# 11th Berlin International Film Festival

The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1961.
The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian film La Notte directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.

## Juries

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

### Main Competition

* James Quinn, British producer - Jury President
* France Roche, French journalist, film critic, actress and screenwriter
* Marc Turfkruyer, Belgian film critic
* Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker
* Gian Luigi Rondi, Italian film critic
* Hirotsugu Ozaki, Japanese theatre critic
* Nicholas Ray, American filmmaker
* Falk Harnack, West-German filmmaker
* Hans Schaarwächter, West-German journalist and writer

### Documentary and Short Films Competition

* Willem de Vogel, Dutch actor - Jury President
* Else Goelz, West-German journalist
* Mohammed Gamal Eldin Rifaat, Emirati
* Luis Gómez Mesa, Spanish film critic and writer
* Max Lippmann, West-German film critic
* Ingeborg Lyche, Norwegian chairperson of the Statens Filmsentral
* Flávio R. Tambellini, Brazilian producer

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 14,000 Witnesses | 證人 萬 四千 個 證人 | Wang Hao | Taiwan, Hong Kong |
| Amelie or The Time to Love | Amélie ou le Temps d'aimer | Michel Drach | France |
| Antigone | Aντιγόνη | Yorgos Javellas | Greece |
| Anuradha | अनुराधा | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | India |
| The Assassin | L'assassino | Elio Petri | Italy, France |
| A Woman Is a Woman | Une femme est une femme | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| The Bad Sleep Well | 悪い奴ほどよく眠る | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Black Silk | Prae dum | Rattana Pestonji and Ratanavadi Ratanabhand | Thailand |
| The Broken Pots | Kırık Çanaklar | Memduh Ün | Turkey |
| The Coachman | 마부 | Kang Dae-jin | South Korea |
| The End of the Cancageiros | A Morte Comanda o Cangaço | Carlos Coimbra and Walter Guimares Motta | Brazil |
| Five Day Lover | L'Amant de cinq jours | Philippe de Broca | France, Italy |
| La Notte | La Notte | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy, France |
| La patota | La patota | Daniel Tinayre | Argentina |
| Macbeth | Macbeth | George Schaefer | United States, United Kingdom |
| The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi | Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi | Kurt Hoffmann | West Germany, Switzerland |
| The Miracle of Father Malachia | Das Wunder des Malachias | Bernhard Wicki | Austria |
| No Love for Johnnie | No Love for Johnnie | Ralph Thomas | United Kingdom |
| The Pleasure of His Company | The Pleasure of His Company | George Seaton | United States |
| Question 7 | Question 7 | Stuart Rosenberg | United States, West Germany |
| Romanoff and Juliet | Romanoff and Juliet | Peter Ustinov | United States |
| The Scarlet Dove | Tulipunainen kyyhkynen | Matti Kassila | Finland |
| Teenagers | Almurahikat | Ahmed Diaa Eddine | Egypt |
| That Joyous Eve | Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas | Fons Rademakers | Netherlands |
| Two Loves | Two Loves | Charles Walters | United States |
| Young People | Los jóvenes | Luis Alcoriza | Mexico |
| Zone of Danger | I faresonen | Bjørn Breigutu | Norway |

### Documentary and Short Films Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A Country Called Chile | Un país llamado Chile | B.H. Hardy | Chile |
| Chimichimito | Chimichimito | José Martín | Venezuela |
| Dreamland of Desire | Traumland der Sehnsucht | Wolfgang Müller-Sehn | West Germany, Greece |
| Gesicht von der Stange? | Gesicht von der Stange? | Raimund Ruehl | West Germany |
| Hold Back the Sea | De lage landen | George Sluizer | Netherlands |
| Lo specchio, la tigre e la pianura | Lo specchio, la tigre e la pianura | Raffaele Andreassi | Italy |
| Morning on the Lièvre | Morning on the Lièvre | David Bairstow | Canada |
| Third Side of the Coin | Description d'un combat | Chris Marker | France, Israel |
| Sirènes | Sirènes | Emile Degelin | Belgium |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

### Main Competition

* Golden Bear: La Notte by Michelangelo Antonioni
* Silver Bear: Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas by Fons Rademakers
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Bernhard Wicki for The Miracle of Father Malachia
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Anna Karina for A Woman Is a Woman
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Peter Finch for No Love for Johnnie
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: The Coachman by Kang Dae-jin
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: A Woman Is a Woman by Jean-Luc Godard

### Documentary and Short Films Competition

* Golden Bear (Documentaries): Third Side of the Coin by Chris Marker
* Silver Bear special prize (Documentaries): Dreamland of Desire by Wolfgang Müller-Sehn
* Short Film Golden Bear: Gesicht von der Stange? by Raimund Ruehl
* Silver Bear for Best Short Film: Chimichimito by José Martín
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize (Short film):
** Hold Back the Sea by George Sluizer
** Lo specchio, la tigre e la pianura by Raffaele Andreassi
** Sirènes by Emile Degelin
** Morning on the Lièvre by David Bairstow

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Award

* La Notte by Michelangelo Antonioni

### OCIC Award

* Question 7 by Stuart Rosenberg

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

* La patota by Daniel Tinayre

### Youth Film Award

* Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Question 7 by Stuart Rosenberg
* Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: Third Side of the Coin by Chris Marker
* Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Hold Back the Sea by George Sluizer
** Honorable Mention: Gesicht von der Stange? by Raimund Ruehl