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]
Opening film | Linie 1 |
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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 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]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:[1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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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 |
† | 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. |
The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film":[7]
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]