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BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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    Golden Berlin Bear

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The People vs. Larry Flynt

      7.3 (104K)
      Milos Forman
    • [object Object]

      The Crucible

      6.8 (42K)
      Nicholas Hytner
    • [object Object]

      The English Patient

      7.4 (210K)
      Anthony Minghella
    • [object Object]

      Get on the Bus

      6.9 (6.3K)
      Spike Lee
    • [object Object]

      Genealogies of a Crime

      6.4 (984)
      Raúl Ruiz
    • [object Object]

      The River

      7.2 (3.5K)
      Tsai Ming-liang
    • [object Object]

      In Love and War

      5.9 (9.4K)
      Richard Attenborough
    • [object Object]

      The Island on Bird Street

      7.1 (2.2K)
      Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
    • [object Object]

      Life is All You Get

      7.2 (2.1K)
      Wolfgang Becker
    • [object Object]

      Under Western Eyes

      7.4 (51)
      Joseph Pitchhadze
    • [object Object]

      Lucie Aubrac

      6.6 (1.5K)
      Claude Berri
    • [object Object]

      Surveillance

      6.8 (125)
      Jianxin Huang
    • [object Object]

      Four Days in September

      7.4 (6.1K)
      Bruno Barreto
    • [object Object]

      Panna Nikt

      5.9 (528)
      Andrzej Wajda
    • [object Object]

      Port Djema

      6.1 (103)
      Éric Heumann
    • [object Object]

      Romeo + Juliet

      6.7 (254K)
      Baz Luhrmann
    • [object Object]

      Rosewood

      7.2 (9.2K)
      John Singleton
    • [object Object]

      Viva Erotica

      6.6 (1.1K)
      Derek Tung-Sing Yee
    • [object Object]

      Secrets of the Heart

      7.0 (2.1K)
      Montxo Armendáriz
    • [object Object]

      Moonlight Serenade

      6.6 (138)
      Masahiro Shinoda
    • [object Object]

      Smilla's Sense of Snow

      6.3 (16K)
      Bille August
    • [object Object]

      Comanche Territory

      6.4 (407)
      Gerardo Herrero
    • [object Object]

      Tri istorii

      7.1 (876)
      Kira Muratova
    • [object Object]

      Twin Town

      6.7 (6.7K)
      Kevin Allen
    • [object Object]

      Kitchen

      6.8 (243)
      Ho Yim

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Senaste Nytt

      7.2 (75)
      Per Carleson

    • Äventyrspizza

      5.7 (7)
      Eva Lindström

    • Du zéro des arènes

      Isabelle Faivre
    • [object Object]

      Icarus

      6.5 (23)
      Géza M. Tóth

    • Late at Night

      Stefanie Jordan
      Stefanie Saghri
      Claudia Zoller

    • Malraux

      Raymond Depardon
      Roger Ikhlef
    • [object Object]

      Mermaid

      7.7 (1.3K)
      Aleksandr Petrov
    • [object Object]

      Yellow

      6.5 (45)
      Simon Beaufoy
      Bille Eltringham

    Silver Berlin Bear

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    Best Actor

    • Leonardo DiCaprio at an event for Inception (2010)
      Winner
      • Leonardo DiCaprio
      • Romeo + Juliet

    Best Actress

    • Juliette Binoche at an event for Breaking and Entering (2006)
      Winner
      • Juliette Binoche
      • The English Patient

    Best Director

    • Éric Heumann
      Winner
      • Éric Heumann
      • Port Djema

    Best Short Film

    • Winner

      Late at Night

      Stefanie Jordan
      Stefanie Saghri
      Claudia Zoller

    Outstanding Artistic Contribution

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Genealogies of a Crime

      6.4 (984)
      Raúl Ruiz

    Outstanding Single Achievement

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Island on Bird Street

      7.1 (2.2K)
      Zbigniew Preisner
      For his music in the film.

    Special Jury Prize

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The River

      7.2 (3.5K)
      Tsai Ming-liang

    Special Mention

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Panna Nikt

      5.9 (528)
      Anna Wielgucka
      For the promising performance of a young actress.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Island on Bird Street

      7.1 (2.2K)
      Jordan Kiziuk
      For the promising performance of a young actor.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Life is All You Get

      7.2 (2.1K)
      Wolfgang Becker
      For the humorous and ironic portrayal of the changes taking place in present-day Berlin.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Get on the Bus

      6.9 (6.3K)
      Spike Lee
      For the examplary ensemble acting of the whole team.

    Honorary Golden Berlin Bear

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    • Kim Novak in Vertigo (1958)
      Winner
      • Kim Novak

    Berlinale Camera

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    • Lauren Bacall
      Winner
      • Lauren Bacall
    • Ann Hui
      Winner
      • Ann Hui
    • Armin Mueller-Stahl in The Peacemaker (1997)
      Winner
      • Armin Mueller-Stahl
    • Winner
      • Franz Seitz

    Crystal Bear

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    14plus: Best Feature Film

    • Winner
      • Werner Meyer(Director)
      Top Shelf Productions
      Portman Productions

    Generation Kplus - Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Der Flug des Albatros

      5.4 (45)
      Werner Meyer

    Generation Kplus - Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La grande migration

      6.5 (58)
      Iouri Tcherenkov

    Teddy

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    Best Documentary/Essay Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      MURDER and murder

      6.8 (96)
      Yvonne Rainer

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      All Over Me

      6.4 (3.6K)
      Alex Sichel

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Heldinnen der Liebe

      5.3 (10)
      Nathalie Percillier
      Lily Besilly

    Special Teddy

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    • Romy Haag in Die Hamburger Krankheit (1979)
      Winner
      • Romy Haag

    Alfred Bauer Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Romeo + Juliet

      6.7 (254K)
      Baz Luhrmann

    Blue Angel

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Secrets of the Heart

      7.0 (2.1K)
      Montxo Armendáriz

    Caligari Film Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nobody's Business

      8.0 (971)
      Alan Berliner

    Panorama Award of the New York Film Academy

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Spindrift

      7.2 (14)
      Simone Horrocks

    Peace Film Award

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    • Winner

      Off Season

      8.1 (20)
      Mirjam Quinte
      Pepe Danquart

    Wolfgang Staudte Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      O Sertão das Memórias

      7.2 (20)
      José Araújo

    Reader Jury of the "Siegessäule"

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      All Over Me

      6.4 (3.6K)
      Alex Sichel

    Forum

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]

      A Starry Sky

      7.1 (144)
      Tata Amaral(director)
      Tangerina Entretenimento

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    • Berlinale
    • Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlinale)

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    Event date

    February 23, 1997

    Event location

    Berlin, Germany

    Event links

    • http://www.berlinale.de/
    • http://www.teddyaward.org/
    • http://www.fipresci.org/
    • http://www.signis.net/
    • http://www.cifej.com/
    • http://www.filmklubb.no/ficc/introdu.htm
    • http://www.friedensfilmpreis.de/
    • http://www.gwff.de/
    • http://www.fdk-berlin.de/
    • http://www.ippnw.de/frieden/ffp/index.htm

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