50th Berlin International Film Festival

50th Berlin International Film Festival

Festival poster
Opening film The Million Dollar Hotel
Closing film Bossa Nova
Location Berlin, Germany
Founded 1951
Awards Golden Bear (Magnolia)
Number of films 240 films[1]
Festival date February 9 – 20, 2000
Website http://www.berlinale.de

The 50th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 9 to 20, 2000.[2] The festival opened with The Million Dollar Hotel by Wim Wenders.[3][4] Bossa Nova by Bruno Barreto, screened out of competition was the closing film of the festival.[5] The Golden Bear was awarded to American film Magnolia directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.[6]

The retrospective titled Artificial People and dedicated to artificial beings and machines in the films was shown at the festival, screening films like Der Golem and The Terminator.[7] On its 50th anniversary the premieres of the films in competition at the festival moved from Zoo Palast to Theater am Potsdamer Platz located at Potsdamer Platz.[8]

Jury

Gong Li, Jury President

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[9]

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Any Given Sunday Any Given Sunday Oliver Stone USA
The Beach The Beach Danny Boyle USA, UK
Boy's Choir Akira Ogata Japan
The Road Home Zhang Yimou China
The Hurricane The Hurricane Norman Jewison USA
Love Me Laetitia Masson France
Magnolia Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson USA
Clouds of May Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey
The Sea Agustí Villaronga Spain
The Million Dollar Hotel The Million Dollar Hotel Wim Wenders USA, UK, Germany
Man on the Moon Man on the Moon Miloš Forman USA, UK, Germany, Japan
Sky Hook Ljubiša Samardžić Yugoslavia, Italy
Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women Rudolf Thome Germany
First Light of Dawn Lucio Gaudino Italy
Russkiy bunt Aleksandr Proshkin Russia, France
Signs and Wonders Jonathan Nossiter France
The Legend of Rita Volker Schlöndorff Germany
The Talented Mr. Ripley The Talented Mr. Ripley Anthony Minghella USA
Water Drops on Burning Rocks François Ozon France
The Island Tales Stanley Kwan Japan, Hong Kong, China
Of Woman and Magic Claude Miller France

Key

† Winner of the main award for best film in its section
The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.

Awards

Paul Thomas Anderson, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "PROGRAMME 2000". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "50th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  3. ↑ "Magnolia Blooms in Berlin". nitrateonline.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "The tension between cinematic vision and life itself". wsws.org. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "'Magnolia' blooms in Berlin". wsws.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  6. 1 2 "PRIZES & HONOURS 2000". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "RETROSPECTIVE". Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Berlinale beginnings". Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "JURIES 2000". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

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