The 55th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10–20, 2005.[ 2] Man to Man by Régis Wargnier served as opening night film.[ 3] The festival closed with Kinsey by Bill Condon .[ 4]
The Golden Bear was awarded to U-Carmen eKhayelitsha directed by Mark Dornford-May .[ 5]
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.[ 6]
Juries
Roland Emmerich , Jury President
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[ 7]
Main Competition
Short Films Competition
Gabriela Tagliavini , Argentinian filmmaker
Marten Rabarts, New Zealand writer and producer
Susan Korda, American director, editor and producer
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[ 1]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Country
Accused
Anklaget
Jacob Thuesen
Denmark
Asylum
David Mackenzie
United Kingdom, Ireland
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté
Jacques Audiard
France
Changing Times
Les Temps qui changent
André Téchiné
Fateless
Sorstalanság
Lajos Koltai
Hungary, Germany, United Kingdom
Ghosts
Gespenster
Christian Petzold
Germany
In Good Company
In Good Company
Paul Weitz
United States
The Hidden Blade
隠し剣 鬼の爪
Yōji Yamada
Japan
The Last Mitterrand
Le promeneur du champ de Mars
Robert Guédiguian
France
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Wes Anderson
United States
Man to Man (opening film)
Régis Wargnier
France, South Africa, United Kingdom
One Day in Europe
Hannes Stöhr
Germany, Spain
Paradise Now
الجنّة الآن
Hany Abu-Assad
Palestine, France, Germany, Netherlands, Israel
Peacock
孔雀
Gu Changwei
China
Smalltown, Italy
Stefano Mordini
Italy
Sometimes in April
Raoul Peck
France, United States, Rwanda
Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage
Marc Rothemund
Germany, Spain
The Sun
Сóлнце
Alexander Sokurov
Russia, France, Italy, Switzerland
Thumbsucker
Mike Mills
United States
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
Mark Dornford-May
South Africa
The Wayward Cloud
天邊一朵雲
Tsai Ming-liang
Taiwan
Words in Blue
Les Mots bleus
Alain Corneau
France
Short Films Competition
The following short films were selected:[ 8]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Country
Don Kishot be'Yerushalaim
Dani Rosenberg
Israel
Killing the Afternoon
Margaret Corkery
Ireland, United Kingdom
The Intervention
Jay Duplass
United States
Milk
Peter Mackie Burns
United Kingdom
Jam Session
Izabela Plucinska
Germany
The Information
Spravka
Kira Muratova
Russia
Child in Time
Maja Weiss
Slovenia
Gigolo
Bastian Schweitzer
Germany, Switzerland
Official Awards
Main Competition
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[ 5] [ 9]
Short Films Competition
Berlinale Camera
Independent Awards
Panorama Audience Award
Crystal Bear
References
External links
Awards
Main competition Other awards Retired awards Independent awards
By year