48th Berlin International Film Festival

{{Infobox film festival

| name = 48th Berlin International Film Festival

| image = 48th Berlin International Film Festival poster.jpg

| caption = Festival poster

| opening = The Boxer

| closing = The Rainmaker

| location = Berlin, Germany

| founded = 1951

| awards = Golden Bear: Central Station

| host =

| number = 351 films

| date = 11–22 February 1998

| website = http://www.berlinale.de

| chronology = Berlin International Film Festival

| preceded_by = 47th

| followed_by = 49th

}}

The 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1998.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1998/01_jahresblatt_1998/01_Jahresblatt_1998.html |title=48th Berlin International Film Festival |access-date=14 January 2012 |work=berlinale.de}} The festival opened with the Irish film The Boxer by Jim Sheridan. Francis Ford Coppola's The Rainmaker was selected as the closing night film.{{cite web|url=http://www.nitrateonline.com/fberlin98-1.html |title=Courage to Watch |access-date=1 September 2014 |work=nitrateonline.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720133159/http://www.nitrateonline.com/fberlin98-1.html| archive-date=20 July 2008 | url-status= live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/cinema/rheberlin.htm |title=48th Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale 98 |access-date=1 September 2014 |work=culturekiosque.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209114133/http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/cinema/rheberlin.htm |archive-date=9 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}

The Golden Bear was awarded to Central Station directed by Walter Salles. The retrospective was dedicated to Siodmak Bros., titled Siodmak Bros. Berlin – London – Paris – Hollywood was shown at the festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/sektionen_sonderveranstaltungen/retrospektive/index.html#|title=RETROSPECTIVE|access-date=28 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304113847/http://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/sektionen_sonderveranstaltungen/retrospektive/index.html|archive-date=4 March 2017|url-status=dead}}

Juries

File:Sir Ben Kingsley 2012.jpg, Jury President]]

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1998/04_jury_1998/04_Jury_1998.html |title=JURIES 1998 |access-date=9 June 2014 |work=berlinale.de | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131015125603/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1998/04_jury_1998/04_Jury_1998.html| archive-date=15 October 2013 | url-status= live}}

Ben Kingsley, British actor - Jury President
Senta Berger, Austrian actress and producer
Li Cheuk-to, artistic director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival
Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and musician
Héctor Olivera, Argentinian filmmaker
Helmut Dietl, German filmmaker
Brigitte Roüan, French filmmaker and actress
Annette Insdorf, French producer
Maya Turovskaya, Ukrainian historian and film critic
Maurizio Nichetti, Italian actor, filmmaker and producer
Michael Williams-Jones, British president of Miramax Films

Official Sections

= Main Competition =

The following films were for the main competition:{{cite web |title=PROGRAMME 1998 |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1998/02_programm_1998/02_Programm_1998.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411025713/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1998/02_programm_1998/02_Programm_1998.html |archive-date=11 April 2014 |access-date=9 June 2014 |work=berlinale.de}}

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width="25%" \| English title ! width="25%" \| Original title ! width="20%" \| Director(s) ! width="30%" \| Country
colspan="2" \|Barbara \|Nils Malmros \|Denmark, Faroe Islands
colspan="2" \|The Big Lebowski \|Joel Coen \|United States, United Kingdom
The Big Mambo \|Das Mambospiel \|Michael Gwisdek \|Germany
colspan="2" \|The Boxer (opening film) \|Jim Sheridan \|United States, Ireland
colspan="2" \|The Boys \|Rowan Woods \|Australia
colspan="2" \|The Butcher Boy \|Neil Jordan \|United States, Ireland
style="background:#FFDEAD;" \|Central Station \|*Central do Brasil* \|Walter Salles \|Brazil, France
colspan="2" \|The Commissioner \|George Sluizer \|United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany, Belgium
Country of the Deaf \|Страна глухих \|Valery Todorovsky \|Russia, France
colspan="2" \|Girls' Night \|Nick Hurran \|United Kingdom
colspan="2" \|Good Will Hunting \|Gus Van Sant \|United States
Hold You Tight \|愈快樂愈墮落 \|Stanley Kwan \|Hong Kong
colspan="2" \|I Want You \|Michael Winterbottom \|United Kingdom
colspan="2" \|Jackie Brown \|Quentin Tarantino \|United States
colspan="2" \|Left Luggage \|Jeroen Krabbé \|United States, Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom
The Naked Eye \|La mirada del otro \|Vicente Aranda \|Spain
The Perfect Guy \|Jeanne et le Garçon formidable \|Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau \|France
Sada \|戯作・阿部定の生涯 \|Nobuhiko Obayashi \|Japan
Same Old Song \|On connaît la chanson \|Alain Resnais \|France, United Kingdom, Switzerland
colspan="2" \|The Sound of One Hand Clapping \|Richard Flanagan \|Australia
Sweet Degeneration \|放浪 \|Lin Cheng-sheng \|Taiwan
The Best Man \|Il testimone dello sposo \|Pupi Avati \|Italy
Too Much (Little) Love \|Trop (peu) d'amour \|Jacques Doillon \|France
colspan="2" \|Wag the Dog \|Barry Levinson \|United States
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl \|天浴 \|Joan Chen \|Hong Kong, United States, Taiwan

class="wikitable" width="78%" cellpadding="5"

width="25%" | English title

! width="25%" | Original title

! width="20%" | Director(s)

! width="30%" | Country

colspan="2" |Barbara

|Nils Malmros

|Denmark, Faroe Islands

colspan="2" |The Big Lebowski

|Joel Coen

|United States, United Kingdom

The Big Mambo

|Das Mambospiel

|Michael Gwisdek

|Germany

colspan="2" |The Boxer (opening film)

|Jim Sheridan

|United States, Ireland

colspan="2" |The Boys

|Rowan Woods

|Australia

colspan="2" |The Butcher Boy

|Neil Jordan

|United States, Ireland

style="background:#FFDEAD;"

|Central Station

|Central do Brasil

|Walter Salles

|Brazil, France

colspan="2" |The Commissioner

|George Sluizer

|United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany, Belgium

Country of the Deaf

|Страна глухих

|Valery Todorovsky

|Russia, France

colspan="2" |Girls' Night

|Nick Hurran

|United Kingdom

colspan="2" |Good Will Hunting

|Gus Van Sant

|United States

Hold You Tight

|愈快樂愈墮落

|Stanley Kwan

|Hong Kong

colspan="2" |I Want You

|Michael Winterbottom

|United Kingdom

colspan="2" |Jackie Brown

|Quentin Tarantino

|United States

colspan="2" |Left Luggage

|Jeroen Krabbé

|United States, Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom

The Naked Eye

|La mirada del otro

|Vicente Aranda

|Spain

The Perfect Guy

|Jeanne et le Garçon formidable

|Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau

|France

Sada

|戯作・阿部定の生涯

|Nobuhiko Obayashi

|Japan

Same Old Song

|On connaît la chanson

|Alain Resnais

|France, United Kingdom, Switzerland

colspan="2" |The Sound of One Hand Clapping

|Richard Flanagan

|Australia

Sweet Degeneration

|放浪

|Lin Cheng-sheng

|Taiwan

The Best Man

|Il testimone dello sposo

|Pupi Avati

|Italy

Too Much (Little) Love

|Trop (peu) d'amour

|Jacques Doillon

|France

colspan="2" |Wag the Dog

|Barry Levinson

|United States

Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

|天浴

|Joan Chen

|Hong Kong, United States, Taiwan

Official Awards

File:Walter Salles at TIFF 2012.jpg, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival]]

= Main Competition =

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1998/03_preistr_ger_1998/03_Preistraeger_1998.html |title=PRIZES & HONOURS 1998|access-date=9 June 2014 |work=berlinale.de| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012072825/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1998/03_preistr_ger_1998/03_Preistraeger_1998.html| archive-date=12 October 2013 | url-status= live}}

Golden Bear: Central Station by Walter Salles
Silver Bear Special Jury Prize: Wag the Dog by Barry Levinson
Silver Bear for Best Director: Neil Jordan for The Butcher Boy
Silver Bear for Best Actress: Fernanda Montenegro for Central Station
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Samuel L. Jackson for Jackie Brown
Silver Bear for an Outstanding Single Achievement: Matt Damon for Good Will Hunting
Silver Bear for an outstanding Artistic Contribution: Alain Resnais for Same Old Song
Alfred Bauer Prize: Hold You Tight by Stanley Kwan
Honourable Mention:
Sławomir Idziak for I Want You
Isabella Rossellini for Left Luggage
Eamonn Owens for The Butcher Boy

= [[Honorary Golden Bear]] =

Catherine Deneuve

= Berlinale Camera =

Carmelo Romero
Curt Siodmak

Independent Awards

= Blue Angel Award =

Left Luggage by Jeroen Krabbé

= [[International Federation of Film Critics#FIPRESCI Award|FIPRESCI Award]] =

Sada by Nobuhiko Obayashi

References

External links

[http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/awards.php?award_id=berlin&year=1998 48th Berlin International Film Festival 1998]
[http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1998/01_jahresblatt_1998/01_Jahresblatt_1998.html 1998 Berlin International Film Festival]
[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000091/1998 Berlin International Film Festival:1998] at Internet Movie Database

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