The 55th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10–20, 2005. '' Man to Man'' by Régis Wargnier served as opening night film. The festival closed with '' Kinsey'' by

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. The Golden Bear was awarded to South African film '' U-Carmen eKhayelitsha'' directed by Mark Dornford-May. The retrospective was dedicated to the 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) *

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, stylist and entrepreneur (Italy) * Andrey Kurkov, writer and screenwriter (Ukraine) International Short Film Jury * Gabriela Tagliavini, director and screenwriter (Argentina) *

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, writer and producer (New Zealand) *

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, director, editor and producer (United States)

Official selection

In competition

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

Short Film In-competition

The following short films were selected:

Key

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: * Golden Bear **'' U-Carmen eKhayelitsha'': Mark Dornford-May *Silver Bear **Best Film Music – ''The Beat That My Heart Skipped'': Alexandre Desplat **Best Actor – ''Thumbsucker'': Lou Taylor Pucci **Best Actress – ''Sophie Scholl: The Final Days'':

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– ''Sophie Scholl: The Final Days'':

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**Best Short Film – ''The Intervention'': Jay Duplass and ''Jam Session'': Izabela Plucinska **Outstanding Artistic Contribution – '' The Wayward Cloud'': Tsai Ming-liang *Jury Grand Prix **'' Peacock'': Gu Changwei *Silver Bear – Honorable Mention **Best Short Film – ''Don Kishot be'Yerushalaim'': Dani Rosenberg * Honorary Golden Bear ** Fernando Fernán Gómez **

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*Berlinale Camera ** Daniel Day-Lewis ** Katrin Sass **Helene Schwarz *Best Short Film **''Milk'': Peter Mackie Burns *Panorama Audience Award **Best Feature Film – '' Live and Become: Radu Mihăileanu **Best Short Film – ''Hi Maya'': Claudia Lorenz *Crystal Bear **Best Short Film – ''The Djarn Djarns'': Wayne Blair **Best Feature Film – '' Bluebird'': Mijke de Jong **14plus: Best Feature Film – ''

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'': Luis Mandoki *Crystal Bear – Special Mention **Best Short Film – ''Does God Play Football'': Michael A. Walker and ''Wind'': Erik van Schaaik **Best Feature Film – '' The Italian'': Andrey Kravchuk and ''

The Color of Milk ''The Color of Milk'' (aka ''The Colour of Milk'', ''Neither Naked nor Dressed'', or ''Selma and Andy''), original title ''Ikke naken'', is a 2004 Norwegian family film by Torun Lian with Julia Krohn (Selma), Ane Dahl Torp (Nora), Gustaf Skarsgå ...

'': Torun Lian **14plus: Best Feature Film – ''

Turtles Can Fly ''Turtles Can Fly'' ( ku, کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن) is a 2004 Kurdish war drama film written, produced, and directed by Bahman Ghobadi. The film stars Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Faysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdolrahman K ...

'': Bahman Ghobadi * FIPRESCI Award **'' The Wayward Cloud'': Tsai Ming-liang

References

External links

55th Berlin International Film Festival
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Yearbook for the Berlinale 2005 berlinale.de

55th Berlin International Film Festival 2005
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