 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Ginger and Fred |
|---|---|
| Location | West Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: Stammheim |
| No. of films | 313 films[1] |
| Festival date | 14–25 February 1986 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 36th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held 14–25 February 1986.[2] The festival opened with Ginger and Fred by Federico Fellini, which played out of competition at the festival.[3]
The Golden Bear was awarded to West German film Stammheim directed by Reinhard Hauff.[4] The retrospective was in honour of German actress and film producer Henny Porten and the homage was dedicated to American film director Fred Zinnemann.[5] Claude Lanzmann's 9 hour long documentary film Shoah about The Holocaust was screened at the Young Filmmakers Forum (renamed the International Forum of New Cinema in 1987).[2]
Juries[edit]
Main Competition[edit]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[6]
- Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress - Jury President
- Rudi Fehr, British editor
- Lindsay Anderson, British filmmaker
- August Coppola, American academic
- Werner Grassmann, West-German producer and filmmaker
- Otar Iosseliani, Soviet filmmaker
- Norbert Kückelmann, West-German filmmaker
- Françoise Maupin, French journalist and film critic
- Rosaura Revueltas, Mexican actress
- Naoki Togawa, Polish writer and co-founder of Polska Szkoła Filmowa
- Jerzy Toeplitz, Japanese film critic
Official Sections[edit]
In Competition[edit]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:[1]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Trister | Léa Pool | Canada | |
| At Close Range | James Foley | United States | |
| The Berlin Affair | Interno Berlinese | Liliana Cavani | Italy, West Germany |
| Camorra | Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti | Lina Wertmüller | Italy |
| Caravaggio | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom | |
| Dawn | L'Aube | Miklós Jancsó | France, Israel |
| Flight North | Flucht in den Norden | Ingemo Engström | West Germany, Finland |
| Gilsoddeum | 길소뜸 | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea |
| Gonza the Spearman | 近松門左衛門 鑓の権三 | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan |
| Heidenlöcher | Wolfram Paulus | Austria, West Germany | |
| Hour of the Star | A Hora da Estrela | Suzana Amaral | Brazil |
| The House on the River | Das Haus am Fluß | Roland Gräf | East Germany |
| The Journey of a Young Composer | ახალგაზრდა კომპოზიტორის მოგზაურობა | Georgiy Shengelaya | Soviet Union |
| Love Me! | Älska mej | Kay Pollak | Sweden |
| Mania | Μανία | Giorgos Panousopoulos | Greece |
| The Mass Is Ended | La messa è finita | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister | Mon beau-frère a tué ma sœur | Jacques Rouffio | France |
| My Darling, My Darling | Skapa moya, skapi moy | Eduard Zahariev | Hungary, Bulgaria |
| My First Two Hundred Years | Első kétszáz évem | Gyula Maár | Hungary |
| Paso Doble | Pas în doi | Dan Pița | Romania |
| Red Kiss | Rouge Baiser | Véra Belmont | France, West Germany |
| The Smile of the Lamb | חיוך הגדי | Shimon Dotan | Israel |
| Stammheim | Reinhard Hauff | West Germany | |
| Teo el pelirrojo | Paco Lucio | Spain | |
| Trouble in Mind | Alan Rudolph | United States | |
Out of competition[edit]
- Ginger and Fred, directed by Federico Fellini (Italy, France, West Germany)
- Heilt Hitler!, directed by Herbert Achternbusch (West Germany)
- Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack (United States)
- L'Unique, directed by Jérôme Diamant-Berger (France)
- The Journey of Natty Gann, directed by Jeremy Kagan (United States)
- To Live and Die in L.A., directed by William Friedkin (United States)
- Karin's Face, directed by Ingmar Bergman (Sweden)
Retrospective[edit]
The following films were shown in the retrospective in honour of Henny Porten:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman | 24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau | Robert Land | Germany |
| Alexandra | Curt A. Stark | Germany | |
| Anna Boleyn | Ernst Lubitsch | Germany | |
| Carola Lamberti – Eine vom Zirkus | Hans Müller | East Germany | |
| Christa Hartungen | Rudolf Biebrach | Germany | |
| The Ancient Law | Das alte Gesetz | E. A. Dupont | Germany |
| The Beggar Student | Der Bettelstudent | Franz Porten | Germany |
| Der Müller und sein Kind | Adolf Gärtner | Germany | |
| Der Optimist | E. W. Emo | Germany | |
| Der Schatten des Meeres | Curt A. Stark | Germany | |
| The Blue Lantern | Die blaue Laterne | Rudolf Biebrach | Germany |
| The Lady, the Devil and the Model | Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell | Rudolf Biebrach | Germany |
| The Vulture Wally | Die Geierwally | E. A. Dupont | Germany |
| The Long Intermission | Die große Pause | Carl Froelich | Germany |
| The Buchholz Family | Familie Buchholz | Carl Froelich | Germany |
| Funiculi-Funicula | Franz Porten | Germany | |
| Hann, Hein und Henny! | Rudolf Biebrach | Germany | |
| Backstairs | Hintertreppe | Leopold Jessner and Paul Leni | Germany |
| Kohlhiesel's Daughters | Kohlhiesels Töchter | Ernst Lubitsch | Germany |
| The Comedians | Komödianten | G. W. Pabst | Germany |
| Künstlerliebe | Adolf Gärtner | Germany | |
| Lotte | Lotte | Carl Froelich | Germany |
| Louise, Queen of Prussia | Luise, Königin von Preußen | Carl Froelich | Germany |
| Meissner Porzellan | Franz Porten | Germany | |
| Mother and Child | Mutter und Kind | Hans Steinhoff | Germany |
| Marriage of Affection | Neigungsehe | Carl Froelich | Germany |
| Rose Bernd | Rose Bernd | Alfred Halm | Germany |
| Scandalous Eva | Skandal um Eva | G. W. Pabst | Germany |
| Tragödie eines Streiks | Adolf Gärtner | Germany | |
| Um Haaresbreite | Curt A. Stark | Germany | |
| Verkannt | (unknown) | Germany | |
| Escape | Zuflucht | Carl Froelich | Germany |
The following films were shown in the homage dedicated to Fred Zinnemann:[7]
The film Le Brasier ardent by Ivan Mosjoukine and Alexandre Volkoff was also shown in the retrospective as a tribute to the Cinémathèque Française for its 50th anniversary.
Official Awards[edit]
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[4]
- Golden Bear: Stammheim by Reinhard Hauff
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: La messa è finita by Nanni Moretti
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Georgiy Shengelaya for Akhalgazrda kompozitoris mogzauroba
- Silver Bear for Best Actress:
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Tuncel Kurtiz for Hiuch HaGdi
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Caravaggio
- Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Yari no gonza
- Honourable Mention: Pas în doi
- FIPRESCI Award
References[edit]
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- ^ a b "36th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ "BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL – 1986". americancinemapapers.com. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1986". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 1986". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ a b "RETROSPECTIVE 1986". Retrieved 6 June 2020.