Location | West Berlin, Germany |
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Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear (La notte) |
Festival date | 23 June–4 July 1961 |
Website | Website |
The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1961.[1] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian film La notte directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.[2]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[3]
International feature film jury
International documentary and short jury
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:[4]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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The End of the Cancageiros | A Morte Comanda o Cangaço | Carlos Coimbra and Walter Guimares Motta | Brazil |
Teenagers | Almurahikat | Ahmed Diaa Eddine | Egypt |
Amelie or The Time to Love | Amélie ou le Temps d'aimer | Michel Drach | France |
Aντιγόνη Antigone | Yorgos Javellas | Greece | |
Anuradha | अनुराधा Anuradha | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | India |
The Miracle of Father Malachia | Das Wunder des Malachias | Bernhard Wicki | Austria |
The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi | Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi | Kurt Hoffmann | West Germany, Switzerland |
Zone of Danger | I faresonen | Bjørn Breigutu | Norway |
The Broken Pots | Kırık Çanaklar | Memduh Ün | Turkey |
Five Day Lover | L'Amant de cinq jours | Philippe de Broca | France, Italy |
The Assassin | L'assassino | Elio Petri | Italy, France |
The Night | La Notte | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy, France |
La patota | Daniel Tinayre | Argentina | |
Young People | Los jóvenes | Luis Alcoriza | Mexico |
The Coachman | 마부 Mabu | Kang Dae-jin | South Korea |
Macbeth | George Schaefer | USA, United Kingdom | |
That Joyous Eve | Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas | Fons Rademakers | Netherlands |
No Love for Johnnie | Ralph Thomas | United Kingdom | |
Black Silk | Prae dum | Rattana Pestonji and Ratanavadi Ratanabhand | Thailand |
Question 7 | Stuart Rosenberg | USA, West Germany | |
Romanoff and Juliet | Peter Ustinov | USA | |
The Pleasure of His Company | George Seaton | USA | |
The Scarlet Dove | Tulipunainen kyyhkynen | Matti Kassila | Finland |
Two Loves | Charles Walters | USA | |
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 Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
14,000 Witnesses | 證人 萬 四千 個 證人 Yi wan si qian ge zheng ren | Wang Hao | Taiwan, Hong Kong |
Documentary and short film | |||
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Chimichimito | José Martín | Venezuela | |
Third Side of the Coin | Description d'un combat | Chris Marker | France, Israel |
Gesicht von der Stange? | Raimund Ruehl | West Germany | |
Hold Back the Sea | De lage landen | George Sluizer | Netherlands |
Morning on the Lièvre | David Bairstow | Canada | |
A Country Called Chile | Un país llamado Chile | B.H. Hardy | Chile |
Sirènes | Emile Degelin | Belgium | |
Lo specchio, la tigre e la pianura | Raffaele Andreassi | Italy | |
Dreamland of Desire | Traumland der Sehnsucht | Wolfgang Müller-Sehn | West Germany, Greece |
† | Winner of the main award for best film in its section |
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[2]
International jury awards
Documentaries and short films jury awards
Independent jury awards