 Festival poster | |
| Location | West Berlin, Germany |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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