9th Berlin International Film Festival
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.Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
International feature film jury
- Robert Aldrich, director - Jury President
- Johan Jacobsen, director, screenwriter and producer
- Charles Ford, writer and filmmaker
- John Bryan, production designer
- Ignazio Tranquilli, writer and playwright
- Shigeo Miyata, painter and physician
- Wali Eddine Sameh, director
- O. E. Hasse, actor
- Gerhard Prager, writer and producer
- Fritz Podehl, producer
- Walther Schmieding, journalist
International documentary and short jury
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:Key
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
International jury awards
Documentaries and short films jury awards
Das Knalleidoskop by Herbert Hunger
Radha and Krishna by J. S. Bhownagary
Independent jury awards
