page_title: 9th Berlin International Film Festival
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: 9th Berlin International Film Festival / Awards
caption_attribution_description: Claude Chabrol, à Amiens (Somme, France) - De passage à la "Maison de la Culture" lors du «&#160;28ème Festival international du film d'Amiens&#160;». Après une séance improvisée de signature d'autographes dès son arrivée dans une salle pleine, Claude Chabrol écoute la présentation précédant son intervention publique. .
context_page_description: The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June – 7 July 1959. The festival welcomed the cinematic movement known as the New Wave and screened the work of directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda and François Truffaut. The Golden Bear was awarded to the French film Les Cousins directed by Claude Chabrol.
context_section_description: The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
  International jury awards
  Golden Bear: Les Cousins by Claude Chabrol
  Silver Bear for Best Director: Akira Kurosawa for Kakushi-toride no san-akunin
  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
  Documentaries and short films jury awards
  Golden Bear (Documentaries): White Wilderness by James Algar
  Short Film Golden Bear: Prijs de zee by Herman van der Horsti
  Silver Bear for Best Short Film: ex aequo
  Das Knalleidoskop by Herbert Hunger
  Radha and Krishna by J. S. Bhownagary
  Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize (Short film): Hest på sommerferie by Astrid Henning-Jensen
  Recognition of honor (Short Film): I ditteri by Alberto Ancilotto
  Independent jury awards
  FIPRESCI Award
  Kakushi toride no san akunin by Akira Kurosawa
  OCIC Award
  Paradies und Feuerofen by Victor Herbert
  Youth Film Award (Jugendfilmpreis):
  Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Hadaka no taiyō by Miyoji Ieki
  Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: Paradies und Feuerofen by Herbert Viktor
  Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Anneaux d'or by René Vautier
caption: Claude Chabrol, winner of the Golden Bear at the event.
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