1st Berlin International Film Festival 1st Berlin International Film Festival The 1st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 17 June 1951. The opening film was Alfred Hitchcock's "Rebecca". At this very first Berlin Festival, the Golden Bear award was introduced, and it was awarded to the best film in each of five categories: drama, comedy, crime or adventure, music film, and documentary. This system disappeared already the following year, partly because films that year were voted on by the audience. The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: The following films were in competition for the
57th Berlin International Film Festival 57th Berlin International Film Festival The 57th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 February 2007. The opening film of this year's festival was Olivier Dahan’s "La Vie En Rose". "Angel" by François Ozon served as the closing night film. American director Paul Schrader served as the jury president at the festival. The Golden Bear was presented to the Chinese film "Tuya's Marriage" directed by Wang Quan'an. 224,181 tickets of the festival were sold. The festival held a "Retrospective programme" about women in silent era films. The films which were shown in the retrospective included a