25th Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlin International Film Festival 1975 took place between July 8, 1975 June 27.

This year, the Berlinale was 25 years old and celebrated silver jubilee. After years of struggle for the participation of the GDR at the Berlinale, the Ministry of Culture of the GDR said for the first time to participate films from the GDR. Frank Beyer took with the film adaptation of the novel Jakob the Liar by Jurek Becker in competition at the festivals.

Competition

The following films were shown in competition at the Berlinale 1975:

International Jury

Jury President this year was the Briton Sylvia Syms. She stood in front of the following judges: Henry Chapier (France), Else Goelz ( Germany ), Albert J. Johnson (USA), Rostislav Jurenew (USSR), Carlo Martins ( Brazil), Ottokar Hongxin ( Germany ) and S. Sukhdev (India).

Award winners

• Golden Bear: Adoption
• Silver Bears: Overlord ( Special Jury Prize )
• Murder cravings ( Special Jury Prize )
• Sergei Solovyov ( Best Director )
• Kinuyo Tanaka in Sandakan, House No. 8 ( Best Actress )
• Vlastimil Brodsky in Jakob the Liar ( Best Actor )
• Woody Allen ( complete works )

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• FIPRESCI Prize (Competition): In der Fremde of Sohrab Shahid Saless
• FIPRESCI Prize (Forum): Chorus of Mrinal Sen
• Inter film prize ( forum): Lina Braake by Bernhard Sinkel and The Travelling Players by Theo Angelopoulos

Sources and links

• 50 years Berlinale - International Film Festival from 1951 to 2000 by Wolfgang Jacobsen
• Berlinale Annual Archive

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