# 18th Berlin International Film Festival

The 18th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1968.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Who Saw Him Die? directed by Jan Troell.

## Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
* Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker - Jury President
* Peter Schamoni, West-German filmmaker, producer and actor
* Alex Viany, Brazilian filmmaker and journalist
* Georges de Beauregard, French producer
* Alexander Walker, British film critic
* Domenico Meccoli, Italian screenwriter and film critic
* Carl-Eric Nordberg, Swedish literary and film critic
* Gordon Hitchens, British film critic
* Karsten Peters, West-German actor and 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 |
| Asta Nielsen | Asta Nielsen | Asta Nielsen | Denmark |
| Bandits in Milan | Banditi a Milano | Carlo Lizzani | Italy |
| Les Biches | Les Biches | Claude Chabrol | France, Italy |
| Challenge in the Snow | 13 jours en France | Claude Lelouch and François Reichenbach | France |
| Charly | | Ralph Nelson | USA |
| The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach | Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet | West Germany, Italy |
| The Day of the Owl | Il giorno della civetta | Damiano Damiani | Italy, France |
| The Ernie Game | The Ernie Game | Don Owen | Canada |
| Hunger for Love | Fome de Amor | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
| Gates to Paradise | Gates to Paradise | Andrzej Wajda | United Kingdom, Yugoslavia |
| The Immortal Story | The Immortal Story | Orson Welles | France |
| India '67 | An Indian Day | S. Sukhdev | India |
| Innocence Unprotected | Nevinost bez zastite | Dušan Makavejev | Yugoslavia |
| Krek | Крек | Borivoj Dovnikovic-Bordo | Yugoslavia |
| The Man Who Lies | L'Homme qui ment | Alain Robbe-Grillet | France, Czechoslovakia |
| Nanami, The Inferno of First Love | 初恋・地獄篇 | Susumu Hani | Japan |
| Peppermint Frappé | Peppermint Frappé | Carlos Saura | Spain |
| Portrait: Orson Welles | Portrait: Orson Welles | François Reichenbach and Frédéric Rossif | France |
| Signs of Life | Lebenszeichen | Werner Herzog | West Germany |
| Something Like Love | Come l'amore | Enzo Muzii | Italy |
| Toets | Toets | Tim Tholen | Netherlands |
| To Grab the Ring | To Grab the Ring: Enkele reis voor Alfred | Nikolai van der Heyde | Netherlands |
| Tolerance | Tolerancija | Zlatko Grgić and Branko Ranitović | Yugoslavia |
| U raskoraku | U raskoraku | Milenko Štrbac | Yugoslavia |
| Weekend | Week-end | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| Who Saw Him Die? | Ole dole doff | Jan Troell | Sweden |

### Young Canadian Film

A non-competitive program highlighting recent films by new and emerging Canadian film directors.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| A Great Big Thing (1968) | A Great Big Thing (1968) | Eric Till |
| A Place to Stand (1967) | A Place to Stand (1967) | Christopher Chapman |
| Between Salt and Sweet Water (1967) | Entre la mer et l'eau douce | Michel Brault |
| The Cat in the Bag (1964) | Le Chat dans le sac | Gilles Groulx |
| Don't Let It Kill You (1968) | Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça | Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
| Dust from Underground (1968) | Poussière sur la ville | Arthur Lamothe |
| High (1967) | High (1967) | Larry Kent |
| The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl (1968) | Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce | Gilles Carle |
| The Revolutionary (1965) | Le Révolutionnaire | Jean Pierre Lefebvre |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: Who Saw Him Die? by Jan Troell
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Carlos Saura for Peppermint Frappé
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Stéphane Audran for Les Biches
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant for The Man Who Lies
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
** Innocence Unprotected by Dušan Makavejev
** Sings of Life by Werner Herzog
** Something Like Love by Enzo Muzii

## Independent Awards
### Youth Film Award – Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People

* Come l'amore by Enzo Muzii

### FIPRESCI Award

* Innocence Unprotected by Dušan Makavejev
** Honorable Mention: Asta Nielsen

### Interfilm Award – Otto Dibelius Film Award

* Who Saw Him Die? by Jan Troell

### OCIC Award

* Who Saw Him Die? by Jan Troell

### UNICRIT Award

* Who Saw Him Die? by Jan Troell

### IWG Golden Plaque

* Who Saw Him Die? by Jan Troell
* The Man Who Lies by Alain Robbe-Grillet