45th Berlin International Film Festival

45th Berlin International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear (The Bait)
Number of films	363 films[1]
Festival date	9 – 22 February 1995
Website	Website

The 45th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 22 February 1995.^[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to French film The Bait directed by Bertrand Tavernier.^[3] The retrospective dedicated to American actor Buster Keaton was shown at the festival.^[4]

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:^[5]

• Lia van Leer (Head of the Jury)
• Georgi Djulgerov
• Siqin Gaowa
• Alfred Hirschmeier
• Christiane Hörbiger
• Vadim Yusov
• Michael Kutza
• Pilar Miró
• Tsai Ming-liang

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:^[1]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
The Addiction	The Addiction	Abel Ferrara	USA
The Bait		Bertrand Tavernier	France
Before Sunrise	Before Sunrise	Richard Linklater	USA, Austria, Switzerland
Butterfly Kiss	Butterfly Kiss	Michael Winterbottom	UK
One Hundred and One Nights	Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma	Agnès Varda	France, UK
	Colpo di luna	Alberto Simone	Italy, Netherlands, France
Midaq Alley	El callejón de los milagros	Jorge Fons	Mexico
King of the River	El rey del río	Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón	Spain
Back to Roots	Gui tu	Raymond Leung	Hong Kong
Hades		Herbert Achternbusch	Germany
Red Rose White Rose	Hong mei gui bai mei gui	Stanley Kwan	Hong Kong, Taiwan
Blush	Hong fen	Li Shaohong	Hong Kong, China
Nobody's Fool	Nobody's Fool	Robert Benton	UK
A Play for a Passenger	Pyesa dlya passazhira	Vadim Abdrashitov	Russia
	Sh'Chur	Shmuel Hasfari	Israel
Silent Fall	Silent Fall	Bruce Beresford	USA
Smoke	Smoke	Wayne Wang	USA
The Taebaek Mountains	Taebek sanmaek	Im Kwon-taek	South Korea
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die	Ti kniver i hjertet	Marius Holst	Norway
Transatlantis		Christian Wagner	Germany
The Blue Villa	Un bruit qui rend fou	Alain Robbe-Grillet, Dimitri de Clercq	France, Belgium, Switzerland
When Night Is Falling	When Night Is Falling	Patricia Rozema	Canada
Summer Snow	Xiatian De Xue	Ann Hui	Hong Kong

Key

^†	Winner of the main award for best film in its section

Awards

Bertrand Tavernier, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:^[3]

• Golden Bear: The Bait by Bertrand Tavernier
• Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize: Smoke, Harvey Keitel
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Richard Linklater for Before Sunrise
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Josephine Siao for Xiatian De Xue
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Paul Newman for Nobody's Fool
• Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Hong fen
• Silver Bear: Pyesa dlya passazhira
• Honourable Mention:
  • El callejón de los milagros by Jorge Fons
  • Colpo di luna by Alberto Simone
  • Sh'Chur by Shmuel Hasfari
• Blue Angel Award: Ti kniver i hjertet by Marius Holst
• Honorary Golden Bear: Alain Delon

References

1. "PROGRAMME 1995". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
2. "45th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
3. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1995". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
4. "RETROSPECTIVE". Retrieved 28 August 2014.
5. "JURIES 1995". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

External links

• 45th Berlin International Film Festival 1995
• 1995 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1995 at Internet Movie Database