The 56th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 19 February 2006.[2] The festival opened with Snow Cake by Marc Evans .[3] Digitally restored version of Sam Peckinpah 's 1972 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid served as the closing film.[4] British actress Charlotte Rampling was selected as the head of the jury.[5]
The Golden Bear was awarded to Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams directed by Jasmila Žbanić .[6]
The retrospective was dedicated to the film actresses of 1950s , titled Dream Girls. Film Stars in the 1950s was shown at the festival.[7] More than 186,000 tickets were sold at the festival with visitors from 120 countries, including 3,800 journalists, attended the festival.[8]
Juries
Charlotte Rampling , Jury President
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[9]
Main Competition
Best First Feature Award
Short Films Competition
Mariela Besuievsky, Spanish producer
Florian Gallenberger , German director and screenwriter
Jung-Wan Oh, South Korean producer
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:[1]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Country
A Prairie Home Companion
Robert Altman
United States
Atomised
Elementarteilchen
Oskar Roehler
Germany
Candy
Neil Armfield
Australia
Comedy of Power
L'ivresse du pouvoir
Claude Chabrol
France, Germany
The Free Will
Der freie Wille
Matthias Glasner
Germany
Find Me Guilty
Sidney Lumet
United States
Grbavica
Jasmila Žbanić
Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany
It's Winter
Zemestan
Rafi Pitts
Iran
Invisible Waves
คำพิพากษาของมหาสมุทร
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Netherlands, Thailand, Hong Kong
Isabella
伊莎貝拉
Pang Ho-cheung
Hong Kong, China
Longing
Sehnsucht
Valeska Grisebach
Germany
The Minder
El custodio
Rodrigo Moreno
Argentina, France, Germany
Offside
آفساید
Jafar Panahi
Iran
Requiem
Requiem
Hans-Christian Schmid
Germany
The Road to Guantanamo
Michael Winterbottom , Mat Whitecross
United Kingdom
Romanzo Criminale
Michele Placido
Italy, United Kingdom, France
A Soap
En Soap
Pernille Fischer Christensen
Denmark, Sweden
Slumming
Michael Glawogger
Austria, Switzerland
Snow Cake (opening film)
Marc Evans
United Kingdom, Canada
Official Awards
Jasmila Žbanić , winner of the Golden Bear at the festival
Main Competition
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[6] [10]
Berlinale Camera
Best First Feature
Independent Awards
Panorama Audience Award
Crystal Bear
Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix
FIPRSECI Prize
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
C.I.C.A.E. Award
Netpac Award
Prix UIP Berlin
The Fence by Ricardo Íscar
Label Europa Cinemas
Caligari Film Award
DIALOGUE en Perspective
Talent Movie of the Week
Phillip Van for High Maintenance
Berlin Today Award
Anna Azevedo for BerlinBall
Score Competition
Manfred Salzgeber Award
DAAD Short Film Award
Peace Film Award
Amnesty International Film Prize
Masoud Arif Salih for Narcissus Blossom
Wolfgang Staudte Award
Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas
Femina-Film-Prize
Yasmin Khalifa for Bye Bye Berlusconi!
Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"
Reader Jury of the "Berliner Zeitung"
Reader Jury of the "Siegessäule"
References
External links
Awards
Main competition Other awards Retired awards Independent awards
By year