Film festival
The 19th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June – 6 July 1969.[1] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Yugoslav film Rani radovi directed by Želimir Žilnik.[2]
Jury
The following jury members were announced for the festival:[3]
- Johannes Schaaf, actor, director and screenwriter (West Germany) - Jury President
- Agnesa Kalinova, journalist and film critic (Czechoslovakia)
- José P. Dominiani, screenwriter and film critic (Argentina)
- François Chalais, journalist and film historian (Belgium)
- John Russell Taylor, writer and film critic (United Kingdom)
- Giovanni Grazzini, film critic (Italy)
- Masaki Kobayashi, director and screenwriter (Japan)
- Archer Winsten, film critic (United States)
- Ulrich Gregor, film historian (West Germany)
Films in competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:[4]
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Country
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| A Touch of Love
|
|
Waris Hussein
|
United Kingdom
|
| Aido: Slave of Love
|
愛奴 Susumu Hani
|
Susumu Hani
|
Japan
|
| Love and Anger
|
Amore e rabbia
|
Carlo Lizzani, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jean-Luc Godard and Marco Bellocchio
|
Italy, France
|
| Ballad of Carl-Henning
|
Balladen om Carl-Henning
|
Sven and Lene Grønlykke
|
Denmark
|
| Brazil Year 2000
|
Brasil Ano 2000
|
Walter Lima, Jr.
|
Brazil
|
|
|
Erotissimo
|
Gérard Pirès
|
France, Italy
|
| Gravitation
|
Gravitacija ili fantastična mladost činovnika Borisa Horvata
|
Branko Ivanda
|
Yugoslavia
|
| Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
|
গুপী গাইন বাঘা বাইন Gupi Gain Bagha Bain
|
Satyajit Ray
|
India
|
| Greetings
|
|
Brian De Palma
|
USA
|
| I'm an Elephant, Madame
|
Ich bin ein Elefant, Madame
|
Peter Zadek
|
West Germany
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| We Are All Demons
|
Klabautermannen
|
Henning Carlsen
|
Denmark, Sweden, Norway
|
| Honeycomb
|
La madriguera
|
Carlos Saura
|
Spain
|
| His Day of Glory
|
La sua giornata di gloria
|
Edoardo Bruno
|
Italy
|
| Joy of Learning
|
Le gai savoir
|
Jean-Luc Godard
|
France
|
| Love Is Colder Than Death
|
Liebe ist kälter als der Tod
|
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
|
West Germany
|
| Made in Sweden
|
Made in Sweden
|
Johan Bergenstråhle
|
Sweden
|
| Midnight Cowboy
|
|
John Schlesinger
|
USA
|
|
|
Presadjivanje Osecanja
|
Dejan Djurković
|
Yugoslavia
|
| Early Works
|
Rani radovi
|
Želimir Žilnik
|
Yugoslavia
|
| The Bed Sitting Room
|
|
Richard Lester
|
United Kingdom
|
| Three into Two Won't Go
|
|
Peter Hall
|
United Kingdom
|
| Coup de Grâce
|
Tiro de gracia
|
Ricardo Becher
|
Argentina
|
| To See Or Not To See
|
|
Břetislav Pojar
|
Canada
|
| A Quiet Place in the Country
|
Un tranquillo posto di campagna
|
Elio Petri
|
Italy
|
Awards
Želimir Žilnik, winner of the Golden Bear at the eventThe following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[2]
