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50th Berlin International Film Festival

50th Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Million Dollar Hotel
Closing filmBossa Nova
LocationBerlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear: Magnolia
No. of films240 films[1]
Festival date9–20 February 2000
Websitehttp://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]

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

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Official Sections

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Main Competition

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

English title Original title Director(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'alba Lucio Gaudino Italy
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 Magic La 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 bunt Русский 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

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

Honorary Golden Bear

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Berlinale Camera

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Independent Awards

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Blue Angel Award

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FIPRESCI Award

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References

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  1. ^ a b "PROGRAMME 2000". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. 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. 26 February 2000. 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. ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 2000". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Berlinale 2000 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  8. ^ "Berlinale beginnings". 8 February 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  9. ^ "JURIES 2000". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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