# 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 Sense and Sensibility directed by Ang Lee.
The retrospective dedicated to American film director, producer and screenwriter William Wyler was shown at the festival.

## Juries
### Main Competition

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
* Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian actor, filmmaker and producer - Jury President
* Gila Almagor, Israeli actress and writer
* Vincenzo Cerami, Italian writer, screenwriter and playwright
* Joan Chen, Chinese-American actress and director
* Ann Hui, Hong Kong filmmaker
* Peter Lilienthal, German filmmaker
* Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
* Claude Rich, French actor
* Fay Weldon, British writer and playwright
* Catherine Wyler, American producer and artistic director
* Christian Zeender, Swiss musician

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 12 Monkeys | 12 Monkeys | Terry Gilliam | United States |
| All Things Fair | Lust och fägring stor | Bo Widerberg | Denmark, Sweden |
| A Single Spark | 아름다운 청년 전태일 | Park Kwang-su | South Korea |
| A Summer in La Goulette | صيف حلق الوادي | Férid Boughedir | Tunisia, France, Belgium |
| Dead Man Walking | Dead Man Walking | Tim Robbins | United Kingdom, United States |
| Éxtasis | Éxtasis | Mariano Barroso | Spain |
| Faithful | Faithful | Paul Mazursky | United States |
| Get Shorty | Get Shorty | Barry Sonnenfeld | United States |
| Holy Week | Wielki tydzień | Andrzej Wajda | Poland |
| The Liars | Les menteurs | Élie Chouraqui | France |
| Mahjong | 麻將 | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
| Mary Reilly | Mary Reilly | Stephen Frears | United States |
| My Man | Mon homme | Bertrand Blier | France |
| Portland | | Niels Arden Oplev | Denmark |
| Restoration | Restoration | Michael Hoffman | United Kingdom, United States |
| Richard III | Richard III | Richard Loncraine | United Kingdom, United States |
| Sense and Sensibility | Sense and Sensibility | Ang Lee | United Kingdom, United States |
| Silent Night | Stille Nacht | Dani Levy | Germany, Switzerland |
| The Sun Has Ears | 太陽有耳 | Yim Ho | Hong Kong |
| Strangled Lives | Vite strozzate | Ricky Tognazzi | Italy, France, Belgium |
| Sun Valley | 日光峡谷 | He Ping | China |
| Village of Dreams | 絵の中のぼくの村 | Yōichi Higashi | Japan |
| What I Have Written | What I Have Written | John Hughes | Australia |

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: Sense and Sensibility by Ang Lee
* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: All Things Fair 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 My Man
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sean Penn for Dead Man Walking
* Silver Bear for an Outstanding Single Achievement: Yōichi Higashi for Village of Dreams
* Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Andrzej Wajda for Holy Week
* Alfred Bauer Prize: Strangled Lives
* Honourable Mention:
** Mahjong by Edward Yang
** Silent Night by Dani Levy
** Sun Valley by He Ping

### Honorary Golden Bear

* Jack Lemmon
* Elia Kazan

### Berlinale Camera

* Tschingis Aitmatov
* Jodie Foster
* Sally Field
* Astrid Henning-Jensen
* Volker Noth

## Independent Awards
### Blue Angel Award

* All Things Fair by Bo Widerberg

### FIPRESCI Award

* The Sun Has Ears by Yim Ho