11th Berlin International Film Festival

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

11th Berlin International Film Festival
11th Berlin International Film Festival poster.jpg
Festival poster
LocationWest Berlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear (La notte)
Festival date23 June–4 July 1961
WebsiteWebsite
Berlin International Film Festival chronology

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]

Jury[]

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[3]

International feature film jury

  • James Quinn, producer (United Kingdom) - Jury President
  • France Roche, journalist, film critic, actress and screenwriter (France)
  • , film critic (Belgium)
  • Satyajit Ray, director (India)
  • Gian Luigi Rondi, film critic (Italy)
  • , theatre critic (Japan)
  • Nicholas Ray, director (United States)
  • Falk Harnack, director and screenwriter (West Germany)
  • , journalist and writer (West Germany)

International documentary and short jury

  • , actor (Netherlands) - Jury President
  • , journalist (West Germany)
  • , (United Arab Emirates)
  • , film critic and writer (Spain)
  • , film critic (West Germany)
  • Ingeborg Lyche, chairperson of the Statens Filmsentral (Norway)
  • , producer (Brazil)

Films in competition[]

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 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 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 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 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 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Documentary and short film
English title Original title Director(s) Country
Venezuela
Third Side of the Coin Chris Marker France, Israel
West Germany
Hold Back the Sea George Sluizer Netherlands
Morning on the Lièvre David Bairstow Canada
A Country Called Chile Chile
Emile Degelin Belgium
Raffaele Andreassi Italy
Dreamland of Desire West Germany, Greece

Key[]

† Winner of the main award for best film in its section

Awards[]

Michelangelo Antonioni, winner of the Golden Bear at the event

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[2]

International jury awards

Documentaries and short films jury awards

Independent jury awards

References[]

  1. ^ "11th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1961". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  3. ^ "JURIES 1961". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  4. ^ "PROGRAMME 1961". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""