11th Berlin International Film Festival

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11th Berlin International Film Festival
11th Berlin International Film Festival poster.jpg
Festival poster
Location West Berlin, Germany
Founded1951
Awards Golden Bear: La Notte
Festival date23 June–4 July 1961
Website Website
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The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1961. [1]

Contents

The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian film La Notte directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. [2]

Juries

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: [3]

Main Competition

Documentary and Short Films Competition

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award: [4]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
14,000 Witnesses證人 萬 四千 個 證人Wang HaoTaiwan, Hong Kong
Amelie or The Time to Love Amélie ou le Temps d'aimer Michel Drach France
Antigone Aντιγόνη Yorgos Javellas Greece
Anuradha अनुराधा Hrishikesh Mukherjee India
The Assassin L'assassino Elio Petri Italy, France
A Woman Is a Woman Une femme est une femme Jean-Luc Godard France
The Bad Sleep Well 悪い奴ほどよく眠る Akira Kurosawa Japan
Black Silk Prae dum Rattana Pestonji and Ratanavadi RatanabhandThailand
The Broken Pots Kırık Çanaklar Memduh Ün Turkey
The Coachman 마부Kang Dae-jinSouth Korea
The End of the Cancageiros A Morte Comanda o Cangaço Carlos Coimbra and Walter Guimares MottaBrazil
Five Day Lover L'Amant de cinq jours Philippe de Broca France, Italy
La Notte Michelangelo Antonioni Italy, France
La patota Daniel Tinayre Argentina
Macbeth George Schaefer United States, United Kingdom
The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi Kurt Hoffmann West Germany, Switzerland
The Miracle of Father Malachia Das Wunder des Malachias Bernhard Wicki Austria
No Love for Johnnie Ralph Thomas United Kingdom
The Pleasure of His Company George Seaton United States
Question 7 Stuart Rosenberg United States, West Germany
Romanoff and Juliet Peter Ustinov United States
The Scarlet Dove Tulipunainen kyyhkynen Matti Kassila Finland
Teenagers Almurahikat Ahmed Diaa Eddine Egypt
That Joyous Eve Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas Fons Rademakers Netherlands
Two Loves Charles Walters United States
Young People Los jóvenes Luis Alcoriza Mexico
Zone of Danger I faresonen Bjørn Breigutu Norway

Documentary and Short Films Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
A Country Called ChileUn país llamado ChileB.H. HardyChile
ChimichimitoJosé MartínVenezuela
Dreamland of DesireTraumland der SehnsuchtWolfgang Müller-SehnWest Germany, Greece
Gesicht von der Stange?Raimund RuehlWest Germany
Hold Back the SeaDe lage landen George Sluizer Netherlands
Lo specchio, la tigre e la pianura Raffaele Andreassi Italy
Morning on the Lièvre David Bairstow Canada
Third Side of the CoinDescription d'un combat Chris Marker France, Israel
Sirènes Emile Degelin Belgium

Official Awards

Michelangelo Antonioni, winner of the Golden Bear at the event Michelangelo Antonioni Cropped.jpg
Michelangelo Antonioni, winner of the Golden Bear at the event

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: [2]

Main Competition

Documentary and Short Films Competition

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Award

OCIC Award

C.I.D.A.L.C. Award

Youth Film Award

References

  1. "11th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 "PRIZES & HONOURS 1961". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  3. "JURIES 1961". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  4. "PROGRAMME 1961". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.