1997 film festival in Berlin, Germany
The 47th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1997.[2]
The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film The People vs. Larry Flynt directed by Miloš Forman.[3]
The retrospective dedicated to Austrian film director G. W. Pabst was shown at the festival.[4]
Juries
Jack Lang, Jury President
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
Main Competition
- Jack Lang, French politician - Jury President
- Hark Bohm, German actor and filmmaker
- Férid Boughedir, Tunisian filmmaker and producer
- Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong/Chinese actress and model
- Fred Gronich, American senior executive of the MPAA
- David Hare, British filmmaker and playwright
- Per Holst, Danish producer
- Boleslaw Michalek, Polish screenwriter and film critic
- Humberto Solás, Cuban director and screenwriter
- Marianne Sägebrecht, German actress
- Ning Ying, Chinese filmmaker
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Country
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| Comanche Territory
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Territorio Comanche
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Gerardo Herrero
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Spain, France, Germany, Argentina
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| The Crucible
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Nicholas Hytner
|
United States
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| The English Patient
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Anthony Minghella
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| Four Days in September
|
O que é isso, companheiro?
|
Bruno Barreto
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Brazil
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| Get on the Bus
|
Spike Lee
|
United States
|
| Genealogies of a Crime
|
Généalogies d'un crime
|
Raúl Ruiz
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France, Portugal
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| The Island on Bird Street
|
Øen i Fuglegaden
|
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
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Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany
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| Kitchen
|
我愛廚房
|
Yim Ho
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Hong Kong, Japan
|
| Life is All You Get
|
Das Leben ist eine Baustelle
|
Wolfgang Becker
|
Germany
|
| In Love and War
|
Richard Attenborough
|
United States
|
| Lucie Aubrac
|
Claude Berri
|
France
|
| Miss Nobody
|
Panna Nikt
|
Andrzej Wajda
|
Poland
|
| Moonlight Serenade
|
瀬戸内ムーンライト・セレナーデ
|
Masahiro Shinoda
|
Japan
|
| The People vs. Larry Flynt
|
Miloš Forman
|
United States
|
| Port Djema
|
Eric Heumann
|
France, Italy, Greece
|
| The River
|
河流
|
Tsai Ming-liang
|
Taiwan
|
| Romeo + Juliet
|
Baz Luhrmann
|
United States
|
| Rosewood
|
John Singleton
|
| Secrets of the Heart
|
Secretos del corazón
|
Montxo Armendáriz
|
France, Portugal, Spain
|
| Smilla's Feeling for Snow
|
Bille August
|
Denmark, Germany, Sweden
|
| Surveillance
|
埋伏
|
Huang Jianxin
|
China
|
| Three Stories
|
Три истории
|
Kira Muratova
|
Russia, Ukraine
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| Twin Town
|
Kevin Allen
|
United Kingdom
|
| Under Western Eyes
|
Leneged Einayim Ma'araviyot
|
Joseph Pitchhadze
|
Israel
|
| Viva Erotica
|
色情男女
|
Tung-Shing Yee
|
Hong Kong
|
Official Awards
Main Competition
Miloš Forman, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]
Honorary Golden Bear
Berlinale Camera
Independent Awards
Blue Angel Award
References
External links
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