The 50th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 9 to 20, 2000.

[2] The festival opened with The Million Dollar Hotel by Wim Wenders.

[3][4] Bossa Nova by Bruno Barreto, screened out of competition was the closing film of the festival.

[5] The Golden Bear was awarded to Magnolia directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

[6] The retrospective titled Artificial People and dedicated to artificial beings and machines in the films was shown at the festival, screening films like The Golem: How He Came into the World and The Terminator.