47th Berlin International Film Festival
The 47th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1997. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film The People vs. Larry Flynt directed by Miloš Forman. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian film director G. W. Pabst was shown at the festival. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: Jack Lang, politician (France) - Jury President Hark Bohm, actor, director and screenwriter (Germany) Férid Boughedir, director, screenwriter and producer (Tunisia) Maggie Cheung, actress and model (Hong Kong) Fred Gronich, senior executive of the MPAA (United States) David Hare, director, screenwriter and playwright (United Kingdom) Per Holst, producer (Denmark) Boleslaw Michalek, screenwriter and film critic (Poland) Humberto Solás, director and screenwriter (Cuba) Marianne Sägebrecht, actress (Germany) Ning Ying, director (China) Films in competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: Key {| class="wikitable" width="550" colspan="1" | style="background:#FFDEAD;" align="center"| † |Winner of the main award for best film in its section |} Awards The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: Golden Bear: The People vs. Larry Flynt by Miloš Forman Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: He liu by Tsai Ming-liang Silver