# 43rd Berlin International Film Festival

The 43rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1993.
The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to American-Taiwanese film The Wedding Banquet directed by Ang Lee and Chinese film Woman Sesame Oil Maker directed by Xie Fei.
The retrospective dedicated to CinemaScope was shown at the festival.

## Juries

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

### Main Competition

* Frank Beyer, German filmmaker - Jury President
* Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish filmmaker
* Michel Boujut, French writer, producer and film critic
* François Duplat, French producer
* Katinka Faragó, Swedish producer
* Krystyna Janda, Polish actress
* Naum Kleiman, Russian historian and film critic
* Brock Peters, American actor
* Susan Strasberg, American actress
* Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress
* Zhang Yimou, Chinese filmmaker

## Official Selection
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Arizona Dream | Arizona Dream | Emir Kusturica | United States, France |
| Belle Époque | Belle Époque | Fernando Trueba | Spain, Portugal, France |
| The Betrayed | Op afbetaling | Frans Weisz | Netherlands |
| The Cement Garden | The Cement Garden | Andrew Birkin | France, Germany, United Kingdom |
| The Conjugal Bed | Patul conjugal | Mircea Daneliuc | Romania |
| Diary of a Maniac | Diario di un vizio | Marco Ferreri | Italy |
| Hoffa | Hoffa | Danny DeVito | United States |
| Le Jeune Werther | Le Jeune Werther | Jacques Doillon | France |
| Just a Matter of Duty | Die Denunziantin | Thomas Mitscherlich | Germany |
| Life According to Agfa | החיים על פי אגפא | Assi Dayan | Israel |
| The Little Apocalypse | La Petite Apocalypse | Costa-Gavras | France, Italy, Poland |
| Love Field | Love Field | Jonathan Kaplan | United States |
| Malcolm X | Malcolm X | Spike Lee | United States |
| No More Mr. Nice Guy | Wir können auch anders ... | Detlev Buck | Germany |
| Pain of Love | Kærlighedens smerte | Nils Malmros | Denmark |
| The Russian Singer | Den russiske sangerinde | Morten Arnfred | Denmark |
| Samba Traoré | Samba Traoré | Idrissa Ouedraogo | Burkina Faso, Germany, Ghana, United Kingdom |
| Sankofa | ሳንኮፋ | Haile Gerima | Burkina Faso, France, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| The Sun of the Sleepless | უძინართა მზე | Temur Babluani | Georgia |
| The Telegraphist | Telegrafisten | Erik Gustavson | Norway, Denmark |
| Toys | Toys | Barry Levinson | United States |
| The Wedding Banquet | 喜宴 | Ang Lee | United States, Taiwan |
| Whoops | Hoppá | Gyula Maár | Hungary |
| Woman Sesame Oil Maker | 香魂女 | Xie Fei | China |
| Yearning | Yume no onna | Bandō Tamasaburō V | Japan |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear:
** The Wedding Banquet by Ang Lee
** Woman Sesame Oil Maker by Xie Fei
* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Arizona Dream by Emir Kusturica
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Andrew Birkin for The Cement Garden
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Michelle Pfeiffer for Love Field
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Denzel Washington for Malcolm X
* Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Udzinarta mze by Temur Babluani
* Silver Bear: Samba Traoré by Idrissa Ouedraogo
* Honourable Mention:
** Life According to Agfa by Assi Dayan
** No More Mr. Nice Guy by Detlev Buck

### Blue Angel Award

* Le Jeune Werther by Jacques Doillon

### Honorary Golden Bear

* Billy Wilder
* Gregory Peck

### Berlinale Camera

* Victoria Abril
* Juliette Binoche
* Gong Li
* Corinna Harfouch
* Johanna ter Steege