# 8th Berlin International Film Festival

The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June to 8 July 1958 with the Zoo Palast as the main venue. The festival was opened by then West Berlin's newly elected mayor Willy Brandt.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Wild Strawberries directed by Ingmar Bergman.

## Juries

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

### Main Competition

* Frank Capra, American filmmaker and producer - Jury President
* Joaquim Novais Teixeira, Portuguese politician, writer and film critic
* Jean Marais, French actor
* Paul Rotha, British filmmaker
* L. B. Rao Indian
* Duilio Coletti, Italian filmmaker
* Michiko Tanaka, Japanese actress
* Gerhard T. Buchholz, West-German filmmaker and producer
* Willy Haas, West-German writer
* Gerhard Lamprecht, West-German filmmaker and producer
* Leopold Reitemeister, West-German art historian

### Documentary and Short Film Competition

* Wali Eddine Sameh, Egyptian filmmaker - Jury President
* Günther Birkenfeld, West-German producer
* Werner Eisbrenner, West-German composer and conductor
* Adolf Forter, Swiss producer
* Anton Koolhaas, Dutch writer
* Jan-Olof Olsson, Swedish writer
* Edward Toner, Irish co-founder of the Irish Film Centre

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Anna of Brooklyn | Anna di Brooklyn | Vittorio De Sica and Carlo Lastricati | Italy |
| A Party in Hell | شب‌ نشینی در جهنم | Samuel Khachikian and Mushegh Sarvarian | Iran |
| Ash Wednesday | Miércoles de ceniza | Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico |
| A Time to Love and a Time to Die | A Time to Love and a Time to Die | Douglas Sirk | United States, West Germany |
| Cairo Station | باب الحديد | Youssef Chahine | Egypt |
| The Defiant Ones | The Defiant Ones | Stanley Kramer | United States |
| The Devil's Pass | La Passe du diable | Jacques Dupont and Pierre Schoendoerffer | France |
| Djajaprana | Djajaprana | Kotot Soekardi | Indonesia |
| Do Aankhen Barah Haath | दो आँखें बारह हाथ | Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram | India |
| Girls in Uniform | Mädchen in Uniform | Géza von Radványi | West Germany, France |
| Ice Cold in Alex | Ice Cold in Alex | J. Lee Thompson | United Kingdom |
| It Happened in Broad Daylight | Es geschah am hellichten Tag | Ladislao Vajda | Switzerland, West Germany, Spain |
| The Girls Are Willing | Guld og grønne skove | Gabriel Axel | Denmark |
| Jun'ai Monogatari | 純愛物語 | Tadashi Imai | Japan |
| The Law Is the Law | La loi, c'est la loi | Christian-Jaque | France, Italy |
| Let's Make the Impossible! | ¡Viva lo imposible! | Rafael Gil | Spain |
| Miriam | Miriam | William Markus | Finland |
| Oi paranomoi | Οι παράνομοι | Nikos Koundouros | Greece |
| Strange Gods | Los dioses ajenos | Román Viñoly Barreto | Argentina |
| The Temptress and the Monk | 白夜の妖女 | Eisuke Takizawa | Japan |
| The Tenth of May | Der 10. Mai | Franz Schnyder | Switzerland |
| Una cita de amor | Una cita de amor | Emilio Fernández | Mexico |
| Ut av mørket | Ut av mørket | Arild Brinchmann | Norway |
| Wild Is the Wind | Wild Is the Wind | George Cukor | United States |
| Wild Strawberries | Smultronstället | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| The Witch Beneath the Sea | Tumulto de Paixões | Zygmunt Sulistrowski | Brazil, United States |

### Documentary and Short Film Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Dream Road of the World | Traumstraße der Welt | Hans Domnick | West Germany |
| Glass | Glas | Bert Haanstra | Netherlands |
| Jaguar | Jaguar | Sean Graham | Ghana |
| Königin im Frauenreich | Königin im Frauenreich | H. Zickendraht | Switzerland |
| La lunga raccolta | La lunga raccolta | Lionetto Fabbri | Italy |
| Perri | Perri | N. Paul Kenworthy and Ralph Wright | United States |
| Trans Canada Summer | Trans Canada Summer | Ronald Dick | Canada |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

### Main Competition

* Golden Bear: Wild Strawberries by Ingmar Bergman
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Tadashi Imai for Jun'ai Monogatari
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Anna Magnani for Wild Is the Wind
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram

### Documentary and Short Film Competition

* Golden Bear (Documentaries): Perri by N. Paul Kenworthy and Ralph Wright
* Silver Bear (Documentaries): Dream Road of the World by Hans Domnick
* Short Film Golden Bear: La lunga raccolta by Lionetto Fabbri
* Silver Bear for Best Short Film:
** Glass by Bert Haanstra
** Königin im Frauenreich by H. Zickendraht

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Award

* Ice Cold in Alex by J. Lee Thompson
* Smultronstället by Ingmar Bergman
** Special mention: Jaguar by Sean Graham

### OCIC Award

* Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram
** Special Mention (Berlin Senate Education Prize): La Passe du diable by Jacques Dupont and Pierre Schoendoerffer