56th Berlin International Film Festival
The 56th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 19 February 2006.[1] The festival opened with Snow Cake by Marc Evans.[2] Digitally restored version of Sam Peckinpah's 1972 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid served as the closing film.[3] British actress Charlotte Rampling was selected as the head of the jury.[4] The Golden Bear was awarded to Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams directed by Jasmila Žbanić.[5]
The retrospective was dedicated to the film actresses of 1950s, titled Dream Girls. Film Stars in the 1950s was shown at the festival.[6] More than 186,000 tickets were sold at the festival with visitors from 120 countries, including 3,800 journalists, attended the festival.[7]
Jury
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The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[8]
- Charlotte Rampling: UK (Head of Jury)
- Matthew Barney: USA
- Yash Chopra: India
- Marleen Gorris: Netherlands
- Janusz Kaminski: Poland
- Lee Young-ae: Korea
- Armin Mueller-Stahl: Germany
- Fred Roos: USA
- Jung-Wan Oh: South Korea
- Mariela Besuievski: Spain
- Florian Gallenberger: Germany
In competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[9]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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A Prairie Home Companion | A Prairie Home Companion | Robert Altman | USA |
Candy | Candy | Neil Armfield | Australia |
The Free Will | Der freie Wille | Matthias Glasner | Germany |
The Minder | El custodio | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, France, Germany |
Atomised | Elementarteilchen | Oskar Roehler | Germany |
A Soap | En Soap | Pernille Fischer Christensen | Denmark, Sweden |
Find Me Guilty | Find Me Guilty | Sidney Lumet | USA |
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams | Grbavica | Jasmila Zbanic | Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany |
Invisible Waves | คำพิพากษาของมหาสมุทร | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Netherlands, Thailand, Hong Kong |
Isabella | 伊莎貝拉 | Pang Ho-cheung | Hong Kong, China |
Comedy of Power | L'ivresse du pouvoir | Claude Chabrol | France, Germany |
Offside | آفساید | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
Requiem | Requim | Hans-Christian Schmid | UK |
Romanzo Criminale | Michele Placido | Italy, UK, France | |
Longing | Sehnsucht | Valeska Grisebach | Germany |
Slumming | Slumming | Michael Glawogger | Austria, Switzerland |
Snow Cake | Snow Cake | Marc Evans | UK, Canada |
The Road to Guantanamo | The Road to Guantanamo | Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross | UK |
It's Winter | Zemestan | Rafi Pitts | Iran |
Key
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† 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
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The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[5][10]
- Golden Berlin Bear:
- Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams by Jasmila Žbanić
- Best Short Film - Never Like the First Time! by Jonas Odell
- Silver Berlin Bear:
- Best Film Music - Isabella by Peter Kam
- Best Actor - Moritz Bleibtreu for The Elementary Particles
- Best Actress - Sandra Hüller for Requiem
- Best Director - Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross for The Road to Guantanamo
- Best Short Film - Penpusher by Guillaume Martinez
- Outstanding Artistic Achievement - Jürgen Vogel for The Free Will
- Jury Grand Prix - En soap by Pernille Fischer Christensen
- Honorable Mention:
- Short Film - Maryam Keshavarz for El día que morí
- Honorary Golden Berlin Bear:
- Berlinale Camera:
- Best Debut Film:
- En soap by Pernille Fischer Christensen (director) & Lars Bredo Rahbek (producer)
- Panorama Audience Award:
- Tomer Heymann for Paper Dolls
- Short Film - Talya Lavie for The Substitute
- Crystal Bear:
- Best Short Film - Cameron B. Alyasin for Never an Absolution
- Best Feature Film - Niels Arden Oplev for We Shall Overcome
- 14Plus: Best Feature Film - Henry Meyer for Four Weeks in June
- Crystal Bear - Special Mention:
- Best Short Film: Irina Boiko for The Thief
- Best Feature Film: Auraeus Solito for The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
- 14Plus: Best Feature Film: Claude Gagnon for Kamataki
- Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix:
- Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk - Special Award:
- Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk - Special Mention:
- Best Short Film - Vika by Tsivia Barkai
- Best Feature Film - I Am by Dorota Kedzierzawska
- Teddy:
- Best Short Film - El día que morí by Maryam Keshavarz
- Best Documentary Film - Beyond Hatred by Olivier Meyrou
- Best Feature Film - The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros by Auraeus Solito
- Teddy Jury Award:
- FIPRSECI Prize:
- Competition - Requiem by Hans-Christian Schmid
- Forum of New Cinema - So Yong Kim for In Between Days
- Panorama - Knallhart for Detlev Buck
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
- Competition - Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams by Jasmila Zbanic
- Forum of New Cinema - Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon by Khalo Matabane
- Panorama - The Collector by Feliks Falk
- C.I.C.A.E. Award:
- Forum of New Cinema - Close to Home by Dalia Hager
- Panorama - Yuan Zhang for Little Red Flowers
- Netpac Award:
- Prix UIP Berlin:
- Alfred Bauer Prize:
- Label Europa Cinemas:
- Detlev Buck for Knallhart
- Caligari Film Award:
- DIALOGUE en Perspective:
- DIALOGUE en Perspective - Special Mention:
- Talent Movie of the Week:
- Berlin Today Award:
- Score Competition:
- Manfred Salzgeber Award:
- Panorama Short Film Award:
- DAAD Short Film Award:
- Rony Sasson for Swanettes
- Peace Film Award:
- Amnesty International Film Prize:
- Wolfgang Staudte Award:
- Tizza Covi for Babooska
- Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas:
- Femina-Film-Prize:
- Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost":
- Reader Jury of the "Berliner Zeitung":
- Reader Jury of the "Siegessäule":
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