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Berlin International Film Festival: 1997

Golden Berlin Bear

Date:	13 February - 24 February
Jury:	Jacques Lang (France) (head of jury); Hark Bohm (Germany); Férid Boughedir (Tunisia); Maggie Cheung (Hong Kong); Fred Gronich (USA); David Hare (I) (UK); Per Holst (I) (Denmark); Boleslaw Michalek (Poland); Humberto Solás (Cuba); Marianne Sägebrecht (Germany); Ying Ning (China)
Location:	Zoopalast theatre, Berlin, Germany


Winner:
	People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) - Milos Forman
Other In-Competition Films:
	Crucible, The (1996) - Nicholas Hytner English Patient, The (1996) - Anthony Minghella Get on the Bus (1996) - Spike Lee Généalogies d'un crime (1997) - Raoul Ruiz He liu (1997) - Ming-liang Tsai In Love and War (1996) - Richard Attenborough Island on Bird Street, The (1997) - Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Leben ist eine Baustelle., Das (1997) - Wolfgang Becker (II) Leneged Einayim Ma'araviyot (1996) - Joseph Pitchhadze Lucie Aubrac (1997) - Claude Berri Mai fu (1997) - Jianxin Huang O Que É Isso, Companheiro? (1997) - Bruno Barreto Panna Nikt (1996) - Andrzej Wajda Port Djema (1997) - Eric Heumann Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Baz Luhrmann Rosewood (1997) - John Singleton (I) Se qing nan nu (1996) - Tung-Shing Yee Secretos del corazón (1997) - Montxo Armendáriz Setouchi munraito serenade (1997) - Masahiro Shinoda Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) - Bille August Territorio Comanche (1997) - Gerardo Herrero Tri istorii (1997) - Kira Muratova Twin Town (1997) - Kevin Allen (I) Wo ai chu fang (1997) - Ho Yim

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Senaste Nytt (1996) - Per Carleson
Other In-Competition Films:
	Du zéro des arènes (1996) - Isabelle Faivre Ikarosz (1996) - Géza M. Tóth Late at Night (1997) - Stefanie Jordan; Stefanie Saghri; Claudia Zoller Malraux (1996) - Raymond Depardon; Roger Ikhlef Rusalka (1997) - Aleksandr Petrov (I) Yellow (1996) - Simon Beaufoy; Bille Eltringham Äventyrspizza (1996) - Eva Lindström

Silver Berlin Bear


Winner:
	Raoul Ruiz - For his lifetime contribution to the art of cinema.

Best Actor


Winner:
	Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Leonardo DiCaprio

Best Actress


Winner:
	English Patient, The (1996) - Juliette Binoche

Best Director


Winner:
	Port Djema (1997) - Eric Heumann

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Late at Night (1997) - Stefanie Jordan; Stefanie Saghri; Claudia Zoller

Outstanding Single Achievement


Winner:
	Island on Bird Street, The (1997) - Zbigniew Preisner - For his music in the film.

Special Jury Prize


Winner:
	He liu (1997) - Ming-liang Tsai

Special Mention


Winners:
	Get on the Bus (1996) - Spike Lee - For the examplary ensemble acting of the whole team. Island on Bird Street, The (1997) - Jordan Kiziuk - For the promising performance of a young actor. Leben ist eine Baustelle., Das (1997) - Wolfgang Becker (II) - For the humorous and ironic portrayal of the changes taking place in present-day Berlin. Panna Nikt (1996) - Anna Wielgucka - For the promising performance of a young actress.

Honorary Golden Berlin Bear


Awarded to:
	Kim Novak (I)

Berlinale Camera


Awarded to:
	Lauren Bacall Ann Hui Armin Mueller-Stahl Franz Seitz (II)

Teddy

Date:	23 February
Host:	Maren Kroymann; Christoph Eichhorn
Jury:	Birgit Scheuch (Germany); Peter Caspari (Germany); Hagen Gottschalk (Germany); Ira Kornmannshaus (Russia); Jennifer Morris (II) (USA); Schorsch Müller (Germany); Michael Lumpkin (USA); Morgan Rumpf (USA); Patrik Martinez (Switzerland); Robin Vachal (USA); Michael Isele (Germany); Ludwig Amman (Germany); Raymund Murray (USA); Edward Lam (I) (Hong Kong); Wellington Love (USA); Barbara Wieler (Germany)
Location:	Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Heldinnen der Liebe (1997) - Nathalie Percillier; Lily Besilly

Best Feature Film


Winner:
	MURDER and murder (1996) - Yvonne Rainer

Special Teddy


Winner:
	Romy Haag

Alfred Bauer Award


Winner:
	Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Baz Luhrmann

Blue Angel


Winner:
	Secretos del corazón (1997) - Montxo Armendáriz

Caligari Film Award

Date:	23 February
Location:	Delphi theatre, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany


Winner:
	Nobody's Business (1996) - Alan Berliner

Peace Film Award


Winner:
	Nach Saison (1997) - Mirjam Quinte; Pepe Danquart

Wolfgang Staudte Award

Date:	23 February
Jury:	Jeanine Meerapfel (Germany); Amy Taubin (USA); José Carlos Avellar (Brazil) (critic/historian)


Winner:
	Sertão das memórias, O (1996) - José Araújo (IV)

Reader Jury of the "Siegessäule"


Winner:
	All Over Me (1997) - Alex Sichel