15th Berlin International Film Festival

15th Berlin International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear (Alphaville)
Festival date	25 June – 6 July 1965
Website	Website

The 15th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June to 6 July 1965.^[1] The festival started selecting the jury members on its own rather than countries sending designated representatives.^[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to the French film Alphaville directed by Jean-Luc Godard.^[3]

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:^[4]

• John Gillett (Head of Jury)
• Alexander Kluge
• Ely Azeredo
• Monique Berger
• Kyushiro Kusakabe
• Jerry Bresler
• Karena Niehoff
• Hansjürgen Pohland
• Hans-Dieter Roos

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:^[5]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Alphaville	Alphaville	Jean-Luc Godard	France
Cat Ballou	Cat Ballou	Elliot Silverstein	USA
	Charulata	Satyajit Ray	India
The Art of Living	El arte de vivir	Julio Diamante	Spain
Secrets Behind the Wall	Kabe no naka no himegoto	Kōji Wakamatsu	Japan
My Love and I	Kungsleden	Gunnar Höglund	Sweden
Love 65	Kärlek 65	Bo Widerberg	Sweden
Happiness	Le bonheur	Agnès Varda	France
	Pajarito Gómez	Rodolfo Kuhn	Argentina
Repulsion	Repulsion	Roman Polanski	United Kingdom
	Shakespeare Wallah	James Ivory	USA
The Knack ...and How to Get It	The Knack ...and How to Get It	Richard Lester	United Kingdom
Thomas the Impostor	Thomas l'imposteur	Georges Franju	France
To		Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt	Denmark
The Reckless	Una bella grinta	Giuliano Montaldo	Sweden
The Obsessed of Catule	Vereda de Salvação	Anselmo Duarte	Brazil
	Wälsungenblut	Rolf Thiele	Germany

Key

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

Awards

Jean-Luc Godard, winner of the Golden Bear at the event.

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:^[3]

• Golden Bear: Alphaville by Jean-Luc Godard
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Satyajit Ray for Charulata
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Madhur Jaffrey for Shakespeare Wallah
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Lee Marvin for Cat Ballou
• Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
  • Repulsion by Roman Polanski
  • Le bonheur by Agnès Varda
• Special Mention: Walter Newman and Frank Pierson for Cat Ballou
• Youth Film Award
  • Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Pajarito Gómez by Rodolfo Kuhn
• Youth Film Award - Honorable Mention
  • Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Das Boot von Torreira by Alfred Ehrhardt
  • Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Cat Ballou by Elliot Silverstein
• FIPRESCI Award
  • Repulsion by Roman Polanski
• FIPRESCI Award - Honorable Mention
  • Love 65 by Bo Widerberg
• OCIC Award
  • Charulata by Satyajit Ray
• UNICRIT Award
  • Ninety Degrees in the Shade by Jiří Weiss

References

1. "15th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
2. "Berlinale beginnings". Retrieved 15 June 2014.
3. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1965". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
4. "JURIES 1965". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
5. "PROGRAMME 1965". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

External links

• 15th Berlin International Film Festival 1965
• 1965 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1965 at Internet Movie Database