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.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
International feature film jury
International documentary and short jury
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
English titleOriginal titleDirectorCountry
The End of the CancageirosA Morte Comanda o CangaçoCarlos Coimbra and Walter Guimares MottaBrazil
TeenagersAlmurahikatAhmed Diaa EddineEgypt
Amelie or The Time to LoveAmélie ou le Temps d'aimerMichel DrachFrance
Aντιγόνη AntigoneYorgos JavellasGreece
Anuradhaअनुराधा AnuradhaHrishikesh MukherjeeIndia
The Miracle of Father MalachiaDas Wunder des MalachiasBernhard WickiAustria
The Marriage of Mr. MississippiDie Ehe des Herrn MississippiKurt HoffmannWest Germany, Switzerland
Zone of DangerI faresonenBjørn BreigutuNorway
The Broken PotsKırık ÇanaklarMemduh ÜnTurkey
Five Day LoverL'Amant de cinq joursPhilippe de BrocaFrance, Italy
The AssassinL'assassinoElio PetriItaly, France
The NightLa NotteMichelangelo AntonioniItaly, France
La patotaDaniel TinayreArgentina
Young PeopleLos jóvenesLuis AlcorizaMexico
The Coachman마부 MabuKang Dae-jinSouth Korea
MacbethGeorge SchaeferUSA, United Kingdom
That Joyous EveMakkers Staakt uw Wild GeraasFons RademakersNetherlands
No Love for JohnnieRalph ThomasUnited Kingdom
Black SilkPrae dumRattana Pestonji and Ratanavadi RatanabhandThailand
Question 7Stuart RosenbergUSA, West Germany
Romanoff and JulietPeter UstinovUSA
The Pleasure of His CompanyGeorge SeatonUSA
The Scarlet DoveTulipunainen kyyhkynenMatti KassilaFinland
Two LovesCharles WaltersUSA
A Woman Is a WomanUne femme est une femmeJean-Luc GodardFrance
The Bad Sleep Well悪い奴ほどよく眠る Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuruAkira KurosawaJapan
14,000 Witnesses證人 萬 四千 個 證人 Yi wan si qian ge zheng renWang HaoTaiwan, Hong Kong

Key

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
International jury awards
Documentaries and short films jury awards
De lage landen 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 jury awards