Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale, is a film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the "Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. With around 300,000 tickets sold and 500,000 admissions each year, it has the largest public attendance of any annual film festival. Up to 400 films are shown in several sections across cinematic genres. Around twenty films compete for the festival's top awards, called the Golden Bear
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