56th Berlin International Film Festival

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The 56th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 19 February 2006.[2] The festival opened with Snow Cake by Marc Evans.[3] Digitally restored version of Sam Peckinpah’s 1972 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid served as the closing film.[4] British actress Charlotte Rampling was selected as the head of the jury.[5] The Golden Bear was awarded to Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams directed by Jasmila Žbanić.[6]

The retrospective was dedicated to the film actresses of 1950s, titled Dream Girls. Film Stars in the 1950s was shown at the festival.[7] More than 186,000 tickets were sold at the festival with visitors from 120 countries, including 3,800 journalists, attended the festival.[8]

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[9]

International Jury

Best First Feature Award Jury

International Short Film Jury

In competition[edit]

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]

English title Original title Director(s) Country
A Prairie Home Companion A Prairie Home Companion Robert Altman USA
Candy Candy Neil Armfield Australia
The Free Will Der freie Wille Matthias Glasner Germany
The Minder El custodio Rodrigo Moreno Argentina, France, Germany
Atomised Elementarteilchen Oskar Roehler Germany
A Soap En Soap Pernille Fischer Christensen Denmark, Sweden
Find Me Guilty Find Me Guilty Sidney Lumet USA
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams Grbavica Jasmila Žbanić Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany
Invisible Waves คำพิพากษาของมหาสมุทร Pen-Ek Ratanaruang Netherlands, Thailand, Hong Kong
Isabella 伊莎貝拉 Pang Ho-cheung Hong Kong, China
Comedy of Power L’ivresse du pouvoir Claude Chabrol France, Germany
Offside آفساید Jafar Panahi Iran
Requiem Requiem Hans-Christian Schmid Germany
Romanzo Criminale Michele Placido Italy, UK, France
Longing Sehnsucht Valeska Grisebach Germany
Slumming Slumming Michael Glawogger Austria, Switzerland
Snow Cake Snow Cake Marc Evans UK, Canada
The Road to Guantanamo The Road to Guantanamo Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross UK
It’s Winter Zemestan Rafi Pitts Iran
† Winner of the main award for best film in its section
The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[6][10]

  • Golden Berlin Bear:
  • Silver Berlin Bear:
  • Honorable Mention:
  • Honorary Golden Berlin Bear:
  • Berlinale Camera:
  • Best Debut Film:
  • Panorama Audience Award:
  • Crystal Bear:
  • Crystal Bear – Special Mention:
  • Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix:
  • Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk – Special Award:
  • Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk – Special Mention:
  • Teddy:
  • Teddy Jury Award:
  • FIPRSECI Prize:
  • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
  • C.I.C.A.E. Award:
  • Netpac Award:
  • Prix UIP Berlin:
  • Alfred Bauer Prize:
  • Label Europa Cinemas:
  • Caligari Film Award:
  • DIALOGUE en Perspective:
  • DIALOGUE en Perspective – Special Mention:
  • Talent Movie of the Week:
  • Berlin Today Award:
  • Score Competition:
  • Manfred Salzgeber Award:
  • Panorama Short Film Award:
  • DAAD Short Film Award:
  • Peace Film Award:
  • Amnesty International Film Prize:
  • Wolfgang Staudte Award:
  • Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas:
  • Femina-Film-Prize:
  • Reader Jury of the “Berliner Morgenpost”:
  • Reader Jury of the “Berliner Zeitung”:
  • Reader Jury of the “Siegessäule”:

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