1st Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear awards: The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: 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
56th Berlin International Film Festival 186,000 tickets were sold at the festival with visitors from 120 countries, including 3,800 journalists, attended the festival. The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: 56th Berlin International Film Festival The 56th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 19 February 2006. The festival opened with "Snow Cake" by Marc Evans. Digitally restored version of Sam Peckinpah's 1972 film "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" served as the closing film.