37th Berlin International Film Festival

The 37th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February to 3 March 1987. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet film Tema, directed by Gleb Panfilov.

The retrospective was in honour of Armenian-American film and theatre director Rouben Mamoulian. The homage was dedicated to French couple Jean-Louis Barrault, actor and director, and Madeleine Renaud, actress. It was titled Renaud-Barrault au cinéma.

Juries

Main Competition

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

• Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor - Jury President
• Juliet Berto, French actress and filmmaker
• Kathleen Carroll, American film critic
• Callisto Cosulich, Italian film critic
• Victor Dyomin, Soviet actor and screenwriter
• Reinhard Hauff, German filmmaker
• Edmund Luft, West-German playwright, film critic and film historian
• Jiří Menzel, Czech actor and filmmaker
• Dan Pița, Romanian filmmaker
• Paul Schrader, American filmmaker and film critic
• Antonio Skármeta, Chilean writer

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:

Out of competition

• Farewell, directed by Elem Klimov (Soviet Union)
• The Color of Money, directed by Martin Scorsese (United States)
• A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents, directed by Andrzej Wajda (Poland)
• ', directed by Hark Bohm (West Germany)
• Light of Day, directed by Paul Schrader (United States)
• Ein Treffen mit Rimbaud, directed by Ernst-August Zurborn (West Germany)
• True Stories, directed by David Byrne (United States)

• Golden Bear: The Theme by Gleb Panfilov
• Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: The Sea and Poison by Kei Kumai
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Oliver Stone for Platoon
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Ana Beatriz Nogueira for Vera
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Gian Maria Volonté for The Moro Affair
• Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement:
• Márta Mészáros for Diary for My Lovers
• Fernando Trueba for Year of Enlightment
• Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Children of a Lesser God
• Alfred Bauer Prize: Mauvais Sang