Berlin International Film Festival | 20 February

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Awards

The Berlinale competition selection was comprised of 21 feature films reflecting today's world production in America, Europe and South East Asia. Eleven short films made it into the short film competition. Chinese actress Gong Li presided the jury of this 50th edition that bestowed the Golden and Silver Bears to the competition winners on Sunday 20 February.
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Golden Bear
Best Film: Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson
Lifetime Achievement: Jeanne Moreau

Silver Bears
Jury Grand Prize: The Road Home by Zhang Yimou
Best director: Milos Forman for Man on the Moon
Best Actress: Bibiana Beglau and Nadja Uhl for their roles in
The Legends of Rita
Best Actor: Denzel Washington for his role in The Hurricane
Jury Prize: The Million Dollar Hotel by Wim Wenders
Outstanding Achievement: to the entire cast of Paradiso - Seven Days with Seven Women by Rudolf Thome

Short Films
Golden Bear: Tribute to Alfred Lepetit by Jean Rousselot
Silver Bear: Media by Pavel Koutsky

Others
Alfred Bauer Award (Best film debut): Boy's Choir by Akira Ogata
Blue Angel (Best European Film - 50,000 DM): Volker Schlondorff for The Legends of Rita
FIPRESCI Prize: La Chambre de Magiciennes by Claude Miller

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