The 47th annual

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...

was held from 13 to 24 February 1997. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film '' The People vs. Larry Flynt'' directed by

Miloš Forman Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (; ; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968. Forman ...

. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian film director G. W. Pabst was shown at the festival.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Jack Lang, politician (France) - Jury President * Hark Bohm, actor, director and screenwriter (Germany) * Férid Boughedir, director, screenwriter and producer (Tunisia) *

Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong former actress. Raised in Hong Kong and Britain, she started her career after placing second in 1983's Miss Hong Kong Pageant. She achieved critical success in the late 1980s and i ...

, actress and model (Hong Kong) * Fred Gronich, senior executive of the

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(United States) * David Hare, director, screenwriter and playwright (United Kingdom) *

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, producer (Denmark) * Boleslaw Michalek, screenwriter and film critic (Poland) *

Humberto Solás Humberto Solás (4 December 1941 – 18 September 2008) was a Cuban film director, credited with directing the film ''Lucía'' (1968), which explored the lives of Cuban women during different periods in Cuban history. His cinematic style borr ...

, director and screenwriter (Cuba) *

Marianne Sägebrecht Marianne Sägebrecht (; born 27 August 1945) is a German film actress. Her background included stints as a medical lab assistant and magazine assistant editor before she found her calling in show business. Claiming to be inspired by Bavaria's ma ...

, actress (Germany) *

Ning Ying Ning Ying (born 1959 in Beijing) is a female Chinese film director often considered a member of China's " Sixth Generation" filmmaker coterie, a group that also includes Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yuan and Wang Xiaoshuai. However, this is more a result ...

, director (China)

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

Key

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: * Golden Bear: '' The People vs. Larry Flynt'' by

* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: '' He liu'' by Tsai Ming-liang * Silver Bear for Best Director: Eric Heumann for '' Port Djema'' * Silver Bear for Best Actress:

Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche (; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress and dancer. She has appeared in more than sixty feature films and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Silver Bear, ...

for ''

The English Patient ''The English Patient'' is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian villa during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War. The four main characters are: an unrecognisably burn ...

'' * 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'' ** '' Das Leben ist eine Baustelle'' by Wolfgang Becker ** Anna Wielgucka for '' Panna Nikt'' ** '' Get on the Bus'' by

Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut ...

* Blue Angel Award: '' Secretos del corazón'' by Montxo Armendáriz * Honorary Golden Bear:

Kim Novak Marilyn Pauline "Kim" Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American retired film and television actress and painter. Novak began her career in 1954 after signing with Columbia Pictures and quickly became one of Hollywood's top box office stars, ...

* Berlinale Camera: **

Lauren Bacall Lauren Bacall (; born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary ...

Ann Hui Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Hon ...

** Armin Mueller-Stahl ** Franz Seitz

References

External links

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