14th Berlin International Film Festival
The 14th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 7 July 1964. The Swedish film 491 by Vilgot Sjöman was rejected by festival director Alfred Bauer owing to its controversial nature. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Turkish film Susuz Yaz directed by Metin Erksan.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:International feature film jury
- Anthony Mann, director - Jury President
- Hermann Schwerin, jurist and film producer
- Lucas Demare, director, screenwriter and producer
- Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, actor, director, screenwriter and film critic
- Yorgos Javellas, director and screenwriter
- Richard Todd, actor
- Takashi Hamama
- Gerd Ressing, historian and journalist
- Girija Kanta Mookerjee, diplomat, educator and writer - Jury President
- Ferdinand Kastner, film critic
- Burhan Arpad, journalist and writer
- Hans-Joachim Hossfeld, director
- Peter Schamoni, director, screenwriter and producer
- Aud Thagaard, film critic
- Roland Verhavert, director
Films in competition
| English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| Circe | Manuel Antín | Argentina | |
| Time of the Innocent | Die Zeit der Schuldlosen | Thomas Fantl | West Germany |
| Soft Hands | الأيدي الناعمة al-aydi al-nā'ima | Mahmoud Zulfikar | Egypt |
| Faust | Michael Suman | USA | |
| Destination Death | Herrenpartie | Wolfgang Staudte | West Germany, Yugoslavia |
| She and He | 彼女と彼 Kanojo to kare | Susumu Hani | Japan |
| This Summer at Five | Kesällä kello 5 | Erkko Kivikoski | Finland |
| In the Affirmative | L'Amour avec des si | Claude Lelouch | France |
| La Difficulté d'être infidèle | Bernard Toublanc-Michel | France, Italy | |
| Bebo's Girl | La ragazza di Bube | Luigi Comencini | Italy |
| La visita | Antonio Pietrangeli | Italy, France | |
| Weeping for a Bandit | Llanto por un bandido | Carlos Saura | Spain, France, Italy |
| The Escaped | Los evadidos | Enrique Carreras | Argentina |
| The Big City | মহানগর Mahānagar | Satyajit Ray | India |
| Night Must Fall | Karel Reisz | United Kingdom | |
| にっぽん昆虫記 Nippon Konchūki | Shōhei Imamura | Japan | |
| Of Human Bondage | Ken Hughes and Henry Hathaway | United Kingdom | |
| The Guns | Os Fuzis | Ruy Guerra | Brazil |
| School for Suicide | Selvmordsskolen | Knud Leif Thomsen | Denmark |
| Susuz Yaz | Metin Erksan | Turkey | |
| The Pawnbroker | Sidney Lumet | USA | |
| Tonio Kröger | Rolf Thiele | West Germany, France |
Key
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:International jury awards
- Golden Bear: Susuz Yaz by Metin Erksan
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Satyajit Ray for মহানগর Mahānagar
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Sachiko Hidari for にっぽん昆虫記 Nippon Konchūki and 彼女と彼 Kanojo to kare
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Rod Steiger for The Pawnbroker
- Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: Ruy Guerra for Os Fuzis
- Golden Bear : Alleman by Bert Haanstra
- Short Film Golden Bear: Kirdi by Max Lersch
- Silver Bear for Best Short Film: ex aequo
Kontraste by Wolfgang Urchs
Anmeldung by Rob Houwer
- Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize : Signale by Raimund Ruehl
- FIPRESCI Award
- *La visita by Antonio Pietrangeli
- Honorable Mention:
- *The Pawnbroker by Sidney Lumet
- Interfilm Award
- *Selvmordsskolen by Knud Leif Thomsen
- OCIC Award
- *彼女と彼 Kanojo to kare by Susumu Hani
- UNICRIT Award
- *Alleman by Bert Haanstra
- Youth Film Award :
- *Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: 彼女と彼 Kanojo to kare by Susumu Hani
- *Honorable Mention: Time of the Innocent by Thomas Fantl
- *Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: The Human Dutch by Bert Haanstra
- *Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Anmeldung by Rob Houwer and ある機関助士 Aru kikan joshi by Noriaki Tsuchimoto