50th Berlin International Film Festival
Opening film | The Million Dollar Hotel |
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Closing film | Bossa Nova |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear (Magnolia) |
No. of films | 240 films[1] |
Festival date | 9–20 February 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 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]
Jury[]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[9]
- Gong Li, actress (China) - Jury President
- , member of the Det Danske Filminstitut (Denmark)
- , scholar and journalist (Germany)
- Jean Pierre Lefebvre, director (Canada)
- Marisa Paredes, actress (Spain)
- , producer (France)
- Walter Salles, director, screenwriter and producer (Brazil)
- Maria Schrader, actress and director (Germany)
- Andrzej Wajda, director and screenwriter (Poland)
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 |
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Any Given Sunday | Any Given Sunday | Oliver Stone | USA |
The Beach | The Beach | Danny Boyle | USA, UK |
独立少年合唱団 | Akira Ogata | Japan | |
The Road Home | 我的父亲母亲 | Zhang Yimou | China |
The Hurricane | The Hurricane | Norman Jewison | USA |
Love me | Laetitia Masson | France | |
Magnolia | Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson | USA |
Clouds of May | Mayis Sikintisi | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |
The Sea | El mar | 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 | Небеска удица | Ljubiša Samardžić | Yugoslavia, Italy |
Paradiso – Sieben Tage mit sieben Frauen | Rudolf Thome | Germany | |
First Light of Dawn | Prime luci dell'alba | Italy | |
Русский бунт | Aleksandr Proshkin | Russia, France | |
Signs and Wonders | Signs & Wonders | Jonathan Nossiter | France |
The Legend of Rita | Die Stille nach dem Schuß | Volker Schlöndorff | Germany |
The Talented Mr. Ripley | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Anthony Minghella | USA |
Water Drops on Burning Rocks | Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes | François Ozon | France |
有时跳舞 | Stanley Kwan | Japan, Hong Kong, China | |
La chambre des magiciennes | 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[]
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[6]
- Golden Bear: Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: The Road Home by Zhang Yimou
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Miloš Forman for Man on the Moon
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Bibiana Beglau and Nadja Uhl for The Legend of Rita
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Denzel Washington for The Hurricane
- Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: ensemble of actors for
- Jury Prize: Wim Wenders for The Million Dollar Hotel
- Alfred Bauer Prize: by Akira Ogata
- Blue Angel Award: The Legend of Rita by Volker Schlöndorff
- Honorary Golden Bear: Jeanne Moreau
- Berlinale Camera:
- FIPRESCI Award
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "PROGRAMME 2000". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "50th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ^ "Magnolia Blooms in Berlin". nitrateonline.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ "The tension between cinematic vision and life itself". wsws.org. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ "'Magnolia' blooms in Berlin". wsws.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 2000". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "Berlinale 2000 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ^ "Berlinale beginnings". Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 2000". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
External links[]
- Berlin International Film Festival:2000 at Internet Movie Database
- 50th Berlin International Film Festival 2000
- Berlin International Film Festival
- 2000 film festivals
- 2000 festivals in Europe
- 2000 in Berlin
- 2000 in German cinema