[3] Costa-Gavras's Eden Is West served as the closing night film at the festival.

[6] The Golden Bear was awarded to Peruvian film The Milk of Sorrow directed by Claudia Llosa.

[7] The retrospective dedicated to the Golden Age of 70mm filmmaking from 1955 to 1970, titled 70mm – Bigger than Life was shown at the festival.

[8] Admission for the festival was reported to be among the highest in years, and it also set a record for ticket sales, with some 270,000 tickets sold by the halfway mark, compared to 240,000 sold for the entire run of the festival the previous year.

[9] The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[10] The following films were selected in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1] The following films were selected for the out of competition screening at the festival:[1] The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[7][11]