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9th Berlin International Film Festival

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Location
  
Berlin, Germany

Festival date
  
26 June – 7 July 1959

Founded
  
1951

Website
  
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9th Berlin International Film Festival

Awards
  
Golden Bear (Les Cousins)

The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June – 7 July 1959. The festival welcome cinematic movement known as the New Wave and screening 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.

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Jury

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

  • Robert Aldrich (Head of Jury)
  • Johan Jacobsen
  • Charles Ford
  • John Bryan
  • Ignazio Tranquilli
  • Shigueo Miyata
  • Wali Eddine Sameh
  • O. E. Hasse
  • Gerhard Prager
  • Fritz Podehl
  • Walther Schmieding

    • 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: 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 Prize of the Jury: Hayley Mills for Tiger Bay
  • FIPRESCI Award
  • The Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa
  • OCIC Award
  • Paradies und Feuerofen by Victor Herbert
  • Youth Film Award
  • Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Anneaux d'or by René Vautier
  • Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: Paradise and Fire Oven by Herbert Viktor
  • Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Naked Sun by Miyoji Ieki

    • References

    9th Berlin International Film Festival Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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