47th Berlin International Film Festival
Film festival
Festival poster | |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
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Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: The People vs. Larry Flynt |
No. of films | 324 films[1] |
Festival date | 13–24 February 1997 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
Berlin International Film Festival chronology | |
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
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 | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Comanche Territory | Territorio Comanche | Gerardo Herrero | Spain, France, Germany, Argentina |
The Crucible | Nicholas Hytner | United States | |
The English Patient | Anthony Minghella | ||
Four Days in September | O que é isso, companheiro? | Bruno Barreto | Brazil |
Get on the Bus | Spike Lee | United States | |
Genealogies of a Crime | Généalogies d'un crime | Raúl Ruiz | France, Portugal |
The Island on Bird Street | Øen i Fuglegaden | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany |
Kitchen | 我愛廚房 | Yim Ho | 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 |
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
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]
- Golden Bear: The People vs. Larry Flynt by Miloš Forman
- Silver Bear Special Jury Prize: The River by Tsai Ming-liang
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Eric Heumann for Port Djema
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Juliette Binoche for The English Patient
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio for Romeo + Juliet
- Silver Bear for an Outstanding Single Achievement: Zbigniew Preisner for The Island on Bird Street
- Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Raúl Ruiz for Généalogies d'un crime
- Alfred Bauer Prize: Romeo + Juliet
- Honourable Mention:
- Jordan Kiziuk for The Island on Bird Street
- Life is All You Get by Wolfgang Becker
- Anna Wielgucka for Miss Nobody
- Get on the Bus by Spike Lee
Honorary Golden Bear
Berlinale Camera
Independent Awards
Blue Angel Award
- Secretos del corazón by Montxo Armendáriz
References
- ^ a b "PROGRAMME 1997". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "47th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1997". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 1997". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
External links
- 47th Berlin International Film Festival 1997
- 1997 Berlin International Film Festival
- Berlin International Film Festival:1997 at Internet Movie Database
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