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| Location | West Berlin, Germany |
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| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: Rain Man |
| No. of films | 375 films[1] |
| Festival date | 10 – 21 February 1989 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989.[2]
The Golden Bear was awarded to American film Rain Man directed by Barry Levinson.[3]
The retrospective was dedicated to German film producer Erich Pommer and another one dedicated to European productions of 1939 titled Europe 1939.[4]
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
- Rolf Liebermann, Swiss composer - Jury President
- Leslie Caron, French dancer and actress
- Chen Kaige, Chinese filmmaker
- Vadim Glowna, West-German actor and filmmaker
- Randa Haines, American filmmaker
- Vladimir Ignatovski, Bulgarian director of Bulgarska Nacionalna Filmoteka
- Adrian Kutter, West-German founder of the Biberach an der Riß Film Festival
- Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor
- Cliff Robertson, American actor
- Zdeněk Svěrák, Czech actor and screenwriter
- Boris Vasilyev, Soviet writer and screenwriter
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]
Out of Competition
- Farewell to False Paradise (Abschied vom falschen Paradies), directed by Tevfik Başer (West Germany)
- Another Woman, directed by Woody Allen (USA)
- The Break, directed by Frank Beyer (East Germany)
- Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears (USA)
- C*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale, directed by Norbert Kückelmann (West Germany)
- Solovky Power (Власть Соловецкая. Свидетельства и документы), directed by Marina Goldovskaya (Soviet Union)
- War Requiem, directed by Derek Jarman (UK)
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Erich Pommer:[6]
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Europe 1939":[6]