50th Berlin International Film Festival

50th Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Million Dollar Hotel
Closing filmBossa Nova
LocationBerlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear: Magnolia
No. of films240 films[1]
Festival date9–20 February 2000
Websitehttp://www.berlinale.de
Berlin International Film Festival chronology

The 50th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 9 to 20, 2000.[2] The festival opened with The Million Dollar Hotel by Wim Wenders.[3][4] Bossa Nova by Bruno Barreto, screened out of competition was the closing film of the festival.[5]

The Golden Bear was awarded to Magnolia directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.[6] The retrospective titled Artificial People and dedicated to artificial beings and machines in the films was shown at the festival, screening films like The Golem: How He Came into the World and The Terminator.[7] On its 50th anniversary the premieres of the films in competition at the festival moved from Zoo Palast to Theater am Potsdamer Platz located at Potsdamer Platz.[8]

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  2. ^ "50th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  3. ^ "Magnolia Blooms in Berlin". nitrateonline.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. ^ "The tension between cinematic vision and life itself". wsws.org. 26 February 2000. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  5. ^ "'Magnolia' blooms in Berlin". wsws.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
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  7. ^ "Berlinale 2000 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  8. ^ "Berlinale beginnings". 8 February 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2014.