# 17th Berlin International Film Festival

The 17th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1967.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Le Départ directed by Jerzy Skolimowski.

## Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
* Thorold Dickinson, British filmmaker and producer - Jury President
* Rüdiger von Hirschberg, West-German producer
* Knud Leif Thomsen, Danish filmmaker
* Michel Aubriant, French journalist and writer
* Sashadhar Mukerjee, Indian producer
* Aleksandar Petrović, Yugoslavian filmmaker
* Willard Van Dyke, American filmmaker and photographer
* Manfred Delling, West-German journalist and writer

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The ABC of Love | El ABC del amor | Rodolfo Kuhn, Eduardo Coutinho and Helvio Soto | Argentina, Brazil, Chile |
| A Gangstergirl | Het gangstermeisje | Frans Weisz | Netherlands |
| The Collector | La Collectionneuse | Éric Rohmer | France |
| The Departure | Le Départ | Jerzy Skolimowski | Belgium |
| The Dream | Сан | Mladomir Puriša Đorđević | Yugoslavia |
| Fleá Ceoil | Fleá Ceoil | Louis Marcus | Ireland |
| Here's Your Life | Här har du ditt liv | Jan Troell | Sweden |
| Life's Just Great | Livet är stenkul | Jan Halldoff | Sweden |
| Liv | Liv | Pål Løkkeberg | Norway |
| Lost Spring | 惜春 | Noboru Nakamura | Japan |
| Next Year, Same Time | Alle Jahre wieder | Ulrich Schamoni | West Germany |
| Paranoia | Paranoia | Adriaan Ditvoorst | Netherlands |
| The Rats Woke Up | Buđenje pacova | Živojin Pavlović | Yugoslavia |
| The Seventh Floor | Il fischio al naso | Ugo Tognazzi | Italy |
| The Strange Night | La notte pazza del conigliaccio | Alfredo Angeli | Italy |
| Story of Barbara | Historien om Barbara | Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Denmark |
| Tattoo | Tätowierung | Johannes Schaaf | West Germany |
| Through the Eyes of a Painter | Through the Eyes of a Painter | M. F. Husain | India |
| The Two of Us | Le vieil homme et l'enfant | Claude Berri | France |
| Vortex, the Face of Medusa | Το πρόσωπο της Μέδουσας | Nikos Koundouros | Greece, United Kingdom |
| The Wall | Le mur | Serge Roullet | France |
| The Whisperers | The Whisperers | Bryan Forbes | United Kingdom |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: Le Départ by Jerzy Skolimowski
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Živojin Pavlović for The Rats Woke Up
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Edith Evans for The Whisperers
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Michel Simon for The Two of Us
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
** Michael Lentz for Next Year, Same Time
** Éric Rohmer for La Collectionneuse

## Independent Awards
### Youth Film Award

* Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: La Collectionneuse by Éric Rohmer

### FIPRESCI Award

* Next Year, Same Time by Ulrich Schamoni

### Interfilm Award

* Here's Your Life by Jan Troell
* The Two of Us by Claude Berri
** Honorable Mention: The Whisperers by Bryan Forbes

### OCIC Award

* The Whisperers by Bryan Forbes

### C.I.C.A.E. Award

* Here's Your Life by Jan Troell

### C.I.D.A.L.C. Award

* Here's Your Life by Jan Troell

### C.I.D.A.L.C. Gandhi Award

* The Two of Us by Claude Berri

### UNICRIT Award

* Le départ by Jerzy Skolimowski