The 35th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1985.[2] The retrospective was dedicated to Special effects.[3]
 Festival poster | |
| Location | West Berlin, Germany |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: The Woman and the Stranger and Wetherby |
| No. of films | 326 films[1] |
| Festival date | 15–26 February 1985 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The Golden Bear was jointly awarded awarded to The Woman and the Strangler directed by Rainer Simon and Wetherby directed by David Hare.[4]
Juries
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The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
- Jean Marais, French actor - Jury President
- Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
- Alberto Sordi, Italian actor and filmmaker
- Regimantas Adomaitis, Soviet actor
- Sheila Benson, American journalist and film critic
- Wolfgang Kohlhaase, East German writer
- Onat Kutlar, Turkish poet, essayist and screenwriter
- Luis Megino, Spanish writer and producer
- Ingrid Scheib-Rothbart, West-German head of the Goethe-Institut of New York
- Chris Sievernich, West-German producer
- István Szabó, Hungarian filmmaker
Official Sections
editMain Competition
editThe following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:[1]
Out of competition
edit- 2010: The Year We Make Contact, directed by Peter Hyams (United States)
- Brazil, directed by Terry Gilliam (United Kingdom)
- Country, directed by Richard Pearce (United States)
- Grünstein's Clever Move, directed by Bernhard Wicki (West Germany)
- Niemanns Zeit – Ein deutscher Heimatfilm, directed by Horst Kurnitzky and Marion Schmid (West Germany)
- International Military Tribunal for the Far East, directed by Masaki Kobayashi (Japan)
- Yamaha yudang, directed by Liang Zhang (China)
Retrospective
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The following films were shown in the retrospective "Special Effects":[7]
Official Awards
editThe following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[4]
- Golden Bear:
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Flowers of Reverie 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 The Descendant of Snow Leopard
- Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Ronja Rövardotter
- Honourable Mention:
Independent Awards
edit- Tōkyō saiban by Masaki Kobayashi
Literature
edit- Brigitte Tast: Als Farbe das Grau, als Format der Innenblick. 35. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 1985, Schellerten 2014, ISBN 978-3-88842-045-0
References
edit- ^ a b "PROGRAMME 1985". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "35th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1985". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 1985". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE 1985". Retrieved 28 July 2014.