46th Berlin International Film Festival

46th Berlin International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear (Sense and Sensibility)
Number of films	339 films[1]
Festival date	15 – 26 February 1996
Website	Website

The 46th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1996.^[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to British-American film Sense and Sensibility directed by Ang Lee.^[3] The retrospective dedicated to American film director, producer and screenwriter William Wyler was shown at the festival.^[4]

Jury

Nikita Mikhalkov, Jury President

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

• Nikita Mikhalkov (Head of the Jury)
• Gila Almagor
• Vincenzo Cerami
• Joan Chen
• Ann Hui
• Peter Lilienthal
• Jürgen Prochnow
• Claude Rich
• Fay Weldon
• Catherine Wyler
• Christian Zeender

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
Dead Man Walking	Dead Man Walking	Tim Robbins	USA
Village of Dreams	Eno nakano bokuno mura	Yōichi Higashi	Japan
	Éxtasis	Mariano Barroso	Spain
Faithful	Faithful	Paul Mazursky	USA
Get Shorty	Get Shorty	Barry Sonnenfeld	USA
A Single Spark		Park Kwang-su	South Korea
All Things Fair	Lust och fägring stor	Bo Widerberg	Denmark, Sweden
	Mahjong	Edward Yang	Taiwan
Mary Reilly	Mary Reilly	Stephen Frears	USA
The Liars	Les menteurs	Élie Chouraqui	France
My Man	Mon homme	Bertrand Blier	France
Portland		Niels Arden Oplev	Denmark
Restoration	Restoration	Michael Hoffman	UK, USA
Sun Valley	Rì guāng xiá gǔ	He Ping	China
Richard III	Richard III	Richard Loncraine	UK, USA
Sense and Sensibility	Sense and Sensibility	Ang Lee	UK, USA
Silent Night	Stille Nacht	Dani Levy	Germany, Switzerland
The Sun Has Ears	Taiyang you er	Yim Ho	Hong Kong
12 Monkeys	12 Monkeys	Terry Gilliam	USA
A Summer in La Goulette	Un été à La Goulette	Férid Boughedir	Tunisia, France, Belgium
Strangled Lives	Vite strozzate	Ricky Tognazzi	Italy, France, Belgium
What I Have Written	What I Have Written	John Hughes	Australia
Holy Week	Wielki tydzień	Andrzej Wajda	Poland

Key

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

Awards

Ang Lee, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival

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

• Golden Bear: Sense and Sensibility by Ang Lee
• Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize: Lust och fägring stor by Bo Widerberg
• Silver Bear for Best Director:
  • Yim Ho for Taiyang you er
  • Richard Loncraine for Richard III
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Anouk Grinberg for Mon homme
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sean Penn for Dead Man Walking
• Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Yōichi Higashi for Eno nakano bokuno mura
• Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Andrzej Wajda for Wielki tydzień
• Alfred Bauer Prize: Vite strozzate
• Honourable Mention:
  • Mahjong by Edward Yang
  • Stille Nacht by Dani Levy
  • Rì guāng xiá gǔ by He Ping
• Blue Angel Award: Lust och fägring stor by Bo Widerberg
• Honorary Golden Bear:
  • Jack Lemmon
  • Elia Kazan
• Berlinale Camera:
  • Tschingis Aitmatov
  • Jodie Foster
  • Sally Field
  • Astrid Henning-Jensen
  • Volker Noth
• FIPRESCI Award
  • Taiyang you er by Yim Ho

References

1. "PROGRAMME 1996". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
2. "46th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
3. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1996". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
4. "RETROSPECTIVE". Retrieved 28 August 2014.
5. "JURIES 1996". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

External links

• 46th Berlin International Film Festival 1996
• 1996 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1996 at Internet Movie Database