A 1996/'97 golden UNICA medal for outstanding services has been awarded to:

Franz Rienesl - Austria
Armand Baptist - Belgium
Ursula Graber - Switzerland
Jaroslav Cita - Czech Republic
Finnish Film Archives
Thomas Stellmach - Germany
Roger Bigeon - France
Heikki Jokiniemi - Finland
GFR Film-Video Pozega - Croatia
Stefan Sidovski - Macedonia
Erling Pedersen - Norway
Dries Hendriks - The Netherlands
Tomas Willtorp - Sweden