38th Berlin International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Linie 1 |
|---|---|
| Location | West Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear (Red Sorghum) |
| No. of films | 447 films[1] |
| Festival date | 12 – 23 February 1988 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 February 1988.[2] The festival opened with musical film Linie 1 by Reinhard Hauff.[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Red Sorghum directed by Zhang Yimou.[3]
The retrospective was dedicated to colour films and it was titled The History of Colour Film.[4] Originally West German actor Gert Fröbe was selected as Jury President but later he had to decline due to illness, after which Moritz de Hadeln appointed the Italian film critic Guglielmo Biraghi as the Jury President.[2]
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
- Guglielmo Biraghi, journalist and film critic (Italy) - Jury President
- Ellen Burstyn, actress (United States)
- Heiner Carow, director and screenwriter (East Germany)
- Eberhard Junkersdorf, producer (West Germany)
- Tom Luddy, producer and co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival (United States)
- Heinz Rathsack, film historian (West Germany)
- Daniel Schmid, director and screenwriter (Switzerland)
- Andrei Smirnov, actor and director (Soviet Union)
- Tilda Swinton, actress (United Kingdom)
- Anna-Lena Wibom, producer and actress (Sweden)
- Pavlos Zannas, writer and film critic (Greece)
Films in competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:[1]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting Time | Av Zamanı | Erden Kıral | Turkey |
| Broadcast News | Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | USA |
| Verónico Cruz | La deuda interna | Miguel Pereira | Argentina, United Kingdom |
| Bear Ye One Another's Burden | Einer trage des anderen Last | Lothar Warneke | East Germany |
| Ground Zero | Ground Zero | Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson | Australia |
| The Felons | Hudodelci | Franci Slak | Yugoslavia |
| Jarrapellejos | Antonio Giménez-Rico | Spain | |
| Commissar | Komissar | Aleksandr Askoldov | Soviet Union |
| Kung-Fu Master | Agnès Varda | France | |
| Life Classes | Life Classes | William D. MacGillivray | Canada |
| The Mother of Kings | Matka Królów | Janusz Zaorski | Poland |
| Moonstruck | Moonstruck | Norman Jewison | USA |
| Phera | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | India | |
| The Possessed | Les possédés | Andrzej Wajda | France |
| Red Sorghum | Zhang Yimou | China | |
| Theophilos | Lakis Papastathis | Greece | |
| Walker | Walker | Alex Cox | USA, Mexico, Spain |
| Wohin? | Herbert Achternbusch | West Germany | |
| Yasemin | Yasemin | Hark Bohm | West Germany, Turkey |
Out of competition
- Něco z Alenky, directed by Jan Švankmajer (Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom)
- Больше света Bol'se sveta!, directed by Marina Babak (Soviet Union)
- Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, directed by Taylor Hackford (USA)
- Cry Freedom, directed by Richard Attenborough (United Kingdom)
- Empire of the Sun, director Steven Spielberg (USA)
- Linie 1, directed by Reinhard Hauff (West Germany)
- Little Dorrit, directed by Christine Edzard (UK)
- Nuts, directed by Martin Ritt (USA)
- Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, directed by Godfrey Reggio (USA)
- September, directed by Woody Allen (USA)
- История Аси Клячиной, которая любила, да не вышла замуж Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky (Soviet Union)
Key
† Winner of the main award for best film in its section The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film":[7]
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]
- Golden Bear: Red Sorghum by Zhang Yimou
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Komissar by Aleksandr Askoldov
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Norman Jewison for Moonstruck
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Holly Hunter for Broadcast News
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Manfred Möck and Jörg Pose for Einer trage des anderen Last
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Matka Królów by Janusz Zaorski
- Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: La deuda interna by Miguel Pereira
- FIPRESCI Award
References
- ^ a b "PROGRAMME 1988". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ a b c "38th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1988". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 1988". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE 1988". Retrieved 5 August 2014.