12th Berlin International Film Festival

Film festival

The 12th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June to 3 July 1962.^[1]

The Golden Bear was awarded to A Kind of Loving directed by John Schlesinger.^[2]

Juries

King Vidor, Jury President

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

Main Competition

• King Vidor, American filmmaker and producer - Jury President
• André Michel, French filmmaker
• Emeric Pressburger, British filmmaker and producer
• Hideo Kikumori, Japanese film critic
• Dolores del Río, Mexican actress
• Jurgen Schildt, Swedish film critic
• Max Gammeter, Swiss president of Filmgilde Biel
• Günther Stapenhorst, West-German producer
• Bruno E. Werner, West-German writer and art critic

Documentary and Short Films Competition

• Olavi Linnus, Finish writer and screenwriter (Finland) - Jury President
• Dorothy Macpherson, Canadian art film curator
• Abdellah Masbahi, Moroccan screenwriter
• Karl-Otto Alberty, West-German actor
• Pia Maria Plechl, Austrian journalist and writer
• Fridolin Schmid, West-German producer and director of Film and Picture Institute Munich
• A. L. Srinivasan, Indian producer

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:^[4]

Documentary and Short Films Competition

Official Awards

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

Main Competition

• Golden Bear: A Kind of Loving by John Schlesinger
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Francesco Rosi for Salvatore Giuliano
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Rita Gam and Viveca Lindfors for No Exit
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: James Stewart for Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
• Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: To the Last Day by Sang-ok Shin

Documentary and Short Films Competition

• Silver Bear, special award (Documentaries): Galapagos – Dream Island in the Pacific by Heinz Sielmann
• Short Film Golden Bear: De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel by Jan Vrijman
• Silver Bear for Best Short Film: Stars at Noon by Blaise Senghor
• Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
  • Nahanni by Donald Wilder
  • The Ancestors by André Libik
  • Venedig by Kurt Steinwendner
  • Test for the West: Berlin by Franz Baake

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Award

• Zoo by Bert Haanstra

OCIC Award

• Through a Glass Darkly by Ingmar Bergman

Youth Film Award (Jugendfilmpreis)

• Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Give Me Ten Desperate Men by Pierre Zimmer
  • Honorable Mention: Little Presents by Jack Witikka
• Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: Galapagos – Dream Island in the Pacific by Heinz Sielmann
• Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Zoo by Bert Haanstra

References

1. "12th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
2. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1962". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
3. "JURIES 1962". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
4. "PROGRAMME 1962". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

External links

• 12th Berlin International Film Festival 1962
• 1962 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1962 Archived 15 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine at Internet Movie Database