39th Berlin International Film Festival

The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10 to 21, 1989.^[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to American film Rain Man directed by Barry Levinson.^[3] The retrospective dedicated to film producer Erich Pommer was shown at the festival.^[4]

Jury

Rolf Liebermann, Jury President

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:^[5]

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

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
The Accused	The Accused	Jonathan Kaplan	USA
Gang of Four	La bande des quatre	Jacques Rivette	France
	Bankomatt	Villi Hermann	Switzerland, Italy
	Camille Claudel	Bruno Nuytten	France
Hope and Pain	Dauntaun hirozu	Yoji Yamada	Japan
	Esquilache	Josefina Molina	Spain
Fallada: The Last Chapter	Fallada - letztes Kapitel	Roland Gräf	Germany
The Striker with Number 9	I fanela me to 9	Pantelis Voulgaris	Greece
American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy	Histoires d'Amérique	Chantal Akerman	Belgium, France
Ivan and Alexandra	Ivan i Aleksandra	Ivan Nitchev	Bulgaria
I Love, You Love	Ja milujem, ty miluješ	Dušan Hanák	Czechoslovakia
Joan of Arc of Mongolia	Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia	Ulrike Ottinger	Germany, France
Summer of Aviya	Ha-Kayitz Shel Aviya	Eli Cohen	Israel
Before the Bat's Flight Is Done	Mielött befejezi röptét a denevér	Péter Tímár	Hungary
Mississippi Burning	Mississippi Burning	Alan Parker	USA
The Dark Night	La noche oscura	Carlos Saura	Spain, France
Pestalozzi's Mountain	Pestalozzis Berg	Peter von Gunten	East Germany, Switzerland, Italy
Rain Man	Rain Man	Barry Levinson	USA
Resurrected	Resurrected	Paul Greengrass	United Kingdom
The Servant	Sluga	Vadim Abdrashitov	Soviet Union
Talk Radio	Talk Radio	Oliver Stone	USA
Evening Bell	Wan zhong	Wu Ziniu	China

^†	Winner of the main award for best film in its section

Barry Levinson, winner of the Golden Bear at the event.

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:^[3]