Berlin Film Festival

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).

List of Winners

• Honorary Golden Bear[?]
• Berlinale Camera[?]

Golden Bear

Year	Film	Director	Country
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[?]	United States
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[?]	Constantin Costa-Gavras	United States
	Larks on a String[?]	Jiri Menzel[?]	Czechoslovakia
1989	Rain Man	Barry Levinson[?]	United States

German language Wikipedia includes winners since 1951.

External links

• Official website (http://www.berlinale.de)

see also other film festivals, Oscars