50th Berlin International Film Festival

Film festival

50th Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival chronology
Festival poster
Opening film	The Million Dollar Hotel
Closing film	Bossa Nova
Location	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear: Magnolia
No. of films	240 films
Festival date	9–20 February 2000
Website	http://www.berlinale.de
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The 50th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 9 to 20, 2000. The festival opened with The Million Dollar Hotel by Wim Wenders. Bossa Nova by Bruno Barreto, screened out of competition was the closing film of the festival.

The Golden Bear was awarded to Magnolia directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. 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. 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.

Juries

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

The following films were selected for the main competition:

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

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

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Awards

Main competition	Golden Bear Grand Jury Prize Jury Prize Director Screenplay Leading Performance Supporting Performance Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Other awards	Honorary Golden Bear Short Film Golden Bear Short Film Silver Bear Encounters
Retired awards	Alfred Bauer Prize Actor Actress
Independent awards	FIPRESCI Award Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Shooting Stars Award Teddy Award

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