35th Berlin International Film Festival

The 35th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1985. The Golden Bear was awarded to East German film Die Frau und der Fremde directed by Rainer Simon and British film Wetherby directed by David Hare. The retrospective was dedicated to Special effects.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

• Jean Marais, actor (France) - Jury President
• Max von Sydow, actor (Sweden)
• Alberto Sordi, actor, screenwriter and director (Italy)
• Regimantas Adomaitis, actor (Soviet Union)
• Sheila Benson, journalist and film critic (United States)
• Wolfgang Kohlhaase, writer (East Germany)
• Onat Kutlar, poet, essayist and screenwriter (Turkey)
• Luis Megino, writer and producer (Spain)
• Ingrid Scheib-Rothbart, head of the Goethe-Institut of New York (West Germany)
• Chris Sievernich, producer (West Germany)
• István Szabó, director and screenwriter (Hungary)

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:

Out of competition

• 2010: The Year We Make Contact, directed by Peter Hyams (USA)
• Brazil, directed by Terry Gilliam (United Kingdom)
• Country, directed by Richard Pearce (USA)
• Grünstein's Clever Move, directed by Bernhard Wicki (West Germany)
• Niemanns Zeit – Ein deutscher Heimatfilm, directed by Horst Kurnitzky and Marion Schmid (West Germany)
• 東京裁判 Tōkyō Saiban, directed by Masaki Kobayashi (Japan)
• 雅马哈鱼档 Yamaha yudang, directed by Liang Zhang (China)

Key

Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective "Special Effects":

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

• Golden Bear:
  • Die Frau und der Fremde by Rainer Simon
  • Wetherby by David Hare
• Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Szirmok, virágok, koszorúk by László Lugossy
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Robert Benton for Places in the Heart
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Jo Kennedy for Wrong World
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Fernando Fernán Gómez for Stico
• Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Tolomush Okeyev for Potomok belogo barsa
• Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Ronja Rövardotter
• Honourable Mention:
  • Damiano Damiani for Pizza Connection
  • Les enfants
  • Tarık Akan for Pehlivan
• FIPRESCI Award
  • Tōkyō saiban by Masaki Kobayashi

Literature

• Brigitte Tast: Als Farbe das Grau, als Format der Innenblick. 35. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 1985, Schellerten 2014, ISBN 978-3-88842-045-0

References

External links

• 35th Berlin International Film Festival 1985
• 1985 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1985 at Internet Movie Database

1. Places in the Heart
2. Pizza Connection (film)
3. Hail Mary (film)
4. Heartbreakers (1984 film)
5. 1919 (film)
6. Michel Deville
7. Broken Mirrors (1984 film)
8. Silver Bear for Best Actress
9. The Children (1984 film)
10. Morenga (film)
11. After Darkness (1985 film)
12. The Practice of Love
13. Mrs. Soffel
14. Nikos Perakis
15. Jo Kennedy
16. Death in a French Garden
17. Stico
18. Zlata Adamovská
19. Pehlivan (film)
20. 36th Berlin International Film Festival