43rd Berlin International Film Festival

43rd Berlin International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear (The Wedding Banquet and Xiāng hún nǚ)
Number of films	232 films[1]
Festival date	11–22 February 1993
Website	Website

The 43rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1993.^[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to American-Taiwanese film The Wedding Banquet directed by Ang Lee and Chinese film Xiāng hún nǚ directed by Xie Fei.^[3] The retrospective dedicated to CinemaScope was shown at the festival.^[4]

Jury

Frank Beyer, Jury President

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:^[5]

• Frank Beyer (Head of the Jury)
• Juan Antonio Bardem
• Michel Boujut
• François Duplat
• Katinka Faragó
• Krystyna Janda
• Naum Kleiman
• Brock Peters
• Susan Strasberg
• Johanna ter Steege
• Zhang Yimou

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:^[1]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Arizona Dream	Arizona Dream	Emir Kusturica	USA, France
	Belle Époque	Fernando Trueba	Spain, Portugal, France
The Cement Garden	The Cement Garden	Andrew Birkin	France, Germany, UK
Life According to Agfa	Ha-Chayim Al-Pi Agfa	Assi Dayan	Israel
Just a Matter of Duty	Die Denunziantin	Thomas Mitscherlich	Germany
Diary of a Maniac	Diario di un vizio	Marco Ferreri	Italy
Hoffa	Hoffa	Danny DeVito	USA
Whoops	Hoppá	Gyula Maár	Hungary
	Le Jeune Werther	Jacques Doillon	France
Pain of Love	Kærlighedens smerte	Nils Malmros	Denmark
Love Field	Love Field	Jonathan Kaplan	USA
Malcolm X	Malcolm X	Spike Lee	USA
The Betrayed	Op afbetaling	Frans Weisz	Netherlands
The Conjugal Bed	Patul conjugal	Mircea Daneliuc	Romania
The Little Apocalypse	La Petite Apocalypse	Costa-Gavras	France, Italy, Poland
The Russian Singer	Den russiske sangerinde	Morten Arnfred	Denmark
	Samba Traoré	Idrissa Ouedraogo	Burkina Faso, Germany, Ghana. UK
	Sankofa	Haile Gerima	Burkina Faso, France, Switzerland
The Telegraphist	Telegrafisten	Erik Gustavson	Norway, Denmark
Toys	Toys	Barry Levinson	USA
The Sun of the Sleepless	Udzinarta mze	Temur Babluani	Georgia
The Wedding Banquet	The Wedding Banquet	Ang Lee	USA, Taiwan
No More Mr. Nice Guy	Wir können auch anders...	Detlev Buck	Germany
Woman Sesame Oil Maker	Xiāng hún nǚ	Xie Fei	China
Yearning	Yume no onna	Bandō Tamasaburō V	Japan

Key

^†	Winner of the main award for best film in its section

Awards

Ang Lee, co-winner of the Golden Bear at the festival

Xie Fei, co-winner of the Golden Bear at the festival

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:^[3]

• Golden Bear:
  • The Wedding Banquet by Ang Lee
  • Xiāng hún nǚ by Xie Fei
• Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize: Arizona Dream by Emir Kusturica
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Andrew Birkin for The Cement Garden
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Michelle Pfeiffer for Love Field
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Denzel Washington for Malcolm X
• Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Udzinarta mze by Temur Babluani
• Silver Bear: Samba Traoré by Idrissa Ouedraogo
• Honourable Mention:
  • Ha-Chayim Al-Pi Agfa by Assi Dayan
  • Wir können auch anders... by Detlev Buck
• Blue Angel Award: Le Jeune Werther by Jacques Doillon
• Honorary Golden Bear:
  • Billy Wilder
  • Gregory Peck
• Berlinale Camera:
  • Victoria Abril
  • Juliette Binoche
  • Gong Li
  • Corinna Harfouch
  • Johanna ter Steege

References

1. "PROGRAMME 1993". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
2. "43rd Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
3. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1993". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
4. "RETROSPECTIVE". Retrieved 28 August 2014.
5. "JURIES 1993". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

External links

• 43rd Berlin International Film Festival 1993
• 1993 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1993 at Internet Movie Database