1st Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear awards: The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: 1st Berlin International Film Festival The 1st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 17 June 1951. The opening film was Alfred Hitchcock's "Rebecca". At this very first Berlin Festival, the Golden Bear award was introduced, and it was awarded to the best film in each of five categories: drama, comedy, crime or adventure, music film, and documentary. This system disappeared already the following year, partly because films that year were voted on by the audience. The following people were announced as being on the jury
36th Berlin International Film Festival 36th Berlin International Film Festival The 36th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held 14–25 February 1986. The festival opened with "Ginger and Fred" by Federico Fellini, which played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to German film "Stammheim" directed by Reinhard Hauff. The retrospective dedicated to German actress and film producer Henny Porten was shown at the festival. Claude Lanzmann'a 9 hour long documentary film Shoah about holocaust was screened at "International Forum of New Cinema". The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: The following films were in