Berlin Film Festival
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Berlin Film Festival (Feb 10- Feb 20-2005)
One of the "A" festivals in Europe. The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the "Berlinale" is held annually in February and started 1951 after an initiative of the American, who occupied part of the city after World War II. The jury always placed special emphasis on representing films from all over the world, from the former Eastern Bloc Countries as well as from Western countries. The award are called Golden and Silver Bears (as the Bear is the symbol of Berlin). --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Film_Festival [Oct 2004]Golden Bear awards (1971-2004)
- 2004 Head On Fatih Akin Germany/Turkey
- 2003 In this World Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom
- 2002 Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki Japan
Bloody Sunday Paul Greengrass UK/Ireland - 2001 Intimacy Patrice Chéreau France
- 2000 Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson United States
- 1999 The Thin Red Line Terrence Malick United States
- 1998 Central Station Walter Salles Brazil
- 1997 The People vs. Larry Flynt Milos Forman United States
- 1996 Sense and Sensibility Ang Lee United States
- 1995 Fresh Bait Bertrand Tavernier France
- 1994 In the Name of the Father Jim Sheridan UK/Ireland
- 1993 The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls Xie Fei China
- The Wedding Banquet Ang Lee Taiwan
- 1992 Grand Canyon Lawrence Kasdan United States
- 1991 La Casa del sorriso Marco Ferreri Italy
- 1990 Music Box Costa-Gavras United States
- Larks on a String Jiri Menzel Czechoslovakia
- 1989 Rain Man Barry Levinson United States
- 1988 Red Sorghum Yimou Zhang China
- 1987 Tema Gleb Panfilov Soviet Union
- 1986 Stammheim Reinhard Hauff West Germany
- 1985 Die Frau und der Fremde Rainer Simon East Germany
- Wetherby David Hare United Kingdom
- 1984 Love Streams John Cassavetes United States
- 1983 Ascendancy Edward Bennett United Kingdom
The Beehive Mario Camus Spain - 1982 Veronika Voss Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany
- 1981 Faster, Faster Carlos Saura Spain
- 1980 Heartland Richard Pearce United States
- Palermo or Wolfsburg Werner Schroeter West Germany
- 1979 Daivd Peter Lilienthal West Germany
- 1978 Trout José Luis García Sánchez Spain
What Max Said Emilio Martínez Lázaro Spain - 1977 Ascent Larisa Shepitko Soviet Union
- 1976 Buffalo Bill and the Indians Robert Altman United States
- 1975 Adoption Márta Mészáros Hungary
- 1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Ted Kotcheff Canada
- 1973 Distant Thunder Satyajit Ray India
- 1972 The Canterbury Tales Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy
- 1971 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Vittorio De Sica Italy/W. Germany
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