7th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival

7th Berlin International Film Festival

7th Berlin International Film Festival

Film festival

The 7th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1957.[1] The International Federation of Film Critics awarded FIPRESCI Award for the first time this year.[1] The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film 12 Angry Men directed by Sidney Lumet.[2]

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Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[3]

International feature film jury

  • Jay Carmody, theatre critic (United States) - Jury President
  • Jean de Baroncelli, writer and film critic (France)
  • John Sutro, producer (United Kingdom)
  • Dalpathal Kothari (India)
  • Fernaldo Di Giammatteo, historian and film critic (Italy)
  • Bunzaburo Hayashi, producer (Japan)
  • Miguel Alemán Jr., producer (Mexico)
  • Thorsten Eklann, journalist (Sweden)
  • José María Escudero, director of photography (Spain)
  • Edmund Luft, playwright, historian and film critic (West Germany)
  • Ernst Schröder, actor (West Germany)

International documentary and short jury

  • Adolf Hübl, founder of the Bundesstaatliche Hauptstelle für Lichtbild und Bildungsfilm (Austria) - Jury President
  • Paul Heimann, pedagogue (West Germany)
  • Paul Louyet, producer (Belgium)
  • Norman McLaren, director and producer (Canada)
  • Karl Naef, (Switzerland)
  • Yrjö Rannikko, producer (Finland)
  • Ahmed Sefrioui, writer (Morocco)

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:[4]

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Key

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

Awards

Sidney Lumet, winner of the Golden Bear at the event.

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[2]

International jury awards

Documentaries and short films jury awards

Independent jury awards

References

  1. [1]
    "7th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  2. [2]
    "PRIZES & HONOURS 1957". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  3. [3]
    "JURIES 1957". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  4. [4]
    "PROGRAMME 1957". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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