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 American film "Magnolia" directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
The 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 11 to 22, 1998.
 The festival opened with the Irish film "The Boxer" by Jim Sheridan.
 Francis Ford Coppola's "The Rainmaker" was selected as the closing night film.
 The Golden Bear was awarded to Brazilian-French film "Central Station" directed by Walter Salles.
 The retrospective dedicated to "Siodmak Bros.", titled Siodmak Bros.
 Berlin – London – Paris – Hollywood was shown at the festival.
The 28th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 February to 5 March 1978.
 The festival opened with "Opening Night" by John Cassavetes and closed with Steven Spielberg's out of competition film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".
 This was the first year the festival was held in February.
The 52nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6 to 17, 2002.
 The festival opened with "Heaven" by Tom Tykwer.
 New print of Charlie Chaplin's 1940 American satirical dramedy film "The Great Dictator" was the closing film of the festival.
 The Golden Bear was awarded to British–Irish film "Bloody Sunday" directed by Paul Greengrass and Japanese Animated film "Spirited Away" directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984.
 The festival opened with "Le Bal" by Ettore Scola.
 The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film "Love Streams" directed by John Cassavetes.
 The retrospective dedicated to German-American actor, screenwriter, producer and film director Ernst Lubitsch was shown at the festival.
The 58th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to February 17, 2008.
 The festival opened with Martin Scorsese's documentary film "Shine a Light". "
Be Kind Rewind" by Michel Gondry served as the closing film.
 Greek-French filmmaker Costa Gavras, was selected to serve as the Jury President at the festival.
The Boxer is a 1997 sports-drama film by Irish director Jim Sheridan.
 Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson, the film centers on the life of a boxer and former Provisional IRA volunteer Danny Flynn, played by Day-Lewis, who is trying to "go straight" after his release from prison.
 The film is the third collaboration between Sheridan and Day-Lewis, and portrays the increase of splinter groups within the IRA.
The 54th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6–16, 2003.
 The festival opened with musical film "Chicago" by Rob Marshall and closed with Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York", both films played out of competition at the festival.
 The Golden Bear was awarded to British film "In This World" directed by Michael Winterbottom.
The 36th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held 14–25 February 1986.
 The festival opened with "Ginger and Fred" by Federico Fellini, which played out of competition at the festival.
 The Golden Bear was awarded to German film "Stammheim" directed by Reinhard Hauff.
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (Torrelavega, Cantabria 2 January 1940) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director.
 His 1973 film "Habla, mudita" was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.
 In 1977, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director for "Camada negra" at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.
 His 1979 film "El corazón del bosque" was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival.
 Two years later, his film "Maravillas" was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.
 His 1982 film "Demons in the Garden" was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.
 In 1991 he was a member of the jury at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.

Question: The 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 11 to 22, 1998, the festival opened with the Irish film "The Boxer" by who?
Answer: Jim Sheridan