Berlin International Film Festival 1991
The 1991 Berlin International Film Festival began on February 15 and ended on February 26, 1991 .
After German reunification in 1990, there were great hopes for a festival that could connect East and West. But as early as January 1991, the beginning of the Gulf War announced that the festival would again have a war as its political focus. There was even talk of canceling the festival at the beginning. The opening film wasn't as glamorous as in previous years. With Uranus, Claude Berri told the story of the French collaboration with the German occupiers in World War II .
competition
The following films were shown in the competition this year:
International jury
The German director Volker Schlöndorff was the president of the jury, which consisted of Chantal Akerman , Laurie Anderson , José Luis Borau , Judith Godrèche , Jurij Klepikow , Renate Krößner , Gillo Pontecorvo , Simon Relph , Catharina Stackelberg and Mircea Veroiu .
Award winners
- Golden Bear : The House of Smiles
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Silver bears :
- Special Jury Prize: The Condemnation and The Satan
- Best director: Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs and Ricky Tognazzi for Ultra
- Best Actress: Victoria Abril in Lovers
- Best Actor: Maynard Eziashi in Mr. Johnson
- Outstanding individual achievement: Kevin Costner for the production, direction, leading role in Dances with Wolf
Further prices
- “ Berlinale Camera ”: Francis Ford Coppola and Jane Russell
- Teddy Award : Poison by Todd Haynes (feature film), Paris is Burning (Paris Is Burning) by Jennie Livingston (documentary film)
- FIPRESCI Prize (competition): The Little Gangster (Le petit criminel) by Jacques Doillon
- FIPRESCI Prize (Forum): The Wall by Jürgen Böttcher
- Caligari Film Award (Forum): All 'die Vermeers in New York (All the Vermeers in New York) by Jon Jost
- Heinrich Böll Foundation Peace Film Prize : Alicia in the Place of Miracles by Daniel Díaz Torres
- Wolfgang Staudte Prize : Kikuchi by Kenchi Iwamoto
literature
- 50 Years of the Berlinale - International Film Festival 1951–2000 by Wolfgang Jacobsen