54th Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Cold Mountain |
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| Closing film | 25 Degrees in Winter |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: Head-On |
| Hosted by | Anke Engelke |
| No. of films | 290 films |
| Festival date | 5–15 February 2004 |
| Website | Website |
The 54th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5–15 February 2004. The festival opened with out of competition film Cold Mountain by Anthony Minghella. 25 Degrees in Winter by Stéphane Vuillet served as the closing film.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Head-On directed by Fatih Akın.
The retrospective dedicated to films from 1967 to 1976 titled New Hollywood 1967-1976. Trouble in Wonderland was shown at the festival. It focuses on the films from the period known as New Hollywood or American New Wave, and attended by some of the film-makers and actors of that era including Peter Davis, Peter Fonda, William Greaves, Monte Hellman and Melvin Van Peebles.