The 55th annual

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...

was held from February 10–20, 2005. '' Man to Man'' by

Régis Wargnier Régis Wargnier (; born 18 April 1948) is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter and film score composer. His 1992 film ''Indochine (film), Indochine'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards. ...

served as opening night film. The festival closed with '' Kinsey'' by

Bill Condon William Condon (born October 22, 1955) is an American director and screenwriter. Condon is known for writing and/or directing numerous successful and acclaimed films including '' Gods and Monsters'', ''Chicago'', '' Kinsey'', ''Dreamgirls'', ' ...

. The

Golden Bear The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. History The win ...

was awarded to South African film ''

U-Carmen eKhayelitsha ''U-Carmen eKhayelitsha'' is a 2005 South African operatic film directed and produced by Mark Dornford-May. Production The movie is a modern remake of Bizet's 1875 opera ''Carmen''. It was shot entirely in Xhosa, and combines both music from the ...

'' directed by

Mark Dornford-May Mark Anthony Dornford-May (born 29 September 1955) is a British theatre and film director, now based in South Africa. Personal life Mark Dornford-May was born near Eastoft in Yorkshire. His mother was a school teacher, and his father the Drama ...

. 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 Roland Emmerich (; born 10 November 1955) is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is widely known for his science fiction and disaster films and has been called a "master of disaster" within the industry. His films, most of wh ...

, director, screenwriter and producer (Germany) - Jury President * Ingeborga Dapkunaite, actress (Lithuania) *

Bai Ling Bai Ling (, born October 10, 1966) is a Chinese-American actress known for her work in the films '' The Crow'', ''Nixon'', ''Red Corner'', '' Crank: High Voltage'', ''Dumplings'', ''Wild Wild West'', ''Anna and the King'', ''Southland Tales'', an ...

, actress (China) *

Franka Potente Franka Potente (; born 22 July 1974) is a German actress. She first appeared in the comedy film '' After Five in the Forest Primeval'' (1995), for which she won a Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress. Her breakthrough came in 1998, when sh ...

, actress (Germany) *

Wouter Barendrecht Wouter Barendrecht (November 5, 1965, The Netherlands – April 5, 2009, Bangkok, ThailandObituary
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, producer (Netherlands) *

Nino Cerruti Nino Cerruti (25 September 1930 – 15 January 2022) was an Italian businessman and stylist. He founded his own haute couture house, Cerruti, in 1967 in Paris. He managed the Italian family business ''Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti'', which was fou ...

, stylist and entrepreneur (Italy) *

Andrey Kurkov Andrey Yuryevich Kurkov ( uk, Андрій Юрійович Курков; russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич Курко́в; born 23 April 1961 in Leningrad, USSR) is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual who writes in Russian. He is ...

, writer and screenwriter (Ukraine) International Short Film Jury *

Gabriela Tagliavini Gabriela Tagliavini is an Argentine writer/director best known for her feature films ''Without Men'', ''Perfect Lover'', and '' Ladies' Night''. Early life Tagliavini was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received a bachelor's degree in film ...

, director and screenwriter (Argentina) *

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, writer and producer (New Zealand) *

Susan Korda Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

, director, editor and producer (United States)

Official selection

In competition

The following films were in competition for the

and Silver Bear awards:

Short Film In-competition

The following short films were selected:

Key

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: *

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*Silver Bear **Best Film Music – ''The Beat That My Heart Skipped'': Alexandre Desplat **Best Actor – ''Thumbsucker'':

Lou Taylor Pucci Lou Taylor Pucci (born July 27, 1985) is an American actor who first appeared on film in Rebecca Miller's ''Personal Velocity: Three Portraits'' in 2002. Pucci had his breakthrough leading role in ''Thumbsucker (film), Thumbsucker'' (2005), for wh ...

**Best Actress – ''Sophie Scholl: The Final Days'':

Julia Jentsch Julia Jentsch (born 20 February 1978) is a German actress. She has received awards including the Silver Bear, European Film Award, and Lola. She is best known for ''Sophie Scholl – The Final Days'', '' The Edukators'' and '' I Served the King ...

** Best Director – ''Sophie Scholl: The Final Days'':

Marc Rothemund Marc Rothemund (born 26 August 1968) is a German film director. He is the son of the film director Sigi Rothemund and the brother of the actress Nina Rothemund. He began his career as an assistant for his father and then began to direct episodes ...

**Best Short Film – ''The Intervention'':

Jay Duplass Lawrence Jay Duplass (born March 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker, actor and author widely known for his films '' The Puffy Chair'' (2005), ''Cyrus'' (2010), and ''Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' (2011), made in collaboration with his younger brother, ...

and ''Jam Session'': Izabela Plucinska **Outstanding Artistic Contribution – ''

The Wayward Cloud ''The Wayward Cloud'' is a 2005 Taiwanese film directed by Tsai Ming-liang and starring Lee Kang-sheng and Chen Shiang-chyi. Plot There is a water shortage in Taiwan, and watermelons are abundant. Television programs teach various water-savin ...

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Tsai Ming-liang Tsai Ming-liang (; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese ...

*Jury Grand Prix **''

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Gu Changwei Gu Changwei (born 12 December 1957) is a Chinese cinematographer and film director. Gu was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi in the People's Republic of China. Gu is considered one of the major Chinese cinematographers working today.Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhi ...

*Silver Bear – Honorable Mention **Best Short Film – ''Don Kishot be'Yerushalaim'': Dani Rosenberg *

Honorary Golden Bear The Honorary Golden Bear (german: Goldener Ehrenbar) is the Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international fil ...

Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the Royal Spanish Academy for seven years. He was born i ...

** Kwon-taek Im *Berlinale Camera **

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Katrin Sass Katrin Sass (, for a time Katrin Saß) is a German actress. She became known internationally for playing the idealistic socialist mother Christiane Kerner in the 2003 tragicomedy ''Good Bye, Lenin!'' Biography She was born in Schwerin, in th ...

**Helene Schwarz *Best Short Film **''Milk'': Peter Mackie Burns *Panorama Audience Award **Best Feature Film – ''

Live and Become ''Live and Become'' (french: Va, vis et deviens) is a 2005 French drama film about an Ethiopian Christian boy who disguises himself as an Ethiopian Jew to escape famine and emigrates to Israel. It was directed by Romanian-born Radu Mihăileanu. It ...

Radu Mihăileanu Radu Mihăileanu (born 23 April 1958) is a Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poe ...

**Best Short Film – ''Hi Maya'': Claudia Lorenz *Crystal Bear **Best Short Film – ''The Djarn Djarns'':

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**Best Feature Film – ''

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'': Mijke de Jong **14plus: Best Feature Film – ''

Voces inocentes ''Voces Inocentes'' (English title: ''Innocent Voices'') is a 2004 war film directed by Luis Mandoki. The plot is set during the Salvadoran Civil War, and is based on writer Óscar Torres's childhood. The film serves as a general commentary on t ...

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Luis Mandoki Luis Mandoki (born August 17, 1954) is a Mexican film director working in Mexico and Hollywood. Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing, and the London International Film S ...

*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 ...

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Torun Lian Torun Lian (born 15 January 1956) is a Norwegian playwright, film director and novelist. She made her literary début in 1988 with the collection ''Tre skuespill'', for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. In 1995 she was awarded ...

**14plus: Best Feature Film – '' Turtles Can Fly'': Bahman Ghobadi *

FIPRESCI Award The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

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