The 25th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June – 8 July 1975.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Adoption directed by Márta Mészáros. The retrospective dedicated to Greta Garbo was shown at the festival.
Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
Main Competition Sylvia Syms, British actress - Jury President Ottokar Runze, West-German filmmaker and producer Henry Chapier, French filmmaker and film critic Else Goelz, West-German journalist Albert J. Johnson, American film critic Rostislav Yurenev, Soviet film critic João Carlos Martins, Brazilian pianist and conductor Sukhdev Sandhu, Indian filmmaker
Official Sections
Main Competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award: English title Original title Director(s) Production CountryAdoptionÖrökbefogadásMárta MészárosHungaryAnte UpIl piatto piangePaolo NuzziItalyA Woman's DecisionBilans kwartalnyKrzysztof ZanussiPolandComedie fantasticaIon Popescu-GopoRomaniaThe Common ManDupont LajoieYves BoissetFranceFar from Homeدر غربت Sohrab Shahid-SalessIranThe First Time on the GrassLa prima volta sull'erbaGianluigi CalderoneItalyGangsterfilmenLars G. ThelestamSwedenThe Great HouseLa casa grandeFrancisco Rodríguez FernándezSpainIce AgeEiszeitPeter ZadekWest GermanyJacob the LiarJakob der LügnerFrank BeyerEast GermanyJohn GlückstadtUlf MieheWest GermanyLeave Us AloneLa' os væreLasse Nielsen and Ernst JohansenDenmarkLily, aime-moiMaurice DugowsonFranceLove and DeathWoody AllenUnited StatesOne Hundred Days After ChildhoodСто дней после детства Sergei SolovyovSoviet UnionOut of SeasonAlan BridgesUnited KingdomOverlordStuart CooperUnited KingdomPosseKirk DouglasUnited StatesSamnaसामना Jabbar PatelIndiaSandakan No. 8サンダカン八番娼館 望郷 Kei KumaiJapanSSSVáclav BedřichCzechoslovakia StrastAleksandar IlićYugoslaviaWho Looks for Gold?Kdo hledá zlaté dnoJiří MenzelCzechoslovakiaZwaarmoedige verhalen voor bij de centrale verwarmingNouchka van Brakel, Ernie Damen and Bas van der LecqNetherlands
Out of competition Portrait of Fidel, directed by Gina Lollobrigida (Italy) Salmonico (יהיה טוב סלומוניקו), directed by Alfred Steinhardt (Israel)
Official Awards The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: Golden Bear: Adoption by Márta Mészáros Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: The Common Man by Yves Boisset Overlord by Stuart Cooper Silver Bear for Best Director: Sergei Solovyov for One Hundred Days After Childhood Silver Bear for Best Actress: Kinuyo Tanaka for Sandakan No. 8 Silver Bear for Best Actor: Vlastimil Brodský for Jacob the Liar Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Woody Allen for Love and Death
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Award Far from Home by Sohrab Shahid-Saless
References
External links 25th Berlin International Film Festival 1975 1975 Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival:1975 at Internet Movie Database