# 13th Berlin International Film Festival

The 13th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1963.
The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to To Bed or Not to Bed directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro and Bushido, Samurai Saga directed by Tadashi Imai.

## Juries

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

### Main Competition

* Wendy Toye, British actress and director - Jury President
* Harry R. Sokal, West-German producer
* Fernando Ayala, Argentinian filmmaker and producer
* Jean-Pierre Melville, French filmmaker
* Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian filmmaker and producer
* Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian journalist and film critic
* Masatora Sakurai, Japanese
* Karl Malden, American actor
* Günther Engels, West-German

### Documentary and Short Film Competition

* T. O. S. Benson, Nigerian minister of culture - Jury President
* Charles Boost, Dutch illustrator and writer
* Volker Baer, West-German journalist
* Carlos Fernández Cuenca, Spanish journalist and film critic
* Børge Høst, Danish filmmaker and producer
* Wolfgang Kiepenheuer, West-German director and producer
* Abdel Rahim Sorour, Emirati

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Bushido, Samurai Saga | 武士道残酷物語 | Tadashi Imai | Japan |
| The Caretaker | The Caretaker | Clive Donner | United Kingdom |
| The Cellar | המרתף | Natan Gross | Israel |
| The Country Doctor | Retalhos da Vida de Um Médico | Jorge Brum do Canto | Portugal |
| Chased by the Dogs | اللص والكلاب | Kamal El Sheikh | Egypt |
| Freud: The Secret Passion | Freud: The Secret Passion | John Huston | United States |
| Heaven Sent | Un drôle de paroissien | Jean-Pierre Mocky | France |
| L'Immortelle | L'Immortelle | Alain Robbe-Grillet | France, Italy, Turkey |
| The Innocents | Los inocentes | Juan Antonio Bardem | Argentina, Spain |
| Lilies of the Field | Lilies of the Field | Ralph Nelson | United States |
| Life and Death in Flanders | Leven en dood op het land | Emile Degelin | Belgium |
| Man and Beast | Mensch und Bestie | Edwin Zbonek | West Germany, Yugoslavia |
| The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women | 열녀문 | Shin Sang-ok | South Korea |
| The Mistress | Älskarinnan | Vilgot Sjöman | Sweden |
| The Reunion | La rimpatriata | Damiano Damiani | Italy, France |
| Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam | साहिब बीबी और ग़ुलाम | Abrar Alvi | India |
| Stop Train 349 | Verspätung in Marienborn | Rolf Hädrich | West Germany, France, Italy |
| The Suitor | Le Soupirant | Pierre Étaix | France |
| The Terrace | La terraza | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Argentina |
| To Bed or Not to Bed | Il diavolo | Gian Luigi Polidoro | Italy |
| Yksityisalue | Yksityisalue | Maunu Kurkvaara | Finland |
| Young Aphrodites | Μικρές Αφροδίτες | Nikos Koundouros | Greece |

### Documentary and Short Film Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Bowspelement | Bowspelement | Charles Huguenot van der Linden | Netherlands |
| Flaming Poppies | شقایق سوزان | Hushang Shafti | Iran |
| Garrincha: Hero of the Jungle | Garrincha – Alegria do Povo | Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Brazil |
| River of Ocean | Der große Atlantik | Peter Baylis | West Germany |
| The Home-Made Car | The Home-Made Car | James Hill | United Kingdom |
| Merci, Monsieur Schmitz | Merci, Monsieur Schmitz | Alain Champeaux and Pierre Vetrine | France |
| The Marketplace | Tori | Errko Kivikoski | Finland |
| You Must Choose Life | Wähle das Leben | Erwin Leiser | Switzerland, Sweden, Austria |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

### Main Competition

* Golden Bear:
** To Bed or Not to Bed by Gian Luigi Polidoro
** Bushido, Samurai Saga by Tadashi Imai
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Nikos Koundouros for Young Aphrodites
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Bibi Andersson for The Mistress
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: The Caretaker by Clive Donner

### Documentary and Short Film Competition

* Silver Bear (Documentaries): River of Ocean by Peter Baylis
* Short Film Golden Bear: Bowspelement by Charles Huguenot van der Linden
* Silver Bear for Best Short Film: The Home-Made Car by James Hill
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize (Short film):
** Tori by Errko Kivikoski
** Shaqayeq-e Suzan by Hushang Shafti

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Award

* Young Aphrodites by Nikos Koundouros
** Honorable Mention: The Reunion by Damiano Damiani

### Interfilm Award

* Lilies of the Field by Ralph Nelson

### OCIC Award

* Lilies of the Field by Ralph Nelson

### UNICRIT Award

* The Innocents by Juan Antonio Bardem

### Youth Film Award (Jugendfilmpreis)

* Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People:
** Ha-Martef by Natan Gross
** Stop Train 349 by Rolf Hädrich
*** Honorable Mention: Lilies of the Field by Ralph Nelson
* Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Merci, Monsieur Schmitz by Alain Champeaux and Pierre Vetrine
** Honorable Mention: The Home-Made Car by James Hill