Film festival
The 44th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1994.[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to British-Irish film In the Name of the Father directed by Jim Sheridan.[3] The retrospective dedicated to Austrian director, actor and producer Erich von Stroheim was shown at the festival.[4]
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
- Jeremy Thomas, producer (United Kingdom) - Jury President
- Chinghiz Aitmatov, writer (Kyrgyzstan)
- María Luisa Bemberg, director and screenwriter (Argentina)
- Hsu Feng, actress and producer (Taiwan)
- Morgan Freeman, actor (United States)
- Francis Girod, actor, director and screenwriter (France)
- Corinna Harfouch, actress (Germany)
- Carlo Lizzani, director and screenwriter (Italy)
- Wolfram Schütte, writer and film critic (Germany)
- Susan Seidelman, director (United States)
- Hayao Shibata, producer (Japan)
Films in competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]
English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Country
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On the Far Side of the Tunnel
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Al otro lado del túnel
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Jaime de Armiñán
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Spain
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Back to Square One
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Alles auf Anfang
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Reinhard Münster
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Germany
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The Blue One
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Der Blaue
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Lienhard Wawrzyn
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Germany
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Dear Goddamned Friends
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Cari fottutissimi amici
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Mario Monicelli
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Italy
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Shelter of the Wings
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Charachar
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Buddhadeb Dasgupta
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India
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The Window Over the Way
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Los de enfrente
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Jesús Garay
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France, Spain
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Exile
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Exile
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Paul Cox
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Australia
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Fearless
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Fearless
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Peter Weir
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USA
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Strawberry and Chocolate
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Fresa y chocolate
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Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío
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Cuba, Mexico, Spain
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Law of Courage
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Il giudice ragazzino
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Alessandro Di Robilant
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Italy
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The Year of the Dog
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God sobaki
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Semyon Aranovich
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France, Russia
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Sparkling Fox
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Wu Ziniu
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Hong Kong, China
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Hwa-Om-Kyung
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Jang Sun-woo
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South Korea
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In the Name of the Father
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In the Name of the Father
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Jim Sheridan
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UK, Ireland
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Ladybird, Ladybird
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Ladybird, Ladybird
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Ken Loach
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UK
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Foetus
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A magzat
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Márta Mészáros
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Hungary, Poland
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Something Fishy
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Pas très catholique
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Tonie Marshall
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France
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Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
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Jonathan Demme
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USA
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Smoking/No Smoking
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Alain Resnais
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France
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The Third Bank of the River
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A Terceira Margem do Rio
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Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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France, Brazil
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Three Colors: White
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Krzysztof Kieślowski
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France, Poland, Switzerland
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