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
52nd Berlin International Film Festival 52nd Berlin International Film Festival The 52nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6 to 17, 2002. The festival opened with "Heaven" by Tom Tykwer. New print of Charlie Chaplin's 1940 American satirical dramedy film "The Great Dictator" was the closing film of the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to British–Irish film "Bloody Sunday" directed by Paul Greengrass and Japanese Animated film "Spirited Away" directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The retrospective dedicated to European films from 1960’s titled "European 60’s" was shown at the festival. Dieter Kosslick became the director of the festival, taking over from Moritz