2005 Berlin International Film Festival
The 55th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10–20, 2005. ''Man to Man (2005 film), Man to Man'' by Régis Wargnier served as opening night film. The festival closed with ''Kinsey (film), Kinsey'' by Bill Condon. The Golden Bear was awarded to South African film ''U-Carmen eKhayelitsha'' directed by Mark Dornford-May. The retrospective was dedicated to the Film crew, scene formers. It was titled ''Production Design + Film. Locations, Settings, Spaces'' and was divided into five sections and a total of 45 films were shown at the festival. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: International Jury * Roland Emmerich, director, screenwriter and producer (Germany) - Jury President * Ingeborga Dapkunaite, actress (Lithuania) * Bai Ling, actress (China) * Franka Potente, actress (Germany) * Wouter Barendrecht, producer (Netherlands) * Nino Cerruti, stylist and entrepreneur (Italy) * Andrey Kurkov, writer and scre ...
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Man To Man (2005 Film)
''Man to Man'' is a 2005 historical film, historical drama film directed by Régis Wargnier and starring Joseph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas and Iain Glen. The screenplay concerns a man in a team of Victorian scientists conducting research in Africa, who begins to have doubts about the human cost of their mission. It was scripted by William Boyd (writer), William Boyd. Plot In 1860, Victorian scientists capture a pygmy couple during an expedition in Central Africa. They are transported back to the United Kingdom for further study as part of research involving the theory of the evolution of man. However, the primitive outlook of the pygmies and the sophisticated methods used by the scientists, as well as the complications of adapting to a foreign environment, make their anthropological study all the more difficult. Ultimately, as the pygmies become more absorbed to the public, major disagreements erupt culminating in a bloody and tragic confrontation. Cast * Joseph Fiennes as Ja ...
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