# 44th Berlin International Film Festival

The 44th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1994. British producer Jeremy Thomas was the Jury President for the Main Competition.
The Golden Bear was awarded to In the Name of the Father, directed by Jim Sheridan.
The retrospective dedicated to Austrian director, actor and producer Erich von Stroheim was shown at the festival.

## Jury
### Main Competition

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
* Jeremy Thomas, British producer - Jury President
* Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyz author
* María Luisa Bemberg, Argentine filmmaker
* Hsu Feng, Taiwanese actress and producer
* Morgan Freeman, American actor
* Francis Girod, French actor and filmmaker
* Corinna Harfouch, German actress
* Carlo Lizzani, Italian filmmaker
* Wolfram Schütte, German writer and film critic
* Susan Seidelman, American filmmaker
* Hayao Shibata, Japanese producer

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Back to Square One | Alles auf Anfang | Reinhard Münster | Germany |
| The Blue One | Der Blaue | Lienhard Wawrzyn | Germany |
| Charachar | চরাচর | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | India |
| Dear Goddamned Friends | Cari fottutissimi amici | Mario Monicelli | Italy |
| Exile | Exile | Paul Cox | Australia |
| Fearless | Fearless | Peter Weir | United States |
| Foetus | A magzat | Márta Mészáros | Hungary, Poland |
| In the Name of the Father | In the Name of the Father | Jim Sheridan | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Ladybird, Ladybird | Ladybird, Ladybird | Ken Loach | United Kingdom |
| Law of Courage | Il giudice ragazzino | Alessandro Di Robilant | Italy |
| On the Far Side of the Tunnel | Al otro lado del túnel | Jaime de Armiñán | Spain |
| Passage to Buddha / Hwa-Om-Kyung | 화엄경 | Jang Sun-woo | South Korea |
| Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Jonathan Demme | United States |
| Smoking/No Smoking | Smoking/No Smoking | Alain Resnais | France |
| Something Fishy | Pas très catholique | Tonie Marshall | France |
| Sparkling Fox | 火狐 | Wu Ziniu | Hong Kong, China |
| Strawberry and Chocolate | Fresa y chocolate | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Cuba, Mexico, Spain |
| Three Colours: White | Trois couleurs: Blanc | Krzysztof Kieślowski | France, Poland, Switzerland |
| The Third Bank of the River | A Terceira Margem do Rio | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
| The Window Over the Way | Los de enfrente | Jesús Garay | France, Spain |
| The Year of the Dog | Год собаки | Semyon Aranovich | Russia |

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: In the Name of the Father by Jim Sheridan
* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Strawberry and Chocolate by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski for Three Colours: White
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Crissy Rock for Ladybird, Ladybird
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Tom Hanks for Philadelphia
* Silver Bear for an Outstanding Single Achievement: Smoking/No Smoking by Alain Resnais
* Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution: The Year of the Dog by Semyon Aranovich
* Alfred Bauer Prize: Hwa-Om-Kyung by Jang Sun-woo
* Honourable Mention:
** Sparkling Fox by Wu Ziniu
** Dear Goddamned Friends by Mario Monicelli
** Fearless by Peter Weir

### Blue Angel Award

* Law of Courage by Alessandro Di Robilant

### Honorary Golden Bear

* Sophia Loren