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21st Berlin International Film Festival

1971 film festival in West Berlin, Germany


1971 film festival in West Berlin, Germany

FieldValue
name21st Berlin International Film Festival
locationWest Berlin, Germany
founded1951
awardsGolden Bear:
*The Garden of the Finzi-Continis*
date26 June – 6 July 1971
website[Website](http://www.berlinale.de)
chronologyBerlin International Film Festival
preceded_by[20th](20th-berlin-international-film-festival)
followed_by[22nd](22nd-berlin-international-film-festival)

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The 21st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 6 July 1971. The Young Filmmakers Forum (in 1987 renamed International Forum for New Cinema) section was introduced at the festival.

The Golden Bear was awarded to The Garden of the Finzi-Continis directed by Vittorio De Sica.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

  • Bjørn Rasmussen, Danish writer and film critic - Jury President
  • Ida Ehre, West-German actress and director of the Hamburg Kammerspiele theatre
  • Walter Albuquerque Mello, Brazilian co-founder of the Festival de Brasília
  • Paul Claudon, French producer
  • Kenneth Harper, British producer
  • Mani Kaul, Indian filmmaker
  • Charlotte Kerr, West-German actress and filmmaker
  • Rex Reed, American film critic
  • Giancarlo Zagni, Italian filmmaker

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
*1501 1/2*Paul B. PriceUnited States
*Ang.: Lone*Franz ErnstDenmark
*Argentina, mayo de 1969: Los caminos de la liberación*Octavio Getino, Nemesio Juárez, Rodolfo Kuhn, Jorge Martín, Humberto Ríos, Eliseo Subiela and Pablo SzirArgentina
*Bless the Beasts and Children*Stanley KramerUnited States
*Bloomfield*Richard HarrisUnited Kingdom, Israel
*Blushing Charlie**Lyckliga skitar*Vilgot SjömanSweden
*The Cat**Le Chat*Pierre Granier-DeferreFrance, Italy
*The Decameron**Il Decameron*Pier Paolo PasoliniItaly
*Desperate Characters*Frank D. GilroyUnited States
*Die Ordnung*Bohumil Stepan and Boris von BorresholmWest Germany
*Dulcima*Frank NesbittUnited Kingdom
*The First Day**Die ersten Tage*Herbert HolbaAustria
*Four Nights of a Dreamer**Quatre nuits d'un rêveur*Robert BressonFrance, Italy
***The Garden of the Finzi-Continis******Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini*****Vittorio De Sica****Italy**
*He Who Loves in a Glass House**Wer im Glashaus liebt... der Graben*Michael VerhoevenWest Germany
*How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman**Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês*Nelson Pereira dos SantosBrazil
*In continuo*Vlatko GilićYugoslavia
*Jaider, the Lonely Hunter**Jaider, der einsame Jäger*Volker VogelerWest Germany
*Long Live Death**Viva la muerte*Fernando ArrabalFrance, Tunisia
*Love Is War*Ragnar Lasse-HenriksenNorway
*Ninì Tirabusciò: the woman who invented "the move"**Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa*Marcello FondatoItaly, France
*Red Wheat**Rdeče klasje*Živojin PavlovićYugoslavia
*Rendezvous at Bray**Rendez-vous à Bray*André DelvauxFrance, Belgium
*To Love Again*愛ふたたびKon IchikawaJapan
*The Touch**Beröringen*Ingmar BergmanSweden, United States
*Whity*Rainer Werner FassbinderWest Germany

Young Filmmakers Forum

  • The Murder of Fred Hampton, directed by Howard Alk (United States)
  • Bananera libertad, directed by Peter von Gunten (Switzerland)
  • La bandera que levantamos, directed by Mario Jacob and Eduardo Terra (Uruguay)
  • La Bataille des dix millions, directed by Chris Marker and Valérie Mayoux (France, Cuba)
  • The Ceremony, directed by Nagisa Ōshima (Japan)
  • Chicago 70, directed by Kerry Feltham (United States, Canada)
  • Geschichten vom Kübelkind, directed by Edgar Reitz and Ula Stöckl (West Germany)
  • The Big Mess, directed by Alexander Kluge (West Germany)
  • **, directed by (West Germany)
  • James ou pas, directed by Michel Soutter (Switzerland)
  • Leave Me Alone, directed by Gerhard Theuring (West Germany)
  • La memoria di Kunz, directed by Ivo Barnabò Micheli (Italy)
  • Monangambé, directed by Sarah Maldoror (Angola)
  • It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives, directed by Rosa von Praunheim (West Germany)
  • No pincha!, directed by Tobias Engel (Burkina Faso, France)
  • Olimpia agli amici, directed by Adriano Aprà (Italy)
  • Ossessione, directed by Luchino Visconti (Italy)
  • Ostia, directed by Sergio Citti (Italy)
  • Ramparts of Clay, directed by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli (France, Algeria)
  • The Reconstruction, directed by Theo Angelopoulos (Greece)
  • The Salamander, directed by Alain Tanner (Switzerland, France)
  • Happiness, directed by Aleksandr Medvedkin (Soviet Union)
  • A Sixth Part of the World, directed by Dziga Vertov (Soviet Union)
  • Tropici, directed by Gianni Amico (Italy)
  • Umano, non umano, directed by Mario Schifano (Italy)
  • Voto + fusil, directed by Helvio Soto (Chile)
  • Wechma, directed by Hamid Benani (Morocco)
  • The Woman's Film, directed by Louise Alaimo, Judy Smith and Ellen Sorren (United States)
  • WR: Mysteries of the Organism, directed by Dušan Makavejev (Yugoslavia, West Germany)

Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

  • Golden Bear: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Vittorio De Sica
  • Silver Bear for Best Actress:
    • Simone Signoret for Le Chat
    • Shirley MacLaine for Desperate Characters
  • Silver Bear for Best Actor: Jean Gabin for Le Chat
  • Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement:
    • Ragnar Lasse-Henriksen for Love Is War
    • Frank D. Gilroy for Desperate Characters
  • Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: The Decameron by Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Special Recognition: Ang.: Lone by Franz Ernst

References

References

  1. "21st Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de.
  2. (8 February 2012). "Berlinale beginnings".
  3. "JURIES 1971". berlinale.de.
  4. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1971". berlinale.de.
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