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Main Competition:
The Accused (Jonathan Kaplan - United States)
American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy / Histoires d'Amérique (Chantal Akerman - Belgium, France)
Aviya's Summer / הקיץ של אביה (Eli Cohen - Israel)
Bankomatt (Villi Hermann - Switzerland, Italy)
Before the Bat's Flight Is Done / Mielött befejezi röptét a denevér (Péter Tímár - Hungary)
Camille Claudel (Bruno Nuytten - France)
The Dark Night / La noche oscura (Carlos Saura - Spain, France)
Esquilache (Josefina Molina - Spain)
Evening Bell / 晚鐘 (Wu Ziniu - China)
Fallada: The Last Chapter / Fallada - letztes Kapitel (Roland Gräf - East Germany)
Gang of Four / La bande des quatre (Jacques Rivette - France)
Hope and Pain / ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ (Yoji Yamada - Japan)
I Love, You Love / Ja milujem, ty miluješ (Dušan Hanák - Czechoslovakia)
Ivan and Alexandra / Иван и Александра (Ivan Nitchev - Bulgaria)
Joan of Arc of Mongolia / Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia (Ulrike Ottinger - West Germany, France)
Mississippi Burning (Alan Parker - United States)
Pestalozzi's Mountain / Pestalozzis Berg (Peter von Gunten - East Germany, Switzerland, Italy)
Rain Man (Barry Levinson - United States)
Resurrected (Paul Greengrass - United Kingdom)
The Servant / Sluga (Vadim Abdrashitov - Soviet Union)
The Striker with Number 9 / Η φανέλα με το 9 (Pantelis Voulgaris - Greece)
Talk Radio (Oliver Stone - United States)
Golden Bear:
Rain Man by Barry Levinson
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize:
Evening Bell by Wu Ziniu
Silver Bear for Best Director:
Dušan Hanák for I Love, You Love
Silver Bear for Best Actor:
Gene Hackman for Mississippi Burning
Silver Bear for Best Actress:
Isabelle Adjani for Camille Claudel
Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement:
Eric Bogosian for Talk Radio
Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution:
Kaipo Cohen and Gila Almagor for Aviya's Summer
Honourable Mention:
Gang of Four by Jacques Rivette
Alfred-Bauer Prize:
The Servant