9th Berlin International Film Festival
Location | West Berlin, Germany |
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Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear (Les Cousins) |
Festival date | 26 June – 7 July 1959 |
Website | Website |
The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June – 7 July 1959.[1] The festival welcomed the cinematic movement known as the New Wave and screened the work of directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda and François Truffaut.[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to the French film Les Cousins directed by Claude Chabrol.[3]
Jury[]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[4]
International feature film jury
- Robert Aldrich, director (United States) - Jury President
- Johan Jacobsen, director, screenwriter and producer (Denmark)
- , writer and filmmaker (France)
- John Bryan, production designer (United Kingdom)
- , writer and playwright (Italy)
- , painter and physician (Japan)
- , director (United Arab Emirates)
- O. E. Hasse, actor (West Germany)
- , writer and producer (West Germany)
- , producer (West Germany)
- , journalist (West Germany)
International documentary and short jury
- , director and director of photography (West Germany) - Jury President
- (India)
- , director (West Germany)
- , film critic (Belgium)
- Odd Hølaas, journalist and writer (Norway)
- Katina Paxinou, actress (Greece)
- , journalist and film critic (Spain)
Films in competition[]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:[5]
Documentary and short film | |||
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Anneaux d'or | René Vautier | Tunisia, France | |
White Wilderness | James Algar | USA | |
Italy | |||
Stars at Noon | Les Étoiles de midi | Jacques Ertaud and Marcel Ichac | France |
Italy | |||
Horse on Holiday | Astrid Henning-Jensen | Denmark, United Kingdom | |
Herbert Hunger | West Germany | ||
Paradise and Fire Oven | West Germany | ||
Alexander Hammid, Gian Luigi Polidoro and | United Kingdom | ||
Praise the Sea | Netherlands | ||
Radha and Krishna | India | ||
Massimo Dallamano and | Venezuela |
Key[]
† Winner of the main award for best film in its section
Awards[]
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]
International jury awards
- Golden Bear: Les Cousins by Claude Chabrol
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Akira Kurosawa for Kakushi-toride no san-akunin
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine for Ask Any Girl
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Jean Gabin for Archimède le clochard
- Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: Hayley Mills for Tiger Bay
Documentaries and short films jury awards
- Golden Bear (Documentaries): White Wilderness by James Algar
- Short Film Golden Bear: by
- Silver Bear for Best Short Film: ex aequo
by Herbert Hunger
by - Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize (Short film): by Astrid Henning-Jensen
- Recognition of honor (Short Film): by
Independent jury awards
- FIPRESCI Award
- OCIC Award
- Youth Film Award (Jugendfilmpreis):
- Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Hadaka no taiyō by
- Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: by
- Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Anneaux d'or by René Vautier
References[]
- ^ "9th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ "Berlinale beginnings". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1959". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 1959". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "PROGRAMME 1959". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
External links[]
- 9th Berlin International Film Festival 1959
- 1959 Berlin International Film Festival
- Berlin International Film Festival:1959 Archived 11 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine at Internet Movie Database
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