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Location
  
Berlin, Germany

No. of films
  
324 films

Founded
  
1951

Festival date
  
February 13 – 24, 1997

47th Berlin International Film Festival

Awards
  
Golden Bear (The People vs. Larry Flynt)

Website
  
http://www.berlinale.de

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The 47th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 13 to 24, 1997. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film The People vs. Larry Flynt directed by Miloš Forman. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian film director G. W. Pabst was shown at the festival.

Jury

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

  • Jack Lang (Head of the Jury)
  • Hark Bohm
  • Férid Boughedir
  • Maggie Cheung
  • Fred Gronich
  • David Hare
  • Per Holst
  • Boleslaw Michalek
  • Humberto Solás
  • Marianne Sägebrecht
  • Ning Ying

    • 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: The People vs. Larry Flynt by Miloš Forman
  • Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize: He liu by Tsai Ming-liang
  • Silver Bear for Best Director: Eric Heumann for Port Djema
  • Silver Bear for Best Actress: Juliette Binoche for The English Patient
  • Silver Bear for Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio for Romeo + Juliet
  • Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Zbigniew Preisner for The Island on Bird Street
  • Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Raúl Ruiz for Généalogies d'un crime
  • Alfred Bauer Prize: Romeo + Juliet
  • Honourable Mention:
  • Jordan Kiziuk for The Island on Bird Street
  • Das Leben ist eine Baustelle by Wolfgang Becker
  • Anna Wielgucka for Panna Nikt
  • Get on the Bus by Spike Lee
  • Blue Angel Award: Secretos del corazón by Montxo Armendáriz
  • Honorary Golden Bear: Kim Novak
  • Berlinale Camera:
  • Lauren Bacall
  • Ann Hui
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl
  • Franz Seitz

    • References

    47th Berlin International Film Festival Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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