A 1997/'98 golden UNICA medal for outstanding services has been awarded to:
Werner WEISS - Austria
Tryphon SPAEPEN - Belgium
Asociacion conquence de cine amateur - Spain
Max WYLER - Switzerland
Mathias SPEHR - Germany
Jean & Annick BERNIER - France
Finnish Film Archives - Finland
Vladimir MURTIN - The Netherlands
Erik SUNDH - Sweden
André TOUSSAINT - Luxemburg
? - Croatia
Gerald MEE - United Kingdom
? - Russia
? - Slovakia
? - Estonia