12th Berlin International Film Festival
# 12th Berlin International Film Festival

The 12th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June – 3 July 1962. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film A Kind of Loving directed by John Schlesinger.

## Jury

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

International feature film jury

* King Vidor, director, screenwriter and producer (United States) - Jury President
* André Michel, director and screenwriter (France)
* Emeric Pressburger, director, screenwriter and producer (United Kingdom)
* Hideo Kikumori, film critic (Japan)
* Dolores del Río, actress (Mexico)
* Jurgen Schildt, film critic (Sweden)
* Max Gammeter, president of Filmgilde Biel (Switzerland)
* Günther Stapenhorst, producer (West Germany)
* Bruno E. Werner, writer and art critic (West Germany)

International documentary and short jury

* Olavi Linnus, writer and screenwriter (Finland) - Jury President
* Dorothy Macpherson, art film curator (Canada)
* Abdellah Masbahi, screenwriter (Morocco)
* Karl-Otto Alberty, actor (West Germany)
* Pia Maria Plechl, journalist and writer (Austria)
* Fridolin Schmid, producer and director of Film and Picture Institute, Munich (West Germany)
* A. L. Srinivasan, producer (India)

## Films in competition

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

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| - | - | - | - |
| A Kind of Loving | | John Schlesinger | United Kingdom |
| Wife Number 13 | الزوجة ١٣ Al zouga talattashar | Fatin Abdel Wahab | Egypt |
| Southern Storm | Badai-Selatan | Sofia W. D. | Indonesia |
| Under the Same Skin | Bajo un mismo rostro | Daniel Tinayre | Argentina |
| Redhead | Die Rote | Helmut Käutner | West Germany, Italy |
| Give Me Ten Desperate Men | Donnez-moi dix hommes désespérés | Pierre Zimmer | France, Israel |
| The Duel | Duellen | Knud Leif Thomsen | Denmark |
| The Backet-maker and the Miracle | El tejedor de milagros | Francisco del Villar | Mexico |
| Galapagos | Galapagos – Trauminsel im Pazifik | Heinz Sielmann | West Germany |
| Hum Dono | हम दोनों Hum Dono | Amarjeet | India |
| A Train Leaves in Every Hour | Il y a un train toutes les heures | André Cavens | Belgium |
| To the Last Day | 이 생명 다하도록 Isaengmyeong dahadorok | Sang-ok Shin | South Korea |
| The End of Summer | 小早川家の秋, Kohayagawa-ke no aki | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
| Love at Twenty | L'Amour à vingt ans | François Truffaut, Andrzej Wajda, Renzo Rossellini, Shintarō Ishihara and Marcel Ophüls | France, Italy, West Germany, Poland, Japan |
| She Got What She Asked For | La bellezza di Ippolita | Giancarlo Zagni | Italy |
| | La Poupée | Jacques Baratier | France, Italy |
| | La steppa | Alberto Lattuada | Italy, France, Yugoslavia |
| The Elusive Corporal | Le Caporal épinglé | Jean Renoir | France |
| The Robbers | Los atracadores | Francisco Rovira Beleta | Spain |
| A Full Life | 充たされた生活 Mitasareta seikatsu | Susumu Hani | Japan |
| Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | | Henry Koster | USA |
| Without Date | Ohne Datum | Ottomar Domnick | West Germany |
| No Exit | | Tad Danielewski | USA, Argentina |
| The Unscrupulous Ones | Os Cafajestes | Ruy Guerra | Brazil |
| Out of the Tiger's Mouth | | Tim Whelan, Jr. | USA |
| Little Presents | Pikku Pietarin piha | Jack Witikka | Finland |
| | Salvatore Giuliano | Francesco Rosi | Italy |
| Through a Glass Darkly | Såsom i en spegel | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| The Hands | Ta heria | John G. Contes | Greece |
| | Tonny | Nils R. Müller and Per Gjersøe | Norway |

Documentary and short film :

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| - | - | - | - |
| The Ancestors | | André Libik | Nigeria |
| Galapagos – Dream Island in the Pacific | Galapagos - Trauminsel im Pazifik | Heinz Sielmann | West Germany |
| Stars at Noon | Le Grand Magal de Touba | Blaise Senghor | Senegal |
| Nahanni | | Donald Wilder | Canada |
| Test for the West: Berlin | | Franz Baake | West Germany |
| | Venedig | Kurt Steinwendner | Austria |
| | De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel | Jan Vrijman | Netherlands |
| | Zoo | Bert Haanstra | Netherlands |

## Key

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

## Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

International jury awards

* Golden Bear: A Kind of Loving by John Schlesinger
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Francesco Rosi for Salvatore Giuliano
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Rita Gam and Viveca Lindfors for No Exit
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: James Stewart for Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: Isaengmyeong dahadorok by Sang-ok Shin

Documentaries and short films jury awards

* Silver Bear, special award (Documentaries): Galapagos - Trauminsel im Pazifik by Heinz Sielmann
* Short Film Golden Bear: De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel by Jan Vrijman
* Silver Bear for Best Short Film: Le Grand Magal de Touba by Blaise Senghor
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: ex aequo Nahanni by Donald Wilder The Ancestors by André Libik Venedig by Kurt Steinwendner Test for the West: Berlin by Franz Baake

Independent jury awards

* FIPRESCI Award
   * Zoo by Bert Haanstra
* OCIC Award
   * Såsom i en spegel by Ingmar Bergman
* Youth Film Award (Jugendfilmpreis):
   * Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Donnez-moi dix hommes désespérés by Pierre Zimmer
   * Honorable Mention: Pikku Pietarin piha by Jack Witikka
   * Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: Galapagos – Trauminsel im Pazifik by Heinz Sielmann
   * Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Zoo by Bert Haanstra
