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54th Berlin International Film Festival

54th Berlin International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Opening film Cold Mountain
Closing film 25 Degrees in Winter
Location Berlin, Germany
Founded 1951
Awards Golden Bear (Head-On)
Hosted by Anke Engelke
No. of films 290 films
Festival date 5–15 February 2004
Website Website

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 and actors of that era including Peter Davis, Peter Fonda, William Greaves, Monte Hellman and Melvin Van Peebles.

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 short films were selected:

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:


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