Festival poster
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Opening film | Linie 1 |
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Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear (Red Sorghum) |
No. of films | 447 films |
Festival date | February 12 – 23, 1988 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 12 to 23, 1988. The festival opened with musical film Linie 1 by Reinhard Hauff. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Red Sorghum directed by Zhang Yimou.
The retrospective dedicated to dedicated to colour films titled The History of Colour Film was shown at the festival. Originally German actor Gert Fröbe was selected as Jury President but later he had to decline due to illness, after which Moritz de Hadeln appointed the Italian film critic Guglielmo Biraghi as the Jury President.
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
The following films were shown in the retrospective:
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: