title: 17th Berlin International Film Festival
text: # 17th Berlin International Film Festival
  
  The 17th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June – 4 July 1967. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Belgian film Le départ directed by Jerzy Skolimowski.
  
  ## Jury
  
  The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
  
  * Thorold Dickinson, director, screenwriter and producer (United Kingdom) - Jury President
  * Rüdiger von Hirschberg, producer (West Germany)
  * Knud Leif Thomsen, director and screenwriter (Denmark)
  * Michel Aubriant, journalist and writer (France)
  * Sashadhar Mukerjee, producer (India)
  * Aleksandar Petrović, director and screenwriter (Yugoslavia)
  * Willard Van Dyke, filmmaker and photographer (United States)
  * Manfred Delling, journalist and writer (West Germany)
  
  ## Films in competition
  
  The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
  
  | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Next Year, Same Time | Alle Jahre wieder | Ulrich Schamoni | West Germany |
  | The Rats Woke Up | Buđenje pacova | Živojin Pavlović | Yugoslavia |
  | The ABC of Love | El ABC del amor | Rodolfo Kuhn, Eduardo Coutinho and Helvio Soto | Argentina, Brazil, Chile |
  | | Fleá Ceoil | Louis Marcus | Ireland |
  | A Gangster girl | Het gangstermeisje | Frans Weisz | Netherlands |
  | Story of Barbara | Historien om Barbara | Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Denmark |
  | Here's Your Life | Här har du ditt liv | Jan Troell | Sweden |
  | The Seventh Floor | Il fischio al naso | Ugo Tognazzi | Italy |
  | The Collector | La Collectionneuse | Éric Rohmer | France |
  | The Strange Night | La notte pazza del conigliaccio | Alfredo Angeli | Italy |
  | The Departure | Le départ | Jerzy Skolimowski | Belgium |
  | The Wall | Le mur | Serge Roullet | France |
  | The Two of Us | Le vieil homme et l'enfant | Claude Berri | France |
  | | Liv | Pål Løkkeberg | Norway |
  | Life's Just Great | Livet är stenkul | Jan Halldoff | Sweden |
  | Paranoia | Paranoia | Adriaan Ditvoorst | Netherlands |
  | The Dream | Сан San | Mladomir Puriša Đorđević | Yugoslavia |
  | Lost Spring | 惜春 Sekishun | Noboru Nakamura | Japan |
  | The Whisperers | | Bryan Forbes | United Kingdom |
  | Through the Eyes of a Painter | | M. F. Husain | India |
  | | Το πρόσωπο της Μέδουσας To prosopo tis Medousas | Nikos Koundouros | Greece, United Kingdom |
  | Tattoo | Tätowierung | Johannes Schaaf | West Germany |
  
  ## Key
  
      $^†$ Winner of the main award for best film in its section
  
  ## Awards
  
  The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
  
  * Golden Bear: Le départ by Jerzy Skolimowski
  * Silver Bear for Best Director: Živojin Pavlović for Buđenje pacova
  * Silver Bear for Best Actress: Edith Evans for The Whisperers
  * Silver Bear for Best Actor: Michel Simon for Le vieil homme et l'enfant
  * Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
     * Michael Lentz for Alle Jahre wieder
     * Éric Rohmer for La Collectionneuse
  * Youth Film Award
     * Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: La Collectionneuse by Éric Rohmer
  * FIPRESCI Award
     * Alle Jahre wieder by Ulrich Schamoni
  * Interfilm Award
     * Here's Your Life by Jan Troell and The Two of Us by Claude Berri
  * Interfilm Award – Honorable Mention
     * The Whisperers by Bryan Forbes
  * OCIC Award
     * The Whisperers by Bryan Forbes
  * C.I.C.A.E. Award
     * Here's Your Life by Jan Troell
  * C.I.D.A.L.C. Award
     * Here's Your Life by Jan Troell
  * C.I.D.A.L.C. Gandhi Award
     * The Two of Us by Claude Berri
  * UNICRIT Award
     * Le départ by Jerzy Skolimowski
  