1st Berlin International Film Festival 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 for the festival: The following films were in competition for the
67th Berlin International Film Festival section: The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: The following films were selected for the Panorama section: The following films were selected for the Panorama Dokumente section: The following films were selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section: The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section: The following prizes were awarded: 67th Berlin International Film Festival The 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 18 February 2017 with Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven as