26th Berlin International Film Festival
# 26th Berlin International Film Festival

The 26th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June – 6 July 1976. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson directed by Robert Altman.

The Japanese film In the Realm of the Senses by Nagisa Oshima was confiscated during the Berlinale premiere of the film and banned after a court hearing. Charlie Chaplin's 1957 film A King in New York was also screened at the festival.

## Jury

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

* Jerzy Kawalerowicz director, screenwriter and politician (Poland) - Jury President
* Hannes Schmidt, production designer (West Germany)
* Marjorie Bilbow, writer (United Kingdom)
* Michel Ciment, writer, journalist and film critic (France)
* Guido Cinotti, historian and essayist (Italy)
* Georgiy Daneliya, director and screenwriter (Soviet Union)
* Wolf Hart, director of photography (West Germany)
* Bernard R. Kantor, publisher and academic (United Kingdom)
* Fernando Macotela, writer and film critic (Mexico)
* Márta Mészáros, director and screenwriter (Hungary)
* Shūji Terayama, director, poet and playwright (Japan)

## Films in competition

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

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| - | - | - | - |
| America at the Movies | | George Stevens Jr. | USA |
| Man Without a Name | Azonosítás | László Lugossy | Hungary |
| The Garden of Stones | باغ سنگی Baghé sangui | Parviz Kimiavi | Iran |
| The White Ship | Белый пароход Belyy parokhod | Bolotbek Shamshiyev | Soviet Union |
| Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | | Robert Altman | USA |
| Canoa: A Shameful Memory | Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso | Felipe Cazals | Mexico |
| | Caro Michele | Mario Monicelli | Italy |
| Beach Guard in Winter | Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu | Goran Paskaljević | Yugoslavia |
| The Sudden Loneliness of Konrad Steiner | Die plötzliche Einsamkeit des Konrad Steiner | Kurt Gloor | Switzerland |
| The Divine Nymph | Divina creatura | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Italy |
| Doctor Pulder Sows Poppies | Dokter Pulder zaait papavers | Bert Haanstra | Netherlands |
| Expropriation | Expropiación | Mario Robles | Venezuela, Peru |
| | F comme Fairbanks | Maurice Dugowson | France |
| The Last Plantation | Fogo morto | Marcos Farias | Brazil |
| Death at an Old Mansion | 本陣殺人事件 Honjin satsujin jiken | Yoichi Takabayashi | Japan |
| | 彫る・棟方志功の世界 Horu: Munakata Shikō no sekai | Takeo Yanagawa | Japan |
| Small Change | L'Argent de poche | François Truffaut | France |
| Long Vacations of 36 | Las largas vacaciones del 36 | Jaime Camino | Spain |
| Mozart: Recordings of a Youth | Mozart – Aufzeichnungen einer Jugend | Klaus Kirschner | West Germany |
| Nights and Days | Noce i dnie | Jerzy Antczak | Poland |
| | Ominide | Paolo Villani | Italy |
| Judge and the Forest | Следователят и гората Sledovatelyat i gorata | Rangel Vulchanov | Bulgaria |
| Trains | | Caleb Deschanel | USA |
| The Man Who Fell to Earth | | Nicolas Roeg | United Kingdom |
| A Lost Life | Verlorenes Leben | Ottokar Runze | West Germany |
| Hotel Pacific | Zaklęte rewiry | Janusz Majewski | Poland, Czechoslovakia |

## Out of competition

* All the President's Men, directed by Alan J. Pakula (USA)

## Key

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

## Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

* Golden Bear: Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson by Robert Altman
* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Canoa: A Shameful Memory by Felipe Cazals
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Mario Monicelli for Caro Michele
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Jadwiga Barańska for Noce i dnie
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Gerhard Olschewski for Verlorenes Leben
* Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: László Lugossy for Azonosítás
* Silver Bear: Baghé sangui by Parviz Kimiavi
* FIPRESCI Award
   * Long Vacations of 36 by Jaime Camino
