39th Berlin International Film Festival
Appearance
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Location | West Berlin, Germany |
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Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear (Rain Man) |
No. of films | 375 films[1] |
Festival date | 10 – 21 February 1989 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989.[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to American film Rain Man directed by Barry Levinson.[3] The retrospective was dedicated to German film producer Erich Pommer and another one dedicated to European productions of 1939 titled Europe 1939.[4]
Jury
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The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
- Rolf Liebermann, composer (Switzerland) - Jury President
- Leslie Caron, dancer and actress (France)
- Chen Kaige, director (China)
- Vadim Glowna, actor and director (West Germany)
- Randa Haines, director and screenwriter (United States)
- Vladimir Ignatovski, director of Bulgarska Nacionalna Filmoteka (Bulgaria)
- Adrian Kutter, founder of the Biberach an der Riß Film Festival (West Germany)
- Francisco Rabal, actor (Spain)
- Cliff Robertson, actor (United States)
- Zdeněk Svěrák, actor and screenwriter (Czechoslovakia)
- Boris Vasilyev, writer and screenwriter (Soviet Union)
Films in competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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The Accused | The Accused | Jonathan Kaplan | USA |
Gang of Four | La bande des quatre | Jacques Rivette | France |
Bankomatt | Villi Hermann | Switzerland, Italy | |
Camille Claudel | Bruno Nuytten | France | |
Hope and Pain | Dauntaun hirozu | Yoji Yamada | Japan |
Esquilache | Josefina Molina | Spain | |
Fallada: The Last Chapter | Fallada – letztes Kapitel | Roland Gräf | East Germany |
The Striker with Number 9 | I fanela me to 9 | Pantelis Voulgaris | Greece |
American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy | Histoires d'Amérique | Chantal Akerman | Belgium, France |
Ivan and Alexandra | Ivan i Aleksandra | Ivan Nitchev | Bulgaria |
I Love, You Love | Ja milujem, ty miluješ | Dušan Hanák | Czechoslovakia |
Joan of Arc of Mongolia | Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia | Ulrike Ottinger | West Germany, France |
Summer of Aviya | Ha-Kayitz Shel Aviya | Eli Cohen | Israel |
Before the Bat's Flight Is Done | Mielött befejezi röptét a denevér | Péter Tímár | Hungary |
Mississippi Burning | Mississippi Burning | Alan Parker | USA |
The Dark Night | La noche oscura | Carlos Saura | Spain, France |
Pestalozzi's Mountain | Pestalozzis Berg | Peter von Gunten | East Germany, Switzerland, Italy |
Rain Man | Rain Man | Barry Levinson | USA |
Resurrected | Resurrected | Paul Greengrass | United Kingdom |
The Servant | Sluga | Vadim Abdrashitov | Soviet Union |
Talk Radio | Talk Radio | Oliver Stone | USA |
Evening Bell | Wan zhong | Wu Ziniu | China |
Out of competition
- Abschied vom falschen Paradies, directed by Tevfik Başer (West Germany)
- Another Woman, directed by Woody Allen (USA)
- The Break , directed by Frank Beyer (East Germany)
- Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears (USA)
- C*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale , directed by Norbert Kückelmann (West Germany)
- Власть Соловецкая. Свидетельства и документы Vlast Solovetskaya. Svidetelstva i dokumenty, directed by Marina Goldovskaya (Soviet Union)
- War Requiem, directed by Derek Jarman (UK)
Key
† Winner of the main award for best film in its section
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Erich Pommer:[6]
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Europe 1939":[6]
Awards
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The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]
- Golden Bear: Rain Man by Barry Levinson
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Wan zhong by Wu Ziniu
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Dušan Hanák for Ja milujem, ty miluješ
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani for Camille Claude
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Gene Hackman for Mississippi Burning
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Eric Bogosian for Talk Radio
- Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Kaipo Cohen and Gila Almagor for Ha-Kayitz Shel Aviya
- Honourable Mention: La bande des quatre by Jacques Rivette
- Alfred-Bauer Prize: Sluga
- FIPRESCI Award
- UNICEF Award
References
- ^ a b "PROGRAMME 1989". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "39th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1989". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 1989". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ a b "RETROSPECTIVE 1989". Retrieved 9 June 2020.