# 45th Berlin International Film Festival

The 45th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 22 February 1995. Israeli film programmer Lia van Leer was the Jury President for the main competition.
The Golden Bear was awarded to The Bait directed by Bertrand Tavernier.
The retrospective dedicated to American actor Buster Keaton was shown at the festival.

## Juries
### Main Competition

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
* Lia van Leer, Israeli film programmer, founder of Jerusalem Cinematheque-Israel Film Archive and Jerusalem Film Festival - Jury President
* Georgi Djulgerov, Bulgarian filmmaker and producer
* Siqin Gaowa, Chinese actress
* Alfred Hirschmeier, German production designer
* Christiane Hörbiger, Austrian actress
* Vadim Yusov, Russian director of photography
* Dave Kehr, American film critic
* Michael Kutza, American filmmaker and founder of the Chicago International Film Festival
* Pilar Miró, Spanish filmmaker
* Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwanese filmmaker

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| The Addiction | The Addiction | Abel Ferrara | United States |
| A Play for a Passenger | Пьеса для пассажира | Vadim Abdrashitov | Russia |
| Back to Roots | Gui tu | Raymond Leung | Hong Kong |
| The Bait | L'appât | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| Before Sunrise | Before Sunrise | Richard Linklater | United States, Austria, Switzerland |
| The Blue Villa | Un bruit qui rend fou | Alain Robbe-Grillet, Dimitri de Clercq | France, Belgium, Switzerland |
| Blush | 红粉 | Li Shaohong | Hong Kong, China |
| Butterfly Kiss | Butterfly Kiss | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom |
| Colpo di luna | Colpo di luna | Alberto Simone | Italy, Netherlands, France |
| Cross My Heart and Hope to Die | Ti kniver i hjertet | Marius Holst | Norway |
| Hades | | Herbert Achternbusch | Germany |
| King of the River | El rey del río | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Spain |
| Midaq Alley | El callejón de los milagros | Jorge Fons | Mexico |
| Nobody's Fool | Nobody's Fool | Robert Benton | United Kingdom |
| One Hundred and One Nights | Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma | Agnès Varda | France, United Kingdom |
| Red Rose White Rose | 紅玫瑰白玫瑰 | Stanley Kwan | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Sh'Chur | שחור | Shmuel Hasfari | Israel |
| Silent Fall | Silent Fall | Bruce Beresford | United States |
| Smoke | Smoke | Wayne Wang | United States |
| Summer Snow | 女人四十 | Ann Hui | Hong Kong |
| The Taebaek Mountains | 태백산맥 | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea |
| Transatlantis | Transatlantis | Christian Wagner | Germany |
| When Night Is Falling | When Night Is Falling | Patricia Rozema | Canada |

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: The Bait by Bertrand Tavernier
* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Smoke by Wayne Wang
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Richard Linklater for Before Sunrise
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Josephine Siao for Summer Snow
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Paul Newman for Nobody's Fool
* Silver Bear for an Outstanding Single Achievement: Blush by Li Shaohong
* Silver Bear: A Play for a Passenger
* Honourable Mention:
** Midaq Alley by Jorge Fons
** Colpo di luna by Alberto Simone
** Sh'Chur by Shmuel Hasfari

### Blue Angel Award

* Cross My Heart and Hope to Die by Marius Holst

### Honorary Golden Bear

* Alain Delon