# 22nd Berlin International Film Festival

The 22nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1972. The Golden Bear was awarded to The Canterbury Tales directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.

## Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
* Eleanor Perry, American writer and screenwriter - Jury President
* Fritz Drobilitsch-Walden, Austrian writer, journalist and critic
* Francis Cosne, French writer and producer
* Rita Tushingham, British actress
* Tinto Brass, Italian filmmaker
* Yukichi Shinada, Japanese film critic
* Julio Coll, Spanish filmmaker
* Hans Hellmut Kirst, West-German writer
* Herbert Oberscherningkat, West-German journalist and producer

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A House Without Boundaries | La casa sin fronteras | Pedro Olea | Spain |
| The Audience | L'udienza | Marco Ferreri | Italy, France |
| The Bar at the Crossing | Le Bar de la Fourche | Alain Levent | France |
| The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany |
| The Canterbury Tales | I racconti di Canterbury | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy |
| Closed Ward | Lukket avdeling | Arnljot Berg | Norway |
| Da mußte die böse Frau die ganzen Mohrrüben selber fressen | Da mußte die böse Frau die ganzen Mohrrüben selber fressen | Thomas Keck | West Germany |
| Flyaway | Flyaway | Robin Lehman | United Kingdom |
| Hammersmith Is Out | Hammersmith Is Out | Peter Ustinov | United States |
| Honeymoon | Smekmånad | Claes Lundberg | Sweden |
| The Hospital | The Hospital | Arthur Hiller | United States |
| In Prison Awaiting Trial | Detenuto in attesa di giudizio | Nanni Loy | Italy |
| João and the Knife | João e a faca | George Sluizer | Brazil, Netherlands |
| The Missing Clerk | Den forsvundne fuldmægtig | Gert Fredholm | Denmark |
| Neither by Day nor by Night | לא ביום ולא בלילה | Steven Hilliard Stern | Israel, United States |
| Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon! | Man sku være noget ved musikken | Henning Carlsen | Denmark |
| The Old Maid | La Vieille Fille | Jean-Pierre Blanc | France, Italy |
| Olympia – Olympia | Olympia – Olympia | Jochen Bauer | West Germany |
| Oyster Village | 석화촌 | Jung Jin-woo | South Korea |
| The Possession of Joel Delaney | The Possession of Joel Delaney | Waris Hussein | United States |
| The Rendezvous | 約束 | Kōichi Saitō | Japan |
| Reshma and Shera | रेशमा और शेरा | Sunil Dutt | India |
| The Selfish Giant | The Selfish Giant | Peter Sander | Canada |
| Traces of a Black Haired Girl | Tragovi crne devojke | Zdravko Randić | Yugoslavia |
| Top of the Heap | Top of the Heap | Christopher St. John | United States |
| Tri etide za Cathy i Miloša | Tri etide za Cathy i Miloša | Jože Pogačnik | Yugoslavia |
| Weekend of a Champion | Weekend of a Champion | Frank Simon | United Kingdom |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: The Canterbury Tales by Pier Paolo Pasolini
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Jean-Pierre Blanc for The Old Maid
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor for Hammersmith Is Out
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Alberto Sordi for In Prison Awaiting Trial
* Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic achievement: Peter Ustinov for Hammersmith Is Out
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: The Hospital by Arthur Hiller