43rd Berlin International Film Festival

The 43rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1993.

The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to American-Taiwanese film The Wedding Banquet directed by Ang Lee and Chinese film Woman Sesame Oil Maker directed by Xie Fei.

The retrospective dedicated to CinemaScope was shown at the festival.

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

Main Competition

 * Frank Beyer, German filmmaker - Jury President
 * Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish filmmaker
 * Michel Boujut, French writer, producer and film critic
 * François Duplat, French producer
 * Katinka Faragó, Swedish producer
 * Krystyna Janda, Polish actress
 * Naum Kleiman, Russian historian and film critic
 * Brock Peters, American actor
 * Susan Strasberg, American actress
 * Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress
 * Zhang Yimou, Chinese filmmaker

Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

Official Awards


The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
 * Golden Bear:
 * The Wedding Banquet by Ang Lee
 * Woman Sesame Oil Maker by Xie Fei
 * Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Arizona Dream by Emir Kusturica
 * Silver Bear for Best Director: Andrew Birkin for The Cement Garden
 * Silver Bear for Best Actress: Michelle Pfeiffer for Love Field
 * Silver Bear for Best Actor: Denzel Washington for Malcolm X
 * Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Udzinarta mze by Temur Babluani
 * Silver Bear: Samba Traoré by Idrissa Ouedraogo
 * Honourable Mention:
 * Life According to Agfa by Assi Dayan
 * No More Mr. Nice Guy by Detlev Buck

Blue Angel Award

 * Le Jeune Werther by Jacques Doillon

Honorary Golden Bear

 * Billy Wilder
 * Gregory Peck

Berlinale Camera

 * Victoria Abril
 * Juliette Binoche
 * Gong Li
 * Corinna Harfouch
 * Johanna ter Steege