premise: The House of the Spirits won German Film Awards in 1988.
hypothesis: The Bavarian Film Awards ( Bayerischer Filmpreis ) have been awarded annually since 1979 by the State Government of Bavaria in Germany for `` exceptional achievement in German filmmaking . '' The House of the Spirits is a 1993 German-Danish-Portuguese period drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons , Meryl Streep , Glenn Close , Winona Ryder , Antonio Banderas and Vanessa Redgrave . The film won some awards , ( Bavarian Film Awards , German Film Awards , the Golden Screen ( Germany ) , Havana Film Festival , and Robert Festival ( Denmark ) , the German Phono Academy and the Guild of German Art House Cinemas ) .