# 9th Berlin International Film Festival

The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 7 July 1959. The festival welcomed the cinematic movement known as the French New Wave and screened the work of directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda and François Truffaut.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Les Cousins directed by Claude Chabrol.

## Juries

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

### Main Competition

* Robert Aldrich, American filmmaker - Jury President
* Johan Jacobsen, Danish filmmaker and producer
* Charles Ford, French writer and filmmaker
* John Bryan, British production designer
* Ignazio Tranquilli, Italian writer and playwright
* Shigeo Miyata, Japanese painter and physician
* Wali Eddine Sameh, Emirati director
* O. E. Hasse, West-German actor
* Gerhard Prager, West-German writer and producer
* Fritz Podehl, West-German producer
* Walther Schmieding, West-German journalist

### Documentary and Short Films Competition

* Curt Oertel, West-German filmmaker and director of photography - Jury President
* M.D. Bath, Indian
* Hans Cürlis, West-German director
* Paul Davay, Belgian film critic
* Odd Hølaas, Norwegian journalist and writer
* Katina Paxinou, Greek actress
* Alfonso Sánchez Martínez, Spanish journalist 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 |
| And That on Monday Morning | Und das am Montagmorgen | Luigi Comencini | West Germany |
| Archimède le clochard | Archimède le clochard | Gilles Grangier | France |
| Ask Any Girl | Ask Any Girl | Charles Walters | United States |
| Astero | Αστέρω | Dinos Dimopoulos | Greece |
| The Bell Tower: Missing Another Dawn | 종각 | Ju-nam Yang | South Korea |
| Beyond All Limits | Flor de mayo | Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico |
| Broken Spell | سیامک یاسمی | Siamak Yasemi | Iran |
| The Defeated Victor | Un uomo facile | Paolo Heusch | Italy |
| Hassan and Nayima | حسن ونعيمة | Henry Barakat | Egypt |
| The Hidden Fortress | 隠し砦の三悪人 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Home Is the Hero | Home Is the Hero | Fielder Cook | Ireland |
| La caída | La caída | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Argentina |
| Les Cousins | Les Cousins | Claude Chabrol | France |
| The Master and His Servants | Herren og hans tjenere | Arne Skouen | Norway |
| Naked Sun | 裸 の 貸与 | Miyoji Ieki | Japan |
| Panoptikum 59 | Panoptikum 59 | Walter Kolm-Veltée | Austria |
| The Phantom Carriage | Körkarlen | Arne Mattsson | Sweden |
| The Poet and the Little Mother | Poeten og Lillemor | Erik Balling | Denmark |
| The Rest Is Silence | Der Rest ist Schweigen | Helmut Käutner | West Germany |
| Sagar Sangamey | সাগর সঙ্গমে বাংলা ছবি | Debaki Bose | India |
| The Siege of Pinchgut | The Siege of Pinchgut | Harry Watt | United Kingdom |
| Sven Tuuva the Hero | Sven Tuuva | Edvin Laine | Finland |
| Ten Ready Rifles | Diez fusiles esperan | José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Spain, Italy |
| That Kind of Woman | That Kind of Woman | Sidney Lumet | United States |
| Three Loves in Rio | Meus Amores no Rio | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Brazil, Argentina |
| Tiger Bay | Tiger Bay | J. Lee Thompson | United Kingdom |
| The Village on the River | Dorp aan de rivier | Fons Rademakers | Netherlands |
| Wolves of the Deep | Lupi nell'abisso | Silvio Amadio | Italy |

### Documentary and Short Films Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Anneaux d'or | Anneaux d'or | René Vautier | Tunisia, France |
| Das Knalleidoskop | Das Knalleidoskop | Herbert Hunger | West Germany |
| Gloria della Marciana | Gloria della Marciana | Emilio Marsili | Italy |
| Horse on Holiday | Hest på sommerferie | Astrid Henning-Jensen | Denmark, United Kingdom |
| I ditteri | I ditteri | Alberto Ancilotto | Italy |
| Paradise and Fire Oven | Paradies und Feuerofen | Herbert Viktor | West Germany |
| Power Among Men | Power Among Men | Alexander Hammid, Gian Luigi Polidoro and V. R. Sarma | United Kingdom |
| Praise the Sea | Prijs de zee | Herman van der Horst | Netherlands |
| Radha and Krishna | राधा और कृष्ण | J. S. Bhownagary | India |
| Stars at Noon | Les Étoiles de midi | Jacques Ertaud and Marcel Ichac | France |
| Tierra mágica | Tierra mágica | Massimo Dallamano and Vittorio Valentini | Venezuela |
| White Wilderness | White Wilderness | James Algar | United States |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

### Main Competition

* Golden Bear: Les Cousins by Claude Chabrol
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Akira Kurosawa for The Hidden Fortress
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine for Ask Any Girl
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Jean Gabin for Archimède le clochard
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: Hayley Mills for Tiger Bay

### Documentary and Short Films Competition

* Golden Bear (Documentaries): White Wilderness by James Algar
* Short Film Golden Bear: Praise the Sea by Herman van der Horsti
* Silver Bear for Best Short Film:
** Das Knalleidoskop by Herbert Hunger
** Radha and Krishna by J. S. Bhownagary
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize (Short film): Horse on Holiday by Astrid Henning-Jensen
* Recognition of honor (Short Film): I ditteri by Alberto Ancilotto

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Award

* The Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa

### OCIC Award

* Paradise and Fire Oven by Victor Herbert

### Youth Film Award (Jugendfilmpreis)

* Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Naked Sun by Miyoji Ieki
* Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: Paradise and Fire Oven by Victor Herbert
* Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Anneaux d'or by René Vautier