# 15th Berlin International Film Festival

The 15th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June to 6 July 1965. The festival started selecting the jury members on its own rather than countries sending designated representatives.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Alphaville directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

## Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
* John Gillett, British film critic - Jury President
* Alexander Kluge, West-German filmmaker, producer and writer
* Ely Azeredo, Brazilian film critic
* Monique Berger, French journalist and film critic
* Kyushiro Kusakabe, Japanese film critic
* Jerry Bresler, American film producer
* Karena Niehoff, West-German journalist and film critic
* Hansjürgen Pohland [de], West-German filmmaker and producer
* Hans-Dieter Roos, West-German film critic

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Alphaville | Alphaville: une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| The Art of Living | El arte de vivir | Julio Diamante | Spain |
| The Blood of the Walsungs | Wälsungenblut | Rolf Thiele | West Germany |
| Le Bonheur | Le Bonheur | Agnès Varda | France |
| Cat Ballou | Cat Ballou | Elliot Silverstein | United States |
| Charulata | চারুলতা | Satyajit Ray | India |
| Das Boot von Torreira | Das Boot von Torreira | Alfred Ehrhardt | West Germany |
| Een zondag op het eiland van de Grande Jatte | Een zondag op het eiland van de Grande Jatte | Frans Weisz | Netherlands |
| The Knack ...and How to Get It | The Knack ...and How to Get It | Richard Lester | United Kingdom |
| Love 65 | Kärlek 65 | Bo Widerberg | Sweden |
| My Love and I | Kungsleden | Gunnar Höglund | Sweden |
| The Obsessed of Catule | Vereda de Salvação | Anselmo Duarte | Brazil |
| Pajarito Gómez | Pajarito Gómez | Rodolfo Kuhn | Argentina |
| The Railrodder | The Railrodder | Gerald Potterton | Canada |
| The Reckless | Una bella grinta | Giuliano Montaldo | Italy |
| Repulsion | Repulsion | Roman Polanski | United Kingdom |
| Secrets Behind the Wall | 壁の中の秘事 | Kōji Wakamatsu | Japan |
| Shakespeare Wallah | Shakespeare Wallah | James Ivory | United States |
| Six in Paris | Paris vu par... | Claude Chabrol, Jean Douchet, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer and Jean Rouch | France |
| Thomas the Impostor | Thomas l'imposteur | Georges Franju | France |
| To | To | Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Denmark |
| Yeats Country | Yeats Country | Patrick Carey | Ireland |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: Alphaville by Jean-Luc Godard
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Satyajit Ray for Charulata
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Madhur Jaffrey for Shakespeare Wallah
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Lee Marvin for Cat Ballou
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
** Repulsion by Roman Polanski
** Le Bonheur by Agnès Varda
** Special Mention: Walter Newman and Frank Pierson for Cat Ballou

## Independent Awards
### Youth Film Award

* Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Pajarito Gómez by Rodolfo Kuhn
** Honorable Mention:
*** Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Das Boot von Torreira by Alfred Ehrhardt
*** Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Cat Ballou by Elliot Silverstein

### FIPRESCI Award

* Repulsion by Roman Polanski
** Honorable Mention: Love 65 by Bo Widerberg

### OCIC Award

* Charulata by Satyajit Ray

### UNICRIT Award

* Ninety Degrees in the Shade by Jiří Weiss