45th Berlin International Film Festival
The 45th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 22 February 1995. The Golden Bear was awarded to French film The Bait directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The retrospective dedicated to American actor Buster Keaton was shown at the festival.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:- Lia van Leer, founder of Jerusalem Cinematheque-Israel Film Archive and Jerusalem Film Festival - Jury President
- Georgi Djulgerov, director, screenwriter and producer
- Siqin Gaowa, actress
- Alfred Hirschmeier, production designer
- Christiane Hörbiger, actress
- Vadim Yusov, director of photography
- Dave Kehr, film critic
- Michael Kutza, founder of the Chicago International Film Festival
- Pilar Miró, director and screenwriter
- Tsai Ming-liang, director and screenwriter
Films in competition
| English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| The Addiction | The Addiction | Abel Ferrara | USA |
| The Bait | L'appât | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| Before Sunrise | Before Sunrise | Richard Linklater | USA, Austria, Switzerland |
| Butterfly Kiss | Butterfly Kiss | Michael Winterbottom | UK |
| One Hundred and One Nights | Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma | Agnès Varda | France, UK |
| Colpo di luna | Alberto Simone | Italy, Netherlands, France | |
| Midaq Alley | El callejón de los milagros | Jorge Fons | Mexico |
| King of the River | El rey del río | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Spain |
| Back to Roots | Gui tu | Raymond Leung | Hong Kong |
| Hades | Herbert Achternbusch | Germany | |
| Red Rose White Rose | Hong mei gui bai mei gui | Stanley Kwan | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Blush | Hong fen | Li Shaohong | Hong Kong, China |
| Nobody's Fool | Nobody's Fool | Robert Benton | UK |
| A Play for a Passenger | Pyesa dlya passazhira | Vadim Abdrashitov | Russia |
| Sh'Chur | Shmuel Hasfari | Israel | |
| Silent Fall | Silent Fall | Bruce Beresford | USA |
| Smoke | Smoke | Wayne Wang | USA |
| The Taebaek Mountains | Taebek sanmaek | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea |
| Cross My Heart and Hope to Die | Ti kniver i hjertet | Marius Holst | Norway |
| Transatlantis | Christian Wagner | Germany | |
| The Blue Villa | Un bruit qui rend fou | Alain Robbe-Grillet, Dimitri de Clercq | France, Belgium, Switzerland |
| When Night Is Falling | When Night Is Falling | Patricia Rozema | Canada |
| Summer Snow | Xiatian De Xue | Ann Hui | Hong Kong |
Key
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:- Golden Bear: The Bait by Bertrand Tavernier
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Smoke, Harvey Keitel
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Richard Linklater for Before Sunrise
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Josephine Siao for Xiatian De Xue
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Paul Newman for Nobody's Fool
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Hong fen
- Silver Bear: Pyesa dlya passazhira
- Honourable Mention:
- * El callejón de los milagros by Jorge Fons
- * Colpo di luna by Alberto Simone
- * Sh'Chur by Shmuel Hasfari
- Blue Angel Award: Ti kniver i hjertet by Marius Holst
- Honorary Golden Bear: Alain Delon