38th Berlin International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Linie 1 |
|---|---|
| Location | West Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: Red Sorghum |
| No. of films | 447 films[1] |
| Festival date | 12 – 23 February 1988 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 February 1988.[2] The festival opened with musical film Linie 1 by Reinhard Hauff.[2]
The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Red Sorghum directed by Zhang Yimou.[3]
The retrospective was dedicated to colour films and it was titled The History of Colour Film.[4] Originally West German actor Gert Fröbe was selected as Jury President but later he had to decline due to illness, after which Moritz de Hadeln appointed the Italian film critic Guglielmo Biraghi as the Jury President.[2]
Juries
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
- Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian journalist and film critic - Jury President
- Ellen Burstyn, American actress
- Heiner Carow, East-German filmmaker
- Eberhard Junkersdorf, West-German producer
- Tom Luddy, American producer and co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival
- Heinz Rathsack, West-German film historian
- Daniel Schmid, Swiss filmmaker
- Andrei Smirnov, Soviet actor and filmmaker
- Tilda Swinton, British actress
- Anna-Lena Wibom, Swedish producer and actress
- Pavlos Zannas, Greek writer and film critic
Official Sections
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:[1]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Ye One Another's Burden | Einer trage des anderen Last | Lothar Warneke | East Germany |
| Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | United States | |
| Commissar | Комиссар | Aleksandr Askoldov | Soviet Union |
| The Felons | Hudodelci | Franci Slak | Yugoslavia |
| Ground Zero | Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson | Australia | |
| Hunting Time | Av Zamanı | Erden Kıral | Turkey |
| Jarrapellejos | Antonio Giménez-Rico | Spain | |
| Kung-Fu Master | Agnès Varda | France | |
| Life Classes | William D. MacGillivray | Canada | |
| Moonstruck | Norman Jewison | United States | |
| The Mother of Kings | Matka Królów | Janusz Zaorski | Poland |
| Phera | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | India | |
| The Possessed | Les possédés | Andrzej Wajda | France |
| Red Sorghum | 紅高粱 | Zhang Yimou | China |
| Theophilos | Θεόφιλος | Lakis Papastathis | Greece |
| Verónico Cruz | La deuda interna | Miguel Pereira | Argentina, United Kingdom |
| Walker | Alex Cox | United States, Mexico, Spain | |
| Wohin? | Herbert Achternbusch | West Germany | |
| Yasemin | Hark Bohm | West Germany, Turkey | |
Out of competition
[edit]
- 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, directed by Taylor Hackford (United States)
- Cry Freedom, directed by Richard Attenborough (United Kingdom)
- Empire of the Sun, director Steven Spielberg (United States)
- Linie 1, directed by Reinhard Hauff (West Germany)
- Little Dorrit, directed by Christine Edzard (UK)
- Nuts, directed by Martin Ritt (United States)
- Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, directed by Godfrey Reggio (United States)
- September, directed by Woody Allen (United States)
- The Story of Asya Klyachina, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky (Soviet Union)
Retrospective
[edit]The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film":[7]
Official Awards
[edit]
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]
- Golden Bear: Red Sorghum by Zhang Yimou
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Comissar by Aleksandr Askoldov
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Norman Jewison for Moonstruck
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Holly Hunter for Broadcast News
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Manfred Möck and Jörg Pose for Bear Ye One Another's Burden
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Matka Królów by Janusz Zaorski
- Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Verónico Cruz by Miguel Pereira
Independent Awads
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "PROGRAMME 1988". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ a b c "38th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1988". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 1988". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE 1988". Retrieved 5 August 2014.