The 38th annual

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was held from 12 to 23 February 1988. The festival opened with

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as brea ...

''Linie 1'' by

Reinhard Hauff Reinhard Hauff (born 23 May 1939) is a German film director. His works, which were mostly carried out in the late 1960s to early 1990s, are known for their social and political commentary. ''Stammheim (film), Stammheim'', which is based on the act ...

. The

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was awarded to the Chinese film '' Red Sorghum'' directed by

Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou (; born 2 April 1950) is a Chinese film director, producer, writer, actor and former cinematographer.Tasker, Yvonne (2002). "Zhang Yimou" i''Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers'' Routledge Publishing, p. 412. . Google Book Search. Retriev ...

. The retrospective was dedicated to colour films and it was titled ''The History of Colour Film''. Originally West German actor

Gert Fröbe Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film '' Goldfinger'', as Peachum in ''The Threepenny Ope ...

was selected as Jury President but later he had to decline due to illness, after which

Moritz de Hadeln Moritz de Hadeln (born 21 December 1940 in Exeter, Devon, England) is a Swiss documentary film director and photographer, who became a Film Festival, Film Festival director. He was the founder of Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel. ...

appointed the Italian film critic

Guglielmo Biraghi Guglielmo Biraghi (1 September 1927 – 23 April 2001) was an Italian critic and film festival director. He was the director of the Taormina Film Fest in the 1970s and became the 14th director of the Venice Film Festival in 1987. In 1970, he ...

as the Jury President.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: *

, journalist and film critic (Italy) - Jury President *

Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complicated women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Em ...

, actress (United States) *

Heiner Carow Heiner Carow (19 September 1929 – 1 February 1997) was a German film director and screenwriter. His 1986 film '' So Many Dreams'' was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, he was a member of the jury at ...

, director and screenwriter (East Germany) *

Eberhard Junkersdorf Hans-Eberhard Junkersdorf (born 27 September 1938) is a German film producer. He has produced more than 50 films since 1975. He was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Room 13'' (1964) ...

, producer (West Germany) * Tom Luddy, producer and co-founder of the

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(United States) * Heinz Rathsack, film historian (West Germany) *

Daniel Schmid Daniel Walter Schmid (26 December 1941 – 5 August 2006) was a Swiss theatre and film director. Biography In 1982, his film ''Hécate'' was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. His film ''Beresina, or the Last Days of Swi ...

, director and screenwriter (Switzerland) * Andrei Smirnov, actor and director (Soviet Union) *

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, actress (United Kingdom) *

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, producer and actress (Sweden) *

Pavlos Zannas Pavlos () or Pávlos () is a masculine given name. It is a Greek form of Paul. It may refer to: *Pavlos Bakoyannis (1935–1989), a liberal Greek politician *Pavlos Carrer (1829–1896), a Greek composer *Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (bo ...

, writer and film critic (Greece)

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the

Out of competition

* '' Něco z Alenky'', directed by Jan Švankmajer (Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom) * '' Больше света Bol'se sveta!'', directed by Marina Babak (Soviet Union) * ''

Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll ''Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll'' is a 1987 documentary film directed by Taylor Hackford that chronicles two 1986 concerts celebrating rock and roll musician Chuck Berry's 60th birthday. A soundtrack album was released in October 1987 on the MCA lab ...

'', directed by

Taylor Hackford Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for '' Teenage Father'' (1979). Hackford went on to direct ...

(USA) * ''

Cry Freedom ''Cry Freedom'' is a 1987 epic apartheid drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid-era South Africa. The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods. ...

'', directed by

Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (; 29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. He was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Televisi ...

(United Kingdom) * ''

Empire of the Sun ''Empire of the Sun'' is a 1984 novel by English writer J. G. Ballard; it was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Like Ballard's earlier short story "The Dead Time" (published in the anthology ...

'', director

Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Sp ...

(USA) * ''

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'', directed by

(West Germany) * ''

Little Dorrit ''Little Dorrit'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Cl ...

'', directed by

Christine Edzard Christine Edzard (born 15 February 1945)Christine Edzard
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Nuts'', directed by

Martin Ritt Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director and actor who worked in both film and theater, noted for his socially conscious films. Some of the films he directed include '' The Long, Hot Summer'' (1958), '' The Black ...

(USA) * '' Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation'', directed by Godfrey Reggio (USA) * ''

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'', directed by

Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

(USA) * '' История Аси Клячиной, которая любила, да не вышла замуж Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh'', directed by

Andrei Konchalovsky Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (russian: link=no, Андрей Сергеевич Михалков-Кончаловский; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian filmmaker. He has worked in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary Russian ...

(Soviet Union)

Key

Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film":

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: *

: '' Red Sorghum'' by

* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: '' Komissar'' by

Aleksandr Askoldov Aleksandr Yakovlevich Askoldov (russian: Александр Яковлевич Аскольдов; 17 June 1932 – 21 May 2018Richard Sandomir: ', The New York Times, June 6, 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.) was a Soviet Russian actor and film dir ...

Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury ...

Norman Jewison Norman Frederick Jewison (born July 21, 1926) is a retired Canadian film and television director, producer, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. He has directed numerous feature films and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best ...

for ''

Moonstruck ''Moonstruck'' is a 1987 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and co-produced by Norman Jewison, written by John Patrick Shanley, and starring Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis, and Vincent Gardenia. The film follows L ...

'' *

Silver Bear for Best Actress The Silver Bear for Best Actress (german: Silberner Bär/Beste Darstellerin) was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chos ...

Holly Hunter Holly Patricia Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film '' The Piano'', Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She earned three additional Academy Award nominations for ...

for '' Broadcast News'' *

Silver Bear for Best Actor The Silver Bear for Best Actor (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Darsteller) was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chosen by ...

: Manfred Möck and Jörg Pose for '' Einer trage des anderen Last'' * Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: '' Matka Królów'' by

Janusz Zaorski Janusz Zaorski (born 19 September 1947) is a Polish film director, scenarist and actor, representative of the cinema of moral anxiety ( pl, kino moralnego niepokoju), trend in Polish cinema. Zaorski has directed mainly psychological dramas, comed ...

* Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: '' La deuda interna'' by Miguel Pereira *

FIPRESCI Award The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

**'' Komissar'' by

References

External links

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