BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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1997 festival

The 'Berlin International Film Festival', also called the '""' (in reference to the Biennale at Venice), ranks alongside Venice and Cannes as Europe's leading film festival.[1] It is the film festival with most visitors (admissions) worldwide.[2] It is held annually in February (in 2007 from 8 February until 18 February) and has been held since 1951. The jury places special emphasis on representing films from all over the world. The awards are called the Golden and Silver Bears (the Bear is the symbol of Berlin).
The premieres are held in the Berlinale Palast located at Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1.

Contents
Awards
Golden Bear
Silver Bear
Others
Golden Bear winners
See also
References
External links

Awards



Golden Bear


★ Best Motion Picture

★ Lifetime Achievement ("Honorary Golden Bear")
Silver Bear


★ Best Director

★ Best Actor

★ Best Actress

★ Best Music

★ Extraordinary achievement by a single artist

★ Grand Prize of the Jury (Short film award)
Others


★ Panorama Publikumspreis, the Audience Award

★ Berlinale Camera, a special award for services to the Festival

★ A Crystal Bear for the Best Film in the 14plus Competition[2]

Teddy Award
Golden Bear winners

Year Film Director Country of origin
1952 ''Hon dansade en sommar'' Arne Mattsson Sweden
1953 ''The Wages of Fear'' Henri-Georges Clouzot France/Italy
1954 ''Hobson's Choice'' David Lean United Kingdom
1955 ''Die Ratten'' Robert Siodmak Federal Republic of Germany
1956 ''Invitation To The Dance'' Gene Kelly United States
1957 ''12 Angry Men'' Sidney Lumet United States
1958 ''Wild Strawberries'' Ingmar Bergman Sweden
1959 ''Les Cousins'' Claude Chabrol France
1960 ''El Lazarillo de Tormes'' César Ardavin Spain
1961 ''La notte'' Michelangelo Antonioni Italy
1962 ''A Kind of Loving'' John Schlesinger United Kingdom
1963 ''Il Diavolo'' Gian Luigi Polidoro Italy
1964 ''Susuz Yaz'' Ismail Metin Karabey Turkey
1965 ''Alphaville'' Jean-Luc Godard France/Italy
1966 ''Cul-de-Sac'' Roman Polanski United Kingdom
1967 ''Le départ'' Jerzy Skolimowski Belgium
1968 ''Ole dole doff'' Jan Troell Sweden
1969 ''Rani Radovi'' Želimir Žilnik Yugoslavia
1970 N/A N/A N/A
1971 ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' Vittorio De Sica Italy/W. Germany
1972 ''The Canterbury Tales'' Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy
1973 ''Distant Thunder'' Satyajit Ray India
1974 ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' Ted Kotcheff Canada
1975 ''Adoption'' Márta Mészáros Hungary
1976 ''Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson'' Robert Altman United States
1977 ''The Ascent'' Larisa Shepitko Soviet Union
1978 ''Las Truchas'' José Luis García Sánchez Spain
''Ascensor'' Tomas Munoz Spain
''La Palabras de Max'' Emilio Martínez Lázaro Spain
1979 ''David'' Peter Lilienthal West Germany
1980 ''Heartland'' Richard Pearce United States
''Palermo or Wolfsburg'' Werner Schroeter West Germany
1981 ''Deprisa, Deprisa'' Carlos Saura Spain (co-production with France)
1982 ''Veronika Voss'' Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany
1983 ''Ascendancy'' Edward Bennett United Kingdom
''The Beehive'' Mario Camus Spain
1984 ''Love Streams'' John Cassavetes United States
1985 ''Die Frau und der Fremde'' Rainer Simon East Germany
''Wetherby'' David Hare United Kingdom
1986 ''Stammheim'' Reinhard Hauff West Germany
1987 ''The Theme'' Gleb Panfilov Soviet Union
1988 ''Red Sorghum'' Zhang Yimou China
1989 ''Rain Man'' Barry Levinson United States
1990 ''Music Box'' Costa-Gavras United States
''Larks on a String'' Jiri Menzel Czechoslovakia
1991 ''La Casa del sorriso'' Marco Ferreri Italy
1992 ''Grand Canyon'' Lawrence Kasdan United States
1993 ''Woman Sesame Oil Maker'' Xie Fei China
''The Wedding Banquet'' Ang Lee Taiwan/United States
1994 ''In the Name of the Father'' Jim Sheridan UK/Ireland
1995 ''L'Appât'' Bertrand Tavernier France
1996 ''Sense and Sensibility'' Ang Lee United States/United Kingdom
1997 ''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' Miloš Forman United States
1998 ''Central Station'' Walter Salles Brazil (co-produced with France)
1999 ''The Thin Red Line'' Terrence Malick United States
2000 ''Magnolia'' Paul Thomas Anderson United States
2001 ''Intimacy'' Patrice Chéreau UK (co-produced with France, Germany and Spain)
2002 ''Spirited Away'' Hayao Miyazaki Japan
''Bloody Sunday'' Paul Greengrass UK/Ireland
2003 ''In This World'' Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom
2004 ''Head-On'' Fatih Akin Germany/Turkey
2005 ''U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha'' Marc Dornford-May South Africa
2006 ''Grbavica'' Jasmila Žbanić Bosnia and Herzegovina (co-produced with Austria, Germany and Croatia)
2007 ''Tuya's Marriage'' Wang Quan'an China

See also



Academy Awards

List of films featuring Berlin

References


1. [1]
2. http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/recap2000/statistics.html

External links



Official website



Berlin Life: An introduction to the Berlin Film Festival

Review of the 2006 Berlin Film Festival

Signandsight about the director Dieter Kosslick

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