale Camera
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Katrin Sass
  • Helene Schwarz
  • Best Short Film
  • Milk: Peter Mackie Burns
  • Panorama Audience Award
  • Best Feature Film - Live and Become: Radu Mihăileanu
  • Best Short Film - Hi Maya: Claudia Lorenz
  • Crystal Bear
  • Best Short Film - The Djarn Djarns: Wayne Blair
  • Best Feature Film - Bluebird: Mijke de Jong
  • 14plus: Best Feature Film - Voces inocentes: Luis Mandoki
  • Crystal Bear - Special Mention
  • Best Short Film - Does God Play Football: Michael A. Walker and Wind: Erik van Schaaik
  • Best Feature Film - The Italian: Andrey Kravchuk and The Color of Milk: Torun Lian
  • 14plus: Best Feature Film - Turtles Can Fly: Bahman Ghobadi
  • FIPRESCI Award
  • The Wayward Cloud: Tsai Ming-liang

    • References

    55th Berlin International Film Festival Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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