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 [...]

by Andre Soares | February 19, 2005   
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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 [...]

by Andre Soares | February 19, 2005   
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