![]() 18th Berlin International Film Festival Logo | |
Location | West Berlin, Germany |
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Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: Who Saw Him Die? |
Festival date | 21 June – 2 July 1968 |
Website | Website |
The 18th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1968. [1]
The Golden Bear was awarded to Who Saw Him Die? directed by Jan Troell. [2]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: [3]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award: [4]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Asta Nielsen | Asta Nielsen | Denmark | |
Bandits in Milan | Banditi a Milano | Carlo Lizzani | Italy |
Les Biches | Claude Chabrol | France, Italy | |
Challenge in the Snow | 13 jours en France | Claude Lelouch and François Reichenbach | France |
Charly | Ralph Nelson | USA | |
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach | Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet | West Germany, Italy |
The Day of the Owl | Il giorno della civetta | Damiano Damiani | Italy, France |
The Ernie Game | Don Owen | Canada | |
Hunger for Love | Fome de Amor | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
Gates to Paradise | Andrzej Wajda | United Kingdom, Yugoslavia | |
The Immortal Story | Orson Welles | France | |
India '67 | An Indian Day | S. Sukhdev | India |
Innocence Unprotected | Nevinost bez zastite | Dušan Makavejev | Yugoslavia |
Krek | Крек | Borivoj Dovnikovic-Bordo | Yugoslavia |
The Man Who Lies | L'Homme qui ment | Alain Robbe-Grillet | France, Czechoslovakia |
Nanami, The Inferno of First Love | 初恋・地獄篇 | Susumu Hani | Japan |
Peppermint Frappé | Carlos Saura | Spain | |
Portrait: Orson Welles | François Reichenbach and Frédéric Rossif | France | |
Signs of Life | Lebenszeichen | Werner Herzog | West Germany |
Something Like Love | Come l'amore | Enzo Muzii | Italy |
Toets | Tim Tholen | Netherlands | |
To Grab the Ring | To Grab the Ring: Enkele reis voor Alfred | Nikolai van der Heyde | Netherlands |
Tolerance | Tolerancija | Zlatko Grgić and Branko Ranitović | Yugoslavia |
U raskoraku | Milenko Štrbac | Yugoslavia | |
Weekend | Week-end | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
Who Saw Him Die? | Ole dole doff | Jan Troell | Sweden |
A non-competitive program highlighting recent films by new and emerging Canadian film directors. [5]
English title | Original title | Director(s) |
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A Great Big Thing (1968) | Eric Till | |
A Place to Stand (1967) | Christopher Chapman | |
Between Salt and Sweet Water (1967) | Entre la mer et l'eau douce | Michel Brault |
The Cat in the Bag (1964) | Le Chat dans le sac | Gilles Groulx |
Don't Let It Kill You (1968) | Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça | Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
Dust from Underground (1968) | Poussière sur la ville | Arthur Lamothe |
High (1967) | Larry Kent | |
The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl (1968) | Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce | Gilles Carle |
The Revolutionary (1965) | Le Révolutionnaire | Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: [2]
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