Folgende Jurys vergaben auf den 47. Internationalen Filmfestspielen Preise für Filme des Internationale Forums des Jungen Films:

• Wolfgang Staudte-Preis
• Caligari-Filmpreis
• FIPRESCI-Preis
• NETPAC-Preis
• C.I.C.A.E.-Preis
• Leserjury der Berliner Zeitung
• Ökumenische Jury
• Teddy Bear
• Friedensfilm-Jury

The following jurys have awarded prizes to films of the International Forum of New Cinema of the 47th International Berlin Film Festival:

• Wolfgang Staudte Award
• Caligari Film Prize
• FIPRESCI Prize
• NETPAC Prize
• C.I.C.A.E. Prize
• Reader's Prize of the "Berliner Zeitung"
• Ecumenical Jury
• Teddy Bear
• Peace Film Prize

WOLFGANG STAUDTE-PREIS

Der von der Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten (GWFF), München, gestiftete und mit DM 20.000.- dotierte Preis wird an einen 1. oder 2. langen Spiel- oder Dokumentarfilm des 27. Internationalen Forums des Jungen Films verliehen.

Mitglieder der Jury:
José Carlos Avellar, Rio de Janeiro
Jeanine Meerapfel, Berlin
Amy Taubin, New York.

Nachdem die Jury über alle Filme diskutiert hat, die in der Auswahl für den Wolfgang-Staudte-Preis 1997 standen, war sie überrascht und erfreut zu entdecken, daß sich zwei lateinamerikanische Filme in der engeren Auswahl befanden.

Den Wolfgang-Staudte-Preis 1997 verleiht die Jury einem Film, der ein dialektisches Spannungsfeld zwischen der heutigen Realität und der großartigen Filmtradition des "Cinema novo" herstellt. Es ist

WOLFGANG STAUDTE AWARD 1997

The prize, sponsored by the Society for Film and Television Rights (GWFF) and accompanied by a cash award of DM 20,000, is given to a first or second feature film or documentary screened in the 27th International Forum of New Cinema.

Members of the Jury:
José Carlos Avellar, Rio de Janeiro
Jeanine Meerapfel, Berlin
Amy Taubin, New York.

After discussing all the films eligible for the Wolfgang Staudte Award, the Jury was surprised and pleased to discover that it had focused on two films from Latin America.

The Jury gives the Wolfgang Staudte Award 1997 to a film that makes a dialectic between contemporary reality and the great film tradition of "Cinema novo". It is

We decided - because of its innovative language and ist haunting presentation of a generation that lives in a fragmented world - to give a Special Mention to

CALIGARI FILM PRIZE 1997

The Caligari Film Prize is established by the members of the 'Bundesverband kommunale Filmarbeit e.V.' (Federal Association of Communal Cinemas) for a film shown in the International Forum of New Cinema; it is accompanied by a cash award of DM 5,000.

Members of the Jury:
Cemal Arslan, Wolfgang Burkart, Sabine Schübel.

The Caligari Film Prize 1997 goes to

Nobody's Business is the story of a director who attempts to gain his elderly father's love and recognition by making a filmic portrait; it is also the story of a father who constantly tries to escape his son's intentions. Alan Berliner's attempts to reappraise his family history during conversations with his stubborn father prove as difficult as his ability to find images to reconstruct his identity and a shared history is effortless. Dancing playfully around its central protagonist and beautifully edited, the film opens up a space in which to discuss memory, seduction, intimacy and separation. This filmic portrait of a highly introverted man comprises super-8 footage of the director's childhood, documents concerning his Jewish grandparents' emigration from eastern Europe, interviews with both close and distant relatives, recurring images of anonymous streets and archive footage of a boxing match.

We would like to thank Alan Berliner for making films and for not having become an accountant.

The Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (FIPRESCI), the International Film Critics' Association, views films of the Official Programme (International Competition and International Panorama) as well as films of the International Forum of New Cinema and awards a prize to each section. The nine members of this year's Jury are:

Tereza Brdeckov (Czech Republic), Cristina Corciovescu (Rumania),Norbert Grob (Germany), Ludmila Hristozova-Diakova (Bulgaria), Lino Micciché, President (Italy), Marcia Pally (USA), Simon Popek (Slovenia), Antti Selkokari (Finland).

The prize for the film of the 27th International Forum of New Cinema is awarded to

Prize of the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC)

NETPAC is an organisation comprised of festival organizers and film critics in order to promote Asian Cinema. We are grateful to the International Forum of New Cinema for making it possible for us to give a NETPAC Award to emerging talented Asian directors.

Members of the Jury:
Chris Berry
Peggy Chiao Hsiung-Ping
Jimmy Choi Kam-Chuen.

The NETPAC Award goes to

for its cinematic daring and well-planned structure, ist enquiring into media ethics and its achievement as a first feature film.

The Jury of the 27th International Forum of New Cinema:
Thomas Bastian (Germany), Michel Humbert (France), Micheline Perriere-Saucy (Switzerland)
awards its prize to the film

Nemuru otoko tells a traditional Japanese story in images of intoxicating beauty. The film's formal rigour is often interspersed with modern narrative threads; perhaps the film's most important character is an "exotic" figure, who transcends the borders between these two worlds. The film's images and storyline reflect great admiration for creativity and, even when the viewer is presented with a world unfamiliar to him, it is done in such a way that it can be perceived.

The Readers' Jury Prize award is accompanied by a cash prize of DM 5,000 and is given to a film screened in the International Forum of New Cinema.

Members of the Jury:

Grit Benath, Sabine Bondzin, Gudrun Döring, Barbara Ehmann, Ralf Guderian, Frank Hartmann, Brigitte Herhold, Alexander Hoppe, Sebastian Vogt

The prize goes to

[Focus] is an extremely well-calculated and intelligent examination of the pernicious power of television. In a film full of surprising twists, director Satoshi Isaka tells the story of the making of a dramatised documentary about young man obsessed with listening in on other people's conversations. By making the film look like a piece of reality TV, the director incorporates his criticism of the medium into the very form of his film.

The Ecumenical Jury is formed by the international film organisations - INTERFILM and O.C.I.C. - belonging to the Evangelical and Catholic churches. The Jury consists of ten members and awards their main prize to a film in Competition of the Official Programme. Furthermore, the Jury awards a prize which is accompanied by a cash award of DM 10,000 in equal parts to a film screened in the 12th International Panorama programme and the 27th International Forum of New Cinema. Furthermore, the Jury gives a Special Prize to a film of the Panorama and of the Forum.

Their members are:

Martin Ammon (Germany), Daniel Bourgeois (France), Alexandre Dorochevitch (Russia), Michael Graff (Germany), Hans Hodel (Switzerland), Dorothea Holloway (Germany), Matthias Loretan, President (Switzerland), Bernard Natschlger (Austria), Raymond Olsen (Denmark), Adela Peeva (Bulgaria).

The award for a film shown in the International Forum of New Cinema goes to

In a persistent conversation with his father, a son confirms his own family history and religious origins, and forces his father to face up to and take responsibility for his repressed personal history. This document of a personal history also reflects historical and universal conflicts.

The Special Jury Award for a film of the International Forum of New Cinema goes to

for his committed observational documentary about Sudanese asylum-seekers during their exhaustive journey through Swiss bureaucracy. The film is a forceful appeal for a more humane policy on asylum.

Gay and Lesbian Film Award at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival

The Jury of PROJECTIONS, An International Alliance Of Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals and Organisations, awards the TEDDY BEAR 1997 to films of all programmes of the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, connected with gay/lesbian life.

Members of the Jury:

Dr. Ludwig Ammann (Germany), Peter Caspari (Germany), Hagen Gottschalck (Germany), Michael Isele (Germany), Ira Kornmannshaus (Russia), Edward Lam (Hong Kong), Michael Lumpkin (USA), Wellington Love (USA), Patrick Martinez (Switzerland), Jennifer Morris (USA), Schorsch Müller (Germany), Raymond Murray (USA), Morgan Rumpf (USA), Birgit Scheuch (Germany), Robin Vachal (USA), Dr. Barbara Wieler (Germany).

The TEDDY for the best essay film goes to

for its use of innovative story-telling to present the importance and often ignored issues of breast cancer and aging within the lesbian community.

Members of the Jury:

Wolfgang Dietzel, Harriet Eder,Andreas Kleinert, Sophie Kotanyi, Monika Puginier, Eva-Maria Quistorp, Helene Schwarz, Marianne Wndrich-Brodien.

The 12th Peace Film Prize goes to

The award-winners will receive a cash prize of DM 8,000 donated by the Heinrich Bll Foundation and a sculpture by Otmar Alt.

Mostar's journalistic season lasted as long as its EU administrator was still there. How quickly do the opinions we have formed about former Yugoslavia via the media change? Officially the war is over. Mostar, however, remains a divided city, a city of expulsion. Long after the events of the war, Nach Saison provides us with an opportunity to form our own opinion. It is a film which gives us time to watch and listen. It shows us impressive people surviving post-war life and the damage the war has caused them. Mirjam Quinte and Pepe Danquart have structured their material according to the rules of classical documentary: it is excellently shot in black-and-white, rigorously edited, sparsely commentated with musical touches here and there and exhibits the strong recurring visual style of a photographer. In the shape of the character of the EU administrator Hans Koschnick and European policies he comes up against, the film also tells us about the failure of a common European peace plan. Nach Saison makes us sensitive to the processes witnessed by the filmmakers over a period of two years; it is a challenge both to all those working in the media to be more responsible in their reporting and to every viewer to maintain a sharp eye.

The Peace Film Jury also awards a Special Mention to

Juri Chaschtschewatskij will receive a cash prize of DM 2,000, donated by the Heinrich Bll Foundation, to further his work.

An Ordinary President is a succint portrayal of the rise of a dictatorship in Bjelorussia. This satirical film is a highly witty reminder to watch out for the signs - too often ignored - of the development of extremely dangerous mechanisms of power in Europe. We wish to pay homage to the courage of the filmmaker and promote his future work.