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8th Berlin International Film Festival

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Location
  
Berlin, Germany

Festival date
  
27 June – 8 July 1958

Founded
  
1951

Website
  
Website

8th Berlin International Film Festival

Awards
  
Golden Bear (Smultronstället)

The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June – 8 July 1958. The festival was opened by Berlin's then newly elected mayor Willy Brandt. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Swedish film Smultronstället directed by Ingmar Bergman.

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Jury

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

  • Frank Capra (Head of Jury)
  • J. Novais Teixeira
  • Jean Marais
  • Paul Rotha
  • L. B. Rao
  • Duilio Coletti
  • Michiko Tanaka
  • Gerhard T. Buchholz
  • Willy Haas
  • Gerhard Lamprecht
  • Leopold Reitemeister

    • Films in competition

    The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:

    Awards

    The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

  • Golden Bear: Smultronstället by Ingmar Bergman
  • Silver Bear for Best Director: Tadashi Imai for Jun'ai Monogatari
  • Silver Bear for Best Actress: Anna Magnani for Wild Is the Wind
  • Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones
  • Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury: Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram
  • FIPRESCI Award
  • Ice Cold in Alex by J. Lee Thompson and Smultronstället by Ingmar Bergman
  • OCIC Award
  • Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram

    • References

    8th Berlin International Film Festival Wikipedia
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