48th Berlin International Film Festival

The 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1998.[2] The festival opened with the Irish film The Boxer by Jim Sheridan. Francis Ford Coppola's The Rainmaker was selected as the closing night film.[3][4] The Golden Bear was awarded to Brazilian-French film Central Station directed by Walter Salles.[5] The retrospective dedicated to Siodmak Bros., titled Siodmak Bros. Berlin – London – Paris – Hollywood was shown at the festival.[6]

Jury

Ben Kingsley, Jury President

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[7]

Ben Kingsley, actor (United Kingdom) - Jury President
Senta Berger, actress and producer (Austria)
Li Cheuk-to, art director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hong Kong)
Leslie Cheung, actor and musician (Hong Kong)
Héctor Olivera, director and screenwriter (Argentina)
Helmut Dietl, director (Germany)
Brigitte Roüan, director, actress and screenwriter (France)
Annette Insdorf, producer (France)
Maya Turovskaya, historian and film critic (Ukraine)
Maurizio Nichetti, actor, screenwriter, director and producer (Italy)
Michael Williams-Jones, president of Miramax Films (United Kingdom)

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Barbara		Nils Malmros	Denmark, Faroe Islands
The Big Lebowski	The Big Lebowski	Joel Coen	USA, UK
The Boxer	The Boxer	Jim Sheridan	USA, Ireland
The Boys	The Boys	Rowan Woods	Australia
The Butcher Boy	The Butcher Boy	Neil Jordan	USA, Ireland
Central Station	Central do Brasil	Walter Salles	Brazil, France
The Commissioner	The Commissioner	George Sluizer	UK, USA, France, Germany, Belgium
Sweet Degeneration	Fang lang	Lin Cheng-sheng	Taiwan
Girls' Night	Girls' Night	Nick Hurran	UK
Good Will Hunting	Good Will Hunting	Gus Van Sant	USA
I Want You	I Want You	Michael Winterbottom	UK
Jackie Brown	Jackie Brown	Quentin Tarantino	USA
The Perfect Guy	Jeanne et le Garçon formidable	Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau	France
Left Luggage		Jeroen Krabbé	USA, Netherlands, Belgium, UK
The Big Mambo	Das Mambospiel	Michael Gwisdek	Germany
The Naked Eye	La mirada del otro	Vicente Aranda	Spain
Same Old Song	On connaît la chanson	Alain Resnais	France, UK, Switzerland
Sada		Nobuhiko Obayashi	Japan
The Sound of One Hand Clapping	The Sound of One Hand Clapping	Richard Flanagan	Australia
Country of the Deaf	Strana glukhikh	Valery Todorovsky	Russia, France
The Best Man	Il testimone dello sposo	Pupi Avati	Italy
Too Much (Little) Love	Trop (peu) d'amour	Jacques Doillon	France
Wag the Dog	Wag the Dog	Barry Levinson	USA
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl		Joan Chen	Hong Kong, USA, Taiwan
Hold You Tight	Yue kuai le, yue duo luo	Stanley Kwan	Hong Kong

^†	Winner of the main award for best film in its section
The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.

Walter Salles, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[5]

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