Film festival
The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 7 July 1959.[1] The festival welcomed the cinematic movement known as the French 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 Les Cousins directed by Claude Chabrol.[3]
Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[4]
Main Competition
- Robert Aldrich, American filmmaker - Jury President
- Johan Jacobsen, Danish filmmaker and producer
- Charles Ford, French writer and filmmaker
- John Bryan, British production designer
- Ignazio Tranquilli, Italian writer and playwright
- Shigeo Miyata, Japanese painter and physician
- Wali Eddine Sameh, Emirati director
- O. E. Hasse, West-German actor
- Gerhard Prager, West-German writer and producer
- Fritz Podehl, West-German producer
- Walther Schmieding, West-German journalist
Documentary and Short Films Competition
- Curt Oertel, West-German filmmaker and director of photography - Jury President
- M.D. Bath, Indian
- Hans Cürlis, West-German director
- Paul Davay, Belgian film critic
- Odd Hølaas, Norwegian journalist and writer
- Katina Paxinou, Greek actress
- Alfonso Sánchez Martínez, Spanish journalist and film critic
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:[5]
Documentary and Short Films Competition
Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]
Main Competition
Documentary and Short Films Competition
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Award
OCIC Award
Youth Film Award (Jugendfilmpreis)
References
- ^ "9th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ "Berlinale beginnings". 8 February 2012. 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