The 9th annual

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...

was held from 26 June – 7 July 1959. 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. The Golden Bear was awarded to the French film '' Les Cousins'' directed by Claude Chabrol.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: International feature film jury * Robert Aldrich, director (United States) - Jury President * Johan Jacobsen, director, screenwriter and producer (Denmark) * Charles Ford, writer and filmmaker (France) * John Bryan, production designer (United Kingdom) * Ignazio Tranquilli, writer and playwright (Italy) * Shigeo Miyata, painter and physician (Japan) * Wali Eddine Sameh, director (United Arab Emirates) * O. E. Hasse, actor (West Germany) * Gerhard Prager, writer and producer (West Germany) * Fritz Podehl, producer (West Germany) * Walther Schmieding, journalist (West Germany) International documentary and short jury * Curt Oertel, director and director of photography (West Germany) - Jury President * M.D. Bath (India) * Hans Cürlis, director (West Germany) * Paul Davay, film critic (Belgium) * Odd Hølaas, journalist and writer (Norway) * Katina Paxinou, actress (Greece) * Alfonso Sánchez Martínez, journalist and film critic (Spain)

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the

Golden Bear The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. History The win ...

award:

Key

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: International jury awards *

: '' Les Cousins'' by Claude Chabrol *

Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury ...

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dyna ...

for '' Kakushi-toride no san-akunin'' *

Silver Bear for Best Actress The Silver Bear for Best Actress (german: Silberner Bär/Beste Darstellerin) was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chos ...

: Shirley MacLaine for '' Ask Any Girl'' *

Silver Bear for Best Actor The Silver Bear for Best Actor (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Darsteller) was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chosen by ...

Jean Gabin Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), '' La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ...

for '' Archimède le clochard'' *

Silver Bear The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fes ...

Extraordinary Jury Prize: Hayley Mills for '' Tiger Bay'' Documentaries and short films jury awards *

(Documentaries): White Wilderness by

James Algar James Algar (June 11, 1912 – February 26, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked at Walt Disney Productions for 43 years and received the Disney Legends award in 1998. He was born in Modesto, California ...

* Short Film Golden Bear: '' Prijs de zee'' by Herman van der Horsti * Silver Bear for Best Short Film: ''ex aequo''
'' Das Knalleidoskop'' by Herbert Hunger
''

Radha and Krishna Radha-Krishna (IAST , sa, राधा कृष्ण) are collectively known within Hinduism as the combined forms of feminine as well as the masculine realities of God. Krishna and Radha are the primeval forms of God and his pleasure potenc ...

'' by J. S. Bhownagary *

Extraordinary Jury Prize (Short film): '' Hest på sommerferie'' by

Astrid Henning-Jensen Astrid Henning-Jensen (born Astrid Smahl; 10 December 1914 – 5 January 2002) was a Danes, Danish film director, actress, editor and screenwriter. Early life Henning-Jensen was born in the Copenhagen district of Frederiksberg in 1914, to pare ...

* Recognition of honor (Short Film): '' I ditteri'' by Alberto Ancilotto Independent jury awards *

FIPRESCI Award The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

**'' Kakushi toride no san akunin'' by

*OCIC Award **'' Paradies und Feuerofen'' by

Victor Herbert Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an American composer, cellist and conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is bes ...

*Youth Film Award (''Jugendfilmpreis''): **Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: '' Hadaka no taiyō'' by Miyoji Ieki **Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: '' Paradies und Feuerofen'' by Herbert Viktor **Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: '' Anneaux d'or'' by René Vautier

References

External links

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