For the first time there is now a separate competition for animated film. Following the drop in audience numbers in previous years the number of viewers rises to 18,000 (in 1993 a mere 5,500 visitors), 2,000 more than in 1994. The retrospective of the Federal Archive/Film Archive Berlin this year is devoted to documentary examples from 100 years of German film ("Seen for the first time - rediscovered").
Merchandising tips are provided by Les Blank (USA); Stickers and T-shirts are on sale after each showing of his film.
Golden Doves
JAIME DE NEVARES - ULTIMO VIAJE (JAIME DE NEVARES - LETZTE REISE, Argentinia, Marcelo Cespedes, Carmen Guarini)
RECONSTRUCTION (REKONSTRUKTION, Canada, Laurence Green)
ACHILLES (Animated Film, GB, Barry J.C. Purves)
Silver Doves
MOEDER DAO DE SCHILDPADGELIJKENDE (DAO, DIE SCHILDKRÖTENMUTTER, Netherlands, Vincent Monnikendam)
THE IDEA OF NORTH (DIE IDEE VOM NORDEN, USA, Rebecca Baron)
NYURA’S BATH (NYURAS BAD, Animated Film, Russia, Oksana Cerkassova)
DER LANDVERMESSER (Animated Film, Russia, Dmitri Naumov)
Mercedes-Benz-Stipendium
CHASTYE (GLÜCK, Russia, Sergej Dvortsevoi)