Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale, is a film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the "Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. With around 300,000 tickets sold and 500,000 admissions each year, it has the largest public attendance of any annual film festival. Up to 400 films are shown in several sections across cinematic genres. Around twenty films compete for the festival's top awards, called the Golden Bear
49th Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: 49th Berlin International Film Festival The 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10 to 21, 1999. The festival opened with "Aimée & Jaguar" by Max Färberböck. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film "The Thin Red Line" directed by Terrence Malick. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger was shown at the festival. 70 mm version of Preminger's 1959 musical film "Porgy and Bess" served as the closing night film. The following people were announced as being