15th Berlin International Film Festival

The 15th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June to 6 July 1965.^[1] The festival started selecting the jury members on its own rather than countries sending designated representatives.^[2]

15th Berlin International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	West Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear: Alphaville
Festival date	25 June – 6 July 1965
Website	Website

The Golden Bear was awarded to Alphaville directed by Jean-Luc Godard.^[3]

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:^[4]

• John Gillett, British film critic - Jury President
• Alexander Kluge, West-German filmmaker, producer and writer
• Ely Azeredo, Brazilian film critic
• Monique Berger, French journalist and film critic
• Kyushiro Kusakabe, Japanese film critic
• Jerry Bresler, American film producer
• Karena Niehoff, West-German journalist and film critic
• Hansjürgen Pohland, West-German filmmaker and producer
• Hans-Dieter Roos, West-German film critic

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:^[5]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production Country
Alphaville	Alphaville: une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution	Jean-Luc Godard	France
The Art of Living	El arte de vivir	Julio Diamante	Spain
The Blood of the Walsungs	Wälsungenblut	Rolf Thiele	West Germany
Le Bonheur		Agnès Varda	France
Cat Ballou		Elliot Silverstein	United States
Charulata	চারুলতা	Satyajit Ray	India
Das Boot von Torreira		Alfred Ehrhardt	West Germany
Een zondag op het eiland van de Grande Jatte		Frans Weisz	Netherlands
The Knack ...and How to Get It		Richard Lester	United Kingdom
Love 65	Kärlek 65	Bo Widerberg	Sweden
My Love and I	Kungsleden	Gunnar Höglund	Sweden
The Obsessed of Catule	Vereda de Salvação	Anselmo Duarte	Brazil
Pajarito Gómez		Rodolfo Kuhn	Argentina
The Railrodder		Gerald Potterton	Canada
The Reckless	Una bella grinta	Giuliano Montaldo	Italy
Repulsion		Roman Polanski	United Kingdom
Secrets Behind the Wall	壁の中の秘事	Kōji Wakamatsu	Japan
Shakespeare Wallah		James Ivory	United States
Six in Paris	Paris vu par...	Claude Chabrol, Jean Douchet, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer and Jean Rouch	France
Thomas the Impostor	Thomas l'imposteur	Georges Franju	France
To		Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt	Denmark
Yeats Country		Patrick Carey	Ireland

Official Awards

Jean-Luc Godard, winner of the Golden Bear at the event

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:^[3]

• Golden Bear: Alphaville by Jean-Luc Godard
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Satyajit Ray for Charulata
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Madhur Jaffrey for Shakespeare Wallah
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Lee Marvin for Cat Ballou
• Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
  • Repulsion by Roman Polanski
  • Le Bonheur by Agnès Varda
  • Special Mention: Walter Newman and Frank Pierson for Cat Ballou

Independent Awards

Youth Film Award

• Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Pajarito Gómez by Rodolfo Kuhn
  • Honorable Mention:
    • Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Das Boot von Torreira by Alfred Ehrhardt
    • Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Cat Ballou by Elliot Silverstein

FIPRESCI Award

• Repulsion by Roman Polanski
  • Honorable Mention: Love 65 by Bo Widerberg

OCIC Award

• Charulata by Satyajit Ray

UNICRIT Award

• Ninety Degrees in the Shade by Jiří Weiss