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
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