| Location | West Berlin, Germany |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis |
| Festival date | 26 June – 6 July 1971 |
| Website | Website |
The 21st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 6 July 1971. [1] The Young Filmmakers Forum (in 1987 renamed International Forum for New Cinema) section was introduced at the festival. [2]
The Golden Bear was awarded to The Garden of the Finzi-Continis directed by Vittorio De Sica. [3]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: [4]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1501 1/2 | Paul B. Price | United States | |
| Ang.: Lone | Franz Ernst | Denmark | |
| Argentina, mayo de 1969: Los caminos de la liberación | Octavio Getino, Nemesio Juárez, Rodolfo Kuhn, Jorge Martín, Humberto Ríos, Eliseo Subiela and Pablo Szir | Argentina | |
| Bless the Beasts and Children | Stanley Kramer | United States | |
| Bloomfield | Richard Harris | United Kingdom, Israel | |
| Blushing Charlie | Lyckliga skitar | Vilgot Sjöman | Sweden |
| The Cat | Le Chat | Pierre Granier-Deferre | France, Italy |
| The Decameron | Il Decameron | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy |
| Desperate Characters | Frank D. Gilroy | United States | |
| Die Ordnung | Bohumil Stepan and Boris von Borresholm | West Germany | |
| Dulcima | Frank Nesbitt | United Kingdom | |
| The First Day | Die ersten Tage | Herbert Holba | Austria |
| Four Nights of a Dreamer | Quatre nuits d'un rêveur | Robert Bresson | France, Italy |
| The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini | Vittorio De Sica | Italy |
| He Who Loves in a Glass House | Wer im Glashaus liebt... der Graben | Michael Verhoeven | West Germany |
| How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman | Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
| In continuo | Vlatko Gilić | Yugoslavia | |
| Jaider, the Lonely Hunter | Jaider, der einsame Jäger | Volker Vogeler | West Germany |
| Long Live Death | Viva la muerte | Fernando Arrabal | France, Tunisia |
| Love Is War | Ragnar Lasse-Henriksen | Norway | |
| Ninì Tirabusciò: the woman who invented "the move" | Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa | Marcello Fondato | Italy, France |
| Red Wheat | Rdeče klasje | Živojin Pavlović | Yugoslavia |
| Rendezvous at Bray | Rendez-vous à Bray | André Delvaux | France, Belgium |
| To Love Again | 愛ふたたび | Kon Ichikawa | Japan |
| The Touch | Beröringen | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden, United States |
| Whity | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany | |
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: [3]