<<< 29th Berlin International Film Festival (1979) >>>
Main Competition:
The Adolescent / L'Adolescente (Jeanne Moreau - France)
Albert - Why? / Albert - warum? (Josef Rödl - West Germany)
Alexandria... Why? / إسكندرية ليه (Youssef Chahine - Egypt)
David (Peter Lilienthal - West Germany)
The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino - United States)
Ernesto (Salvatore Samperi - Italy)
The First Polka / Die erste Polka (Klaus Emmerich - West Germany)
Hardcore (Paul Schrader - United States)
Heart of the Forest / El corazón del bosque (Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón - Spain)
Kassbach - Ein Porträt (Peter Patzak - Austria)
Kejsaren (Jösta Hagelbäck - Sweden)
Love on the Run / L'amour en fuite (François Truffaut - France)
The Marriage of Maria Braun / Die Ehe der Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder - West Germany)
Meetings with Remarkable Men (Peter Brook - United Kingdom)
Messidor (Alain Tanner - Switzerland)
Movie Movie (Stanley Donen - United States)
Nosferatu the Vampyre / Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Werner Herzog - West Germany)
Origins of a Meal / Genèse d'un repas (Luc Moullet - France)
Parashuram / পরশুরাম (Mrinal Sen - India)
Phantom (René Perraudin and Uwe Schrader - West Germany)
The Stud Farm / A ménesgazda (András Kovács - Hungary)
Ubu (Geoff Dunbar - United Kingdom)
Winterborn / Vinterbørn (Astrid Henning-Jensen - Denmark)
Golden Bear:
David by Peter Lilienthal
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize:
Alexandria... Why? by Youssef Chahine
Silver Bear:
The Marriage of Maria Braun by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Silver Bear for Best Director:
Astrid Henning-Jensen for Winterborn
Silver Bear for Best Actor:
Michele Placido for Ernesto
Silver Bear for Best Actress:
Hanna Schygulla for The Marriage of Maria Braun
Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement:
Henning von Gierke for Nosferatu the Vampyre
Sten Holmberg for Kejsaren