50th Berlin International Film Festival

The 50th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 9 to 20, 2000. The festival opened with The Million Dollar Hotel by Wim Wenders. Bossa Nova by Bruno Barreto, screened out of competition was the closing film of the festival.

The Golden Bear was awarded to Magnolia directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The retrospective titled Artificial People and dedicated to artificial beings and machines in the films was shown at the festival, screening films like The Golem: How He Came into the World and The Terminator. On its 50th anniversary the premieres of the films in competition at the festival moved from Zoo Palast to Theater am Potsdamer Platz located at Potsdamer Platz.

Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

Main Competition

 * Gong Li, Chinese actress - Jury President
 * Lissy Bellaiche, Danish member of the Det Danske Filminstitut
 * Peter W. Jansen, German scholar and journalist
 * Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian filmmaker
 * Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress
 * Jean-Louis Piel, French producer
 * Walter Salles, Brazilian filmmaker and producer
 * Maria Schrader, German actress
 * Andrzej Wajda, Polish filmmaker

Main Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:

Main Competition
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
 * Golden Bear: Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson
 * Silver Bear Jury Prize: The Million Dollar Hotel by Wim Wenders
 * Silver Bear Special Jury Prize: The Road Home by Zhang Yimou
 * Silver Bear for Best Director: Miloš Forman for Man on the Moon
 * Silver Bear for Best Actress: Bibiana Beglau and Nadja Uhl for The Legend of Rita
 * Silver Bear for Best Actor: Denzel Washington for The Hurricane
 * Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution: The Cast of Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women
 * Alfred Bauer Prize: Boy's Choir by Akira Ogata

Honorary Golden Bear

 * Jeanne Moreau

Berlinale Camera

 * Kon Ichikawa
 * Wolfgang Jacobsen

Blue Angel Award

 * The Legend of Rita by Volker Schlöndorff

FIPRESCI Award

 * Of Woman and Magic by Claude Miller