9th Berlin International Film Festival

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

• Golden Bear: Les Cousins by Claude Chabrol
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Akira Kurosawa for The Hidden Fortress
• 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

Documentary and Short Films Competition

• Golden Bear (Documentaries): White Wilderness by James Algar
• Short Film Golden Bear: Praise the Sea by Herman van der Horsti
• Silver Bear for Best Short Film:
  • Das Knalleidoskop by Herbert Hunger
  • Radha and Krishna by J. S. Bhownagary
• Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize (Short film): Horse on Holiday by Astrid Henning-Jensen
• Recognition of honor (Short Film): I ditteri by Alberto Ancilotto

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Award

• The Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa

OCIC Award

• Paradise and Fire Oven by Victor Herbert

Youth Film Award (Jugendfilmpreis)

• Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Naked Sun by Miyoji Ieki
• Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: Paradise and Fire Oven by Victor Herbert
• Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Anneaux d'or by René Vautier

References

1. "9th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
2. "Berlinale beginnings". 8 February 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
3. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1959". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
4. "JURIES 1959". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
5. "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