Location | Berlin, Germany |
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Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear (The People vs. Larry Flynt) |
No. of films | 324 films[1] |
Festival date | 13–24 February 1997 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 47th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1997.[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film The People vs. Larry Flynt directed by Miloš Forman.[3] The retrospective dedicated to Austrian film director G. W. Pabst was shown at the festival.[4]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
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 Crucible | The Crucible | Nicholas Hytner | USA |
The English Patient | The English Patient | Anthony Minghella | USA |
Get on the Bus | Get on the Bus | Spike Lee | USA |
Genealogies of a Crime | Généalogies d'un crime | Raúl Ruiz | France, Portugal |
The River | He liu | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
In Love and War | In Love and War | Richard Attenborough | USA |
The Island on Bird Street | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Denmark, UK, Germany | |
Life is All You Get | Das Leben ist eine Baustelle | Wolfgang Becker | Germany |
Under Western Eyes | Leneged Einayim Ma'araviyot | Joseph Pitchhadze | Israel |
Lucie Aubrac | Claude Berri | France | |
Surveillance | Mai fu | Huang Jianxin | China |
Four Days in September | O que é isso, companheiro? | Bruno Barreto | Brazil, USA |
Miss Nobody | Panna Nikt | Andrzej Wajda | Poland |
The People vs. Larry Flynt | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Miloš Forman | Canada, USA |
Port Djema | Eric Heumann | France, Italy, Greece | |
Romeo + Juliet | Romeo + Juliet | Baz Luhrmann | USA |
Rosewood | Rosewood | John Singleton | USA |
Viva Erotica | Se qing nan nu | Tung-Shing Yee | Hong Kong |
Secrets of the Heart | Secretos del corazón | Montxo Armendáriz | France, Portugal, Spain |
Moonlight Serenade | Setouchi munraito serenade | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan |
Smilla's Feeling for Snow | Bille August | Denmark, Germany, Sweden | |
Comanche Territory | Territorio Comanche | Gerardo Herrero | Spain, France, Germany, Argentina |
Three Stories | Tri istorii | Kira Muratova | Russia, Ukraine |
Twin Town | Twin Town | Kevin Allen | UK |
Kitchen | Wo ai chu fang | Yim Ho | Hong Kong, Japan |
† | Winner of the main award for best film in its section |
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]