17th Berlin International Film Festival
# 17th Berlin International Film Festival

The 17th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June – 4 July 1967. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Belgian film Le départ directed by Jerzy Skolimowski.

## Jury

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

* Thorold Dickinson, director, screenwriter and producer (United Kingdom) - Jury President
* Rüdiger von Hirschberg, producer (West Germany)
* Knud Leif Thomsen, director and screenwriter (Denmark)
* Michel Aubriant, journalist and writer (France)
* Sashadhar Mukerjee, producer (India)
* Aleksandar Petrović, director and screenwriter (Yugoslavia)
* Willard Van Dyke, filmmaker and photographer (United States)
* Manfred Delling, journalist and writer (West Germany)

## Films in competition

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

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| - | - | - | - |
| Next Year, Same Time | Alle Jahre wieder | Ulrich Schamoni | West Germany |
| The Rats Woke Up | Buđenje pacova | Živojin Pavlović | Yugoslavia |
| The ABC of Love | El ABC del amor | Rodolfo Kuhn, Eduardo Coutinho and Helvio Soto | Argentina, Brazil, Chile |
| | Fleá Ceoil | Louis Marcus | Ireland |
| A Gangster girl | Het gangstermeisje | Frans Weisz | Netherlands |
| Story of Barbara | Historien om Barbara | Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Denmark |
| Here's Your Life | Här har du ditt liv | Jan Troell | Sweden |
| The Seventh Floor | Il fischio al naso | Ugo Tognazzi | Italy |
| The Collector | La Collectionneuse | Éric Rohmer | France |
| The Strange Night | La notte pazza del conigliaccio | Alfredo Angeli | Italy |
| The Departure | Le départ | Jerzy Skolimowski | Belgium |
| The Wall | Le mur | Serge Roullet | France |
| The Two of Us | Le vieil homme et l'enfant | Claude Berri | France |
| | Liv | Pål Løkkeberg | Norway |
| Life's Just Great | Livet är stenkul | Jan Halldoff | Sweden |
| Paranoia | Paranoia | Adriaan Ditvoorst | Netherlands |
| The Dream | Сан San | Mladomir Puriša Đorđević | Yugoslavia |
| Lost Spring | 惜春 Sekishun | Noboru Nakamura | Japan |
| The Whisperers | | Bryan Forbes | United Kingdom |
| Through the Eyes of a Painter | | M. F. Husain | India |
| | Το πρόσωπο της Μέδουσας To prosopo tis Medousas | Nikos Koundouros | Greece, United Kingdom |
| Tattoo | Tätowierung | Johannes Schaaf | West Germany |

## Key

    $^†$ Winner of the main award for best film in its section

## Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

* Golden Bear: Le départ by Jerzy Skolimowski
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Živojin Pavlović for Buđenje pacova
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Edith Evans for The Whisperers
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Michel Simon for Le vieil homme et l'enfant
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
   * Michael Lentz for Alle Jahre wieder
   * Éric Rohmer for La Collectionneuse
* Youth Film Award
   * Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: La Collectionneuse by Éric Rohmer
* FIPRESCI Award
   * Alle Jahre wieder by Ulrich Schamoni
* Interfilm Award
   * Here's Your Life by Jan Troell and The Two of Us by Claude Berri
* Interfilm Award – Honorable Mention
   * The Whisperers by Bryan Forbes
* OCIC Award
   * The Whisperers by Bryan Forbes
* C.I.C.A.E. Award
   * Here's Your Life by Jan Troell
* C.I.D.A.L.C. Award
   * Here's Your Life by Jan Troell
* C.I.D.A.L.C. Gandhi Award
   * The Two of Us by Claude Berri
* UNICRIT Award
   * Le départ by Jerzy Skolimowski
