55th Berlin International Film Festival
# 55th Berlin International Film Festival

The 55th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10–20, 2005. Man to Man by Régis Wargnier served as opening night film. The festival closed with Kinsey by Bill Condon. The Golden Bear was awarded to South African film U-Carmen eKhayelitsha directed by Mark Dornford-May.

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.

## Jury

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

International Jury

* Roland Emmerich, director, screenwriter and producer (Germany) - Jury President
* Ingeborga Dapkunaite, actress (Lithuania)
* Bai Ling, actress (China)
* Franka Potente, actress (Germany)
* Wouter Barendrecht, producer (Netherlands)
* Nino Cerruti, stylist and entrepreneur (Italy)
* Andrey Kurkov, writer and screenwriter (Ukraine)

International Short Film Jury

* Gabriela Tagliavini, director and screenwriter (Argentina)
* Marten Rabarts, writer and producer (New Zealand)
* Susan Korda, director, editor and producer (United States)

## Official selection

### In competition

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

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sometimes in April | | Raoul Peck | France, USA, Rwanda |
| Accused | Anklaget | Jacob Thuesen | Denmark |
| Asylum | Asylum | David Mackenzie | UK, Ireland |
| The Beat That My Heart Skipped | | Jacques Audiard | France |
| Ghosts | Gespenster | Christian Petzold | Germany |
| In Good Company | In Good Company | Paul Weitz | USA |
| U-Carmen eKhayelitsha | | Mark Dornford-May | South Africa |
| The Hidden Blade | | Yōji Yamada | Japan |
| The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Wes Anderson | USA |
| Man to Man | | Régis Wargnier | France, South Africa, UK |
| Words in Blue | Les Mots bleus | Alain Corneau | France |
| One Day in Europe | | Hannes Stöhr | Germany, Spain |
| Paradise Now | | Hany Abu-Assad | Palestine, France, Germany, Netherlands, Israel |
| Peacock | | Gu Changwei | China |
| The Last Mitterrand | Le promeneur du champ de Mars | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| Smalltown, Italy | | Stefano Mordini | Italy |
| The Sun | | Alexander Sokurov | Russia, France, Italy, Switzerland |
| Sophie Scholl – The Final Days | | Marc Rothemund | Germany, Spain |
| Fateless | | Lajos Koltai | Hungary, Germany, UK |
| Changing Times | | André Téchiné | France |
| Thumbsucker | Thumbsucker | Mike Mills | USA |
| The Wayward Cloud | 天邊一朵雲 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |

### Short Film In-competition

The following short films were selected:

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Don Kishot be'Yerushalaim | Dani Rosenberg | Israel |
| Killing the Afternoon | Killing the Afternoon | Margaret Corkery | Ireland, UK |
| The Intervention | The Intervention | Jay Duplass | USA |
| Milk | Milk | Peter Mackie Burns | UK |
| Jam Session | | Izabela Plucinska | Germany |
| The Information | Spravka | Kira Muratova | Russia |
| Child in Time | | Maja Weiss | Slovenia |
| Gigolo | | Bastian Schweitzer | Germany, Switzerland |

## Key

    $^†$ 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.

## Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

* Golden Bear
   * U-Carmen eKhayelitsha: Mark Dornford-May
* Silver Bear
   * Best Film Music – The Beat That My Heart Skipped: Alexandre Desplat
   * Best Actor – Thumbsucker: Lou Taylor Pucci
   * Best Actress – Sophie Scholl: The Final Days: Julia Jentsch
   * Best Director – Sophie Scholl: The Final Days: Marc Rothemund
   * Best Short Film – The Intervention: Jay Duplass and Jam Session: Izabela Plucinska
   * Outstanding Artistic Contribution – The Wayward Cloud: Tsai Ming-liang
* Jury Grand Prix
   * Peacock: Gu Changwei
* Silver Bear – Honorable Mention
   * Best Short Film – Don Kishot be'Yerushalaim: Dani Rosenberg
* Honorary Golden Bear
   * Fernando Fernán Gómez
   * Kwon-taek Im
* Berlinale Camera
   * Daniel Day-Lewis
   * Katrin Sass
   * Helene Schwarz
* Best Short Film
   * Milk: Peter Mackie Burns
* Panorama Audience Award
   * Best Feature Film – Live and Become: Radu Mihăileanu
   * Best Short Film – Hi Maya: Claudia Lorenz
* Crystal Bear
   * Best Short Film – The Djarn Djarns: Wayne Blair
   * Best Feature Film – Bluebird: Mijke de Jong
   * 14plus: Best Feature Film – Voces inocentes: Luis Mandoki
* Crystal Bear – Special Mention
   * Best Short Film – Does God Play Football: Michael A. Walker and Wind: Erik van Schaaik
   * Best Feature Film – The Italian: Andrey Kravchuk and The Color of Milk: Torun Lian
   * 14plus: Best Feature Film – Turtles Can Fly: Bahman Ghobadi
* FIPRESCI Award
   * The Wayward Cloud: Tsai Ming-liang
