25th Berlin International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Location | West Berlin, Germany |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: Adoption |
| Festival date | 27 June–8 July 1975 |
| Website | Website |
The 25th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June – 8 July 1975.[1]
The Golden Bear was awarded to Adoption directed by Márta Mészáros.[2] The retrospective dedicated to Greta Garbo was shown at the festival.[3]
Jury
[edit]The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[4]
Main Competition
[edit]- Sylvia Syms, British actress - Jury President
- Ottokar Runze, West-German filmmaker and producer
- Henry Chapier, French filmmaker and film critic
- Else Goelz, West-German journalist
- Albert J. Johnson, American film critic
- Rostislav Yurenev, Soviet film critic
- João Carlos Martins, Brazilian pianist and conductor
- Sukhdev Sandhu, Indian filmmaker
Official Sections
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adoption | Örökbefogadás | Márta Mészáros | Hungary |
| Ante Up | Il piatto piange | Paolo Nuzzi | Italy |
| A Woman's Decision | Bilans kwartalny | Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland |
| Comedie fantastica | Ion Popescu-Gopo | Romania | |
| The Common Man | Dupont Lajoie | Yves Boisset | France |
| Far from Home | در غربت | Sohrab Shahid-Saless | Iran |
| The First Time on the Grass | La prima volta sull'erba | Gianluigi Calderone | Italy |
| Gangsterfilmen | Lars G. Thelestam | Sweden | |
| The Great House | La casa grande | Francisco Rodríguez Fernández | Spain |
| Ice Age | Eiszeit | Peter Zadek | West Germany |
| Jacob the Liar | Jakob der Lügner | Frank Beyer | East Germany |
| John Glückstadt | Ulf Miehe | West Germany | |
| Leave Us Alone | La' os være | Lasse Nielsen and Ernst Johansen | Denmark |
| Lily, aime-moi | Maurice Dugowson | France | |
| Love and Death | Woody Allen | United States | |
| One Hundred Days After Childhood | Сто дней после детства | Sergei Solovyov | Soviet Union |
| Out of Season | Alan Bridges | United Kingdom | |
| Overlord | Stuart Cooper | United Kingdom | |
| Posse | Kirk Douglas | United States | |
| Samna | सामना | Jabbar Patel | India |
| Sandakan No. 8 | サンダカン八番娼館 望郷 | Kei Kumai | Japan |
| SSS | Václav Bedřich | Czechoslovakia | |
| Strast | Aleksandar Ilić | Yugoslavia | |
| Who Looks for Gold? | Kdo hledá zlaté dno | Jiří Menzel | Czechoslovakia |
| Zwaarmoedige verhalen voor bij de centrale verwarming | Nouchka van Brakel, Ernie Damen and Bas van der Lecq | Netherlands | |
Out of competition
[edit]- Portrait of Fidel, directed by Gina Lollobrigida (Italy)
- Salmonico (יהיה טוב סלומוניקו), directed by Alfred Steinhardt (Israel)
Official Awards
[edit]The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[2]
- Golden Bear: Adoption by Márta Mészáros
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize:
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Sergei Solovyov for One Hundred Days After Childhood
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Kinuyo Tanaka for Sandakan No. 8
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Vlastimil Brodský for Jacob the Liar
- Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Woody Allen for Love and Death
Independent Awards
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "25th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1975". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 1975". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.