Berlin 2005 Winners

Pauline Malefane in Carmen in Khayelitsha

The 2005 Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear has been awarded to a South African production, the Xhosa-language Carmen in Khayelitsha. Directed by Mark Dornford-May and starring Pauline Malefane (right), the film is a modernized version of Georges Bizet’s opera set in a South African slum.
Headed by Roland Emmerich, the seven-member Berlin jury gave the runner-up Silver Bear to Gu Changwei’s Peacock, which depicts the daily life of a working-class family in a small Chinese town.
Marc Rothemund was voted best director for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, the story of the young German resistance leader who was eventually caught by the Nazis and beheaded along with her brother.
Julia Jentsch, the young [...]

Berlin 2005 Awards

2005 Berlin Film Festival Awards
2005 Berlin Film Festival: February 10–20, 2005
Photos: Andreas Teich, Richad Hübner, Ali Ghandtachi © Berlinale 2005
 

Golden Bear: Carmen e-Khayelitsha / Carmen in Khayelitsha by Marc Dornford-May

Jury Grand Prix – Silver Bear: Kong que / Peacock by Gu Changwei
Silver Bear for Best Director: Marc Rothemund for Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage / Sophie Scholl – The Final Days

Silver Bear for Best Actor: Lou Taylor Pucci for Thumbsucker

Silver Bear for Best Actress: Julia Jentsch for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution: Tsai Ming Liang for the screenplay of Tian bian yi duo yun / The Wayward Cloud

Silver Bear for Best Film Music: Alexandre Desplat for De battre, mon [...]

Berlin 2005: Official Competition Line-Up

2005 Berlin Film Festival Competition Line-Up

Anklaget (Accused), Denmark, director Jacob Thuesen

Asylum, United States / Ireland, director David MacKenzie

De battre mon coeur s’est arreté (The Beat That My Heart Slipped), France, director Jacques Audiard

Gespenster (Ghosts), Germany / France, director Christian Petzold

In Good Company, United States, director Paul Weitz

Kakushi Ken – Oni no Tsume (The Hidden Blade), Japan, director Yoji Yamada

Kong que (Peacock), China, director Gu Changwei

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, United States, director Wes Anderson

Man to Man, France / South Africa / Britain, director Regis Wargnier

Les mots bleus (Words in Blue), France, director Alain Corneau

One Day in Europe, Germany / Spain, director Hannes Stoehr

Paradise Now, Netherlands / France, director [...]