# 12th Berlin International Film Festival

The 12th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June to 3 July 1962.
The Golden Bear was awarded to A Kind of Loving directed by John Schlesinger.

## Juries

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

### Main Competition

* King Vidor, American filmmaker and producer - Jury President
* André Michel, French filmmaker
* Emeric Pressburger, British filmmaker and producer
* Hideo Kikumori, Japanese film critic
* Dolores del Río, Mexican actress
* Jurgen Schildt, Swedish film critic
* Max Gammeter, Swiss president of Filmgilde Biel
* Günther Stapenhorst, West-German producer
* Bruno E. Werner, West-German writer and art critic

### Documentary and Short Films Competition

* Olavi Linnus, Finish writer and screenwriter (Finland) - Jury President
* Dorothy Macpherson, Canadian art film curator
* Abdellah Masbahi, Moroccan screenwriter
* Karl-Otto Alberty, West-German actor
* Pia Maria Plechl, Austrian journalist and writer
* Fridolin Schmid, West-German producer and director of Film and Picture Institute Munich
* A. L. Srinivasan, Indian 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 Kind of Loving | A Kind of Loving | John Schlesinger | United Kingdom |
| A Train Leaves in Every Hour | Il y a un train toutes les heures | André Cavens | Belgium |
| The Backet-maker and the Miracle | El tejedor de milagros | Francisco del Villar | Mexico |
| The Duel | Duellen | Knud Leif Thomsen | Denmark |
| The Elusive Corporal | Le Caporal épinglé | Jean Renoir | France |
| The End of Summer | 小早川家の秋, Kohayagawa-ke no aki | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
| Give Me Ten Desperate Men | Donnez-moi dix hommes désespérés | Pierre Zimmer | France, Israel |
| The Hands | Ta heria | John G. Contes | Greece |
| Hum Dono | हम दोनों | Amarjeet | India |
| Little Presents | Pikku Pietarin piha | Jack Witikka | Finland |
| Love at Twenty | L'Amour à vingt ans | François Truffaut, Andrzej Wajda, Renzo Rossellini, Shintarō Ishihara and Marcel Ophüls | France, Italy, West Germany, Poland, Japan |
| Mitasareta seikatsu | 充たされた生活 Mitasareta seikatsu | Susumu Hani | Japan |
| Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Henry Koster | United States |
| No Exit | No Exit | Tad Danielewski | United States, Argentina |
| Out of the Tiger's Mouth | Out of the Tiger's Mouth | Tim Whelan, Jr. | United States |
| La Poupée | La Poupée | Jacques Baratier | France, Italy |
| Redhead | Die Rote | Helmut Käutner | West Germany, Italy |
| The Robbers | Los atracadores | Francisco Rovira Beleta | Spain |
| Salvatore Giuliano | Salvatore Giuliano | Francesco Rosi | Italy |
| She Got What She Asked For | La bellezza di Ippolita | Giancarlo Zagni | Italy |
| Southern Storm | Badai-Selatan | Sofia W. D. | Indonesia |
| The Steppe | La steppa | Alberto Lattuada | Italy, France, Yugoslavia |
| Through a Glass Darkly | Såsom i en spegel | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Tonny | Tonny | Nils R. Müller and Per Gjersøe | Norway |
| To the Last Day | 이 생명 다하도록 | Sang-ok Shin | South Korea |
| Under the Same Skin | Bajo un mismo rostro | Daniel Tinayre | Argentina |
| The Unscrupulous Ones | Os Cafajestes | Ruy Guerra | Brazil |
| Wife Number 13 | الزوجة ١٣ | Fatin Abdel Wahab | Egypt |
| Without Date | Ohne Datum | Ottomar Domnick | West Germany |

### Documentary and Short Films Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Ancestors | The Ancestors | André Libik | Nigeria |
| Galapagos – Dream Island in the Pacific | Galapagos - Trauminsel im Pazifik | Heinz Sielmann | West Germany |
| Nahanni | Nahanni | Donald Wilder | Canada |
| Stars at Noon | Le Grand Magal de Touba | Blaise Senghor | Senegal |
| Test for the West: Berlin | Test for the West: Berlin | Franz Baake | West Germany |
| Venedig | Venedig | Kurt Steinwendner | Austria |
| De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel | De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel | Jan Vrijman | Netherlands |
| Zoo | Zoo | Bert Haanstra | Netherlands |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

### Main Competition

* Golden Bear: A Kind of Loving by John Schlesinger
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Francesco Rosi for Salvatore Giuliano
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Rita Gam and Viveca Lindfors for No Exit
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: James Stewart for Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: To the Last Day by Sang-ok Shin

### Documentary and Short Films Competition

* Silver Bear, special award (Documentaries): Galapagos – Dream Island in the Pacific by Heinz Sielmann
* Short Film Golden Bear: De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel by Jan Vrijman
* Silver Bear for Best Short Film: Stars at Noon by Blaise Senghor
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
** Nahanni by Donald Wilder
** The Ancestors by André Libik
** Venedig by Kurt Steinwendner
** Test for the West: Berlin by Franz Baake

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Award

* Zoo by Bert Haanstra

### OCIC Award

* Through a Glass Darkly by Ingmar Bergman

### Youth Film Award (Jugendfilmpreis)

* Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Give Me Ten Desperate Men by Pierre Zimmer
** Honorable Mention: Little Presents by Jack Witikka
* Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: Galapagos – Dream Island in the Pacific by Heinz Sielmann
* Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Zoo by Bert Haanstra