56th Berlin International Film Festival

The 56th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 19 February 2006. The festival opened with ''Snow Cake'' by Marc Evans. Digitally restored version of Sam Peckinpah's 1972 film ''Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid'' served as the closing film. British actress Charlotte Rampling was selected as the head of the jury. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams'' directed by Jasmila Žbanić.

The retrospective was dedicated to the film actresses of 1950s, titled ''Dream Girls. Film Stars in the 1950s'' was shown at the festival. More than 186,000 tickets were sold at the festival with visitors from 120 countries, including 3,800 journalists, attended the festival.

Jury

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

International Jury
* Charlotte Rampling, actress (United Kingdom) - Jury President
* Matthew Barney, director and multimedia artist (United States)
* Yash Chopra, director and producer (India)
* Marleen Gorris, director (Netherlands)
* Janusz Kamiński, director of photography (Poland)
* Armin Mueller-Stahl, actor (Germany)
* Fred Roos, producer (United States)
* Lee Young-ae, actress (South Korea)

Best First Feature Award Jury
* Valentina Cervi, actress (Italy)
* Goran Paskaljević, director (Serbia and Montenegro)
* Hans Weingartner, director and producer (Austria)

International Short Film Jury
* Mariela Besuievsky, producer (Spain)
* Florian Gallenberger, director and screenwriter (Germany)
* Jung-Wan Oh, producer (South Korea)

In competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

Key

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Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
*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 Contribution – 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:
**Andrzej Wajda
**Ian McKellen
*Berlinale Camera:
**Michael Ballhaus
**Jürgen Böttcher
** Laurence Kardish
** Peter B. Schumann
** Hans Helmut Prinzler
*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:
**''The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros'' by Auraeus Solito
*Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk – Special Award:
**'' A Fish with a Smile'' by C. Jay Shih
*Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk – Special Mention:
**Best Short Film – '' Vika'' by Tsivia Barkai
**Best Feature Film – ''I Am'' by Dorota Kędzierzawska
*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:
**Patrick Carpentier for ''Combat''
*FIPRSECI Prize:
**Competition – ''Requiem'' by Hans-Christian Schmid
**Forum of New Cinema – So Yong Kim for ''In Between Days''
**Panorama – '' Knallhart'' by Detlev Buck
*Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
**Competition – '' Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams'' by Jasmila Žbanić
**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 – Zhang Yuan for ''Little Red Flowers''
*Netpac Award:
**''Dear Pyongyang'' by Yong-hi Yang
*Prix UIP Berlin:
**'' The Fence'' by Ricardo Íscar
*Alfred Bauer Prize:
**Rodrigo Moreno for ''El custodio''
*Label Europa Cinemas:
**Detlev Buck for '' Knallhart''
*Caligari Film Award:
**Ben Hopkins for '' 37 Uses for a Dead Sheep''
*DIALOGUE en Perspective:
**Bülent Akinci for '' Running on Empty''
*DIALOGUE en Perspective – Special Mention:
** Florian Gaag for ''Wholetrain''
*Talent Movie of the Week:
** Phillip Van for ''High Maintenance''
*Berlin Today Award:
** Anna Azevedo for '' BerlinBall''
*Score Competition:
**Alasdair Reid
*Manfred Salzgeber Award:
**Tomer Heymann for ''Paper Dolls''
*Panorama Short Film Award:
** Tala Hadid for '' Your Dark Hair Ihsan''
*DAAD Short Film Award:
** Rony Sasson for '' Swanettes''
*Peace Film Award:
**Jasmila Žbanić for '' Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams''
*Amnesty International Film Prize:
** Masoud Arif Salih for '' Narcissus Blossom''
*Wolfgang Staudte Award:
**Tizza Covi for '' Babooska''
*Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas:
**Matthias Glasner for ''The Free Will''
*Femina-Film-Prize:
** Yasmin Khalifa for '' Bye Bye Berlusconi!''
*Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost":
** Robert Altman for ''A Prairie Home Companion''
*Reader Jury of the "Berliner Zeitung":
** Shion Sono for '' Strange Circus''
*Reader Jury of the "Siegessäule":
**Tomer Heymann for ''Paper Dolls''

References

External links

56th Berlin International Film Festival 2006

56th Berlin International Film Festival
at the IMDb

Official website of program

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