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
54th Berlin International Film Festival 54th Berlin International Film Festival The 54th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5–15 February 2004. The festival opened with out of competition film "Cold Mountain" by Anthony Minghella. "25 Degrees in Winter" by Stéphane Vuillet served as the closing film. The Golden Bear was awarded to German-Turkish film "Head-On" directed by Fatih Akın. The retrospective dedicated to films from 1967 to 1976 titled "New Hollywood 1967-1976. Trouble in Wonderland" was shown at the festival. It focuses on the films from the period known as New Hollywood or American New Wave, and attended by some of the film-makers