46th Berlin International Film Festival
The 46th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1996. The Golden Bear was awarded to British-American film Sense and Sensibility directed by Ang Lee. The retrospective dedicated to American film director, producer and screenwriter William Wyler was shown at the festival.Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
- Nikita Mikhalkov, actor, director, screenwriter and producer - Jury President
- Gila Almagor, actress and writer
- Vincenzo Cerami, writer, screenwriter and playwright
- Joan Chen, actress and director
- Ann Hui, director
- Peter Lilienthal, director and screenwriter
- Jürgen Prochnow, actor
- Claude Rich, actor
- Fay Weldon, writer and playwright
- Catherine Wyler, producer and artistic director
- Christian Zeender, musician
Films in competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| Dead Man Walking | Dead Man Walking | Tim Robbins | USA |
| Village of Dreams | Eno nakano bokuno mura | Yōichi Higashi | Japan |
| Éxtasis | Mariano Barroso | Spain |
| Faithful | Faithful | Paul Mazursky | USA |
| Get Shorty | Get Shorty | Barry Sonnenfeld | USA |
| A Single Spark | | Park Kwang-su | South Korea |
| All Things Fair | Lust och fägring stor | Bo Widerberg | Denmark, Sweden |
| Mahjong | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
| Mary Reilly | Mary Reilly | Stephen Frears | USA |
| The Liars | Les menteurs | Élie Chouraqui | France |
| My Man | Mon homme | Bertrand Blier | France |
| Portland | | Niels Arden Oplev | Denmark |
| Restoration | Restoration | Michael Hoffman | UK, USA |
| Sun Valley | Rì guāng xiá gǔ | He Ping | China |
| Richard III | Richard III | Richard Loncraine | UK, USA |
| Sense and Sensibility | Sense and Sensibility | Ang Lee | UK, USA |
| Silent Night | Stille Nacht | Dani Levy | Germany, Switzerland |
| The Sun Has Ears | Taiyang you er | Yim Ho | Hong Kong |
| 12 Monkeys | 12 Monkeys | Terry Gilliam | USA |
| A Summer in La Goulette | Un été à La Goulette | Férid Boughedir | Tunisia, France, Belgium |
| Strangled Lives | Vite strozzate | Ricky Tognazzi | Italy, France, Belgium |
| What I Have Written | What I Have Written | John Hughes | Australia |
| Holy Week | Wielki tydzień | Andrzej Wajda | Poland |
Key
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
- Golden Bear: Sense and Sensibility by Ang Lee
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Lust och fägring stor by Bo Widerberg
- Silver Bear for Best Director:
- * Yim Ho for Taiyang you er
- * Richard Loncraine for Richard III
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Anouk Grinberg for Mon homme
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sean Penn for Dead Man Walking
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Yōichi Higashi for Eno nakano bokuno mura
- Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Andrzej Wajda for Wielki tydzień
- Alfred Bauer Prize: Vite strozzate
- Honourable Mention:
- * Mahjong by Edward Yang
- * Stille Nacht by Dani Levy
- * Rì guāng xiá gǔ by He Ping
- Blue Angel Award: Lust och fägring stor by Bo Widerberg
- Honorary Golden Bear:
- * Jack Lemmon
- * Elia Kazan
- Berlinale Camera:
- * Tschingis Aitmatov
- * Jodie Foster
- * Sally Field
- * Astrid Henning-Jensen
- * Volker Noth
- FIPRESCI Award
- *Taiyang you er by Yim Ho
