50th Berlin International Film Festival

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50th Berlin International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Opening film The Million Dollar Hotel
Closing film Bossa Nova
Location Berlin, Germany
Founded1951
Awards Golden Bear: Magnolia
No. of films240 films [1]
Festival date920 February 2000
Website http://www.berlinale.de
Berlin International Film Festival chronology

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]

Contents

The Golden Bear was awarded to 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 The Golem: How He Came into the World 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]

Juries

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Gong Li, Jury President

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

Main Competition

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition: [1]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
Any Given Sunday Oliver Stone United States
The Beach Danny Boyle United States, United Kingdom
Boy's Choir独立少年合唱団 Akira Ogata Japan
Clouds of May Mayis Sikintisi Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey
First Light of Dawn Prime luci dell'albaLucio GaudinoItaly
The Hurricane Norman Jewison United States
The Island Tales有时跳舞 Stanley Kwan Japan, Hong Kong, China
The Legend of Rita Die Stille nach dem Schuß Volker Schlöndorff Germany
Love Me Laetitia Masson France
Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson United States
Man on the Moon Miloš Forman United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
The Million Dollar Hotel Wim Wenders United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Of Woman and MagicLa chambre des magiciennes Claude Miller France
The Road Home 我的父亲母亲 Zhang Yimou China
Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women  [ de ]Paradiso – Sieben Tage mit sieben Frauen Rudolf Thome Germany
Russkiy buntРусский бунт Aleksandr Proshkin Russia, France
The Sea El mar Agustí Villaronga Spain
Signs and Wonders Jonathan Nossiter France
Sky Hook Небеска удица Ljubiša Samardžić Yugoslavia, Italy
The Talented Mr. Ripley Anthony Minghella United States
Water Drops on Burning Rocks Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes François Ozon France

Official Awards

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Paul Thomas Anderson, writer, director and producer of Magnolia

Main Competition

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

Honorary Golden Bear

Berlinale Camera

Independent Awards

Blue Angel Award

FIPRESCI Award

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