44th Berlin International Film Festival

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Location Berlin, Germany No. of films 300 films Website Website		Founded 1951 Festival date February 10 – 21, 1994

Awards Golden Bear (In the Name of the Father)

The 44th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10 to 21, 1994. The Golden Bear was awarded to British-Irish film In the Name of the Father directed by Jim Sheridan. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian director, actor and producer Erich von Stroheim was shown at the festival.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

Jeremy Thomas (Head of the Jury)

Chinghiz Aitmatov

María Luisa Bemberg

Hsu Feng

Morgan Freeman

Francis Girod

Corinna Harfouch

Carlo Lizzani

Wolfram Schütte

Susan Seidelman

Hayao Shibata

Dave Kehr

Films in competition

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

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

Golden Bear: In the Name of the Father by Jim Sheridan

Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize: Fresa y chocolate by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío

Silver Bear for Best Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski for Three Colors: White

Silver Bear for Best Actress: Crissy Rock for Ladybird, Ladybird

Silver Bear for Best Actor: Tom Hanks for Philadelphia

Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Smoking/No Smoking by Alain Resnais

Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: God sobaki by Semyon Aranovich

Alfred Bauer Prize: Hwa-Om-Kyung by Jang Sun-woo

Honourable Mention:

Sparkling Fox by Wu Ziniu

Cari fottutissimi amici by Mario Monicelli

Fearless by Peter Weir

Blue Angel Award: Il giudice ragazzino by Alessandro Di Robilant

Honorary Golden Bear: Sophia Loren

References

44th Berlin International Film Festival Wikipedia

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Jury

Films in competition

Awards

References