15th Berlin International Film Festival
The 15th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June to 6 July 1965. The festival started selecting the jury members on its own rather than countries sending designated representatives. The Golden Bear was awarded to the French film Alphaville directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:- John Gillett, film critic - Jury President
- Alexander Kluge, director, producer and writer
- Ely Azeredo, film critic
- Monique Berger, journalist and film critic
- Kyushiro Kusakabe, film critic
- Jerry Bresler, film producer
- Karena Niehoff, journalist and film critic
- , director and producer
- Hans-Dieter Roos, film critic
Films in competition
| English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| Alphaville | Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| Cat Ballou | Elliot Silverstein | USA | |
| The Railrodder | Gerald Potterton | Canada | |
| The Lonely Wife | চারুলতা Cārulatā | Satyajit Ray | India |
| The Art of Living | El arte de vivir | Julio Diamante | Spain |
| Secrets Behind the Wall | 壁の中の秘事 Kabe no naka no himegoto | Kōji Wakamatsu | Japan |
| My Love and I | Kungsleden | Gunnar Höglund | Sweden |
| Love 65 | Kärlek 65 | Bo Widerberg | Sweden |
| Happiness | Le Bonheur | Agnès Varda | France |
| Pajarito Gómez | Rodolfo Kuhn | Argentina | |
| Six in Paris | Paris vu par... | Claude Chabrol, Jean Douchet, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer and Jean Rouch | France |
| Repulsion | Roman Polanski | United Kingdom | |
| Shakespeare Wallah | James Ivory | USA | |
| The Knack...and How to Get It | Richard Lester | United Kingdom | |
| Thomas the Impostor | Thomas l'imposteur | Georges Franju | France |
| Two People | To | Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Denmark |
| The Reckless | Una bella grinta | Giuliano Montaldo | Italy |
| Das Boot von Torreira | Alfred Ehrhardt | West Germany | |
| The Obsessed of Catule | Vereda de Salvação | Anselmo Duarte | Brazil |
| The Blood of the Walsungs | Wälsungenblut | Rolf Thiele | West Germany |
| Yeats Country | Patrick Carey | Ireland | |
| Een zondag op het eiland van de Grande Jatte | Frans Weisz | Netherlands |
Key
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:- Golden Bear: Alphaville by Jean-Luc Godard
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Satyajit Ray for Charulata
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Madhur Jaffrey for Shakespeare Wallah
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Lee Marvin for Cat Ballou
- Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
- * Repulsion by Roman Polanski
- * Le bonheur by Agnès Varda
- Special Mention: Walter Newman and Frank Pierson for Cat Ballou
- Youth Film Award
- *Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Pajarito Gómez by Rodolfo Kuhn
- Youth Film Award – Honorable Mention
- *Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Das Boot von Torreira by Alfred Ehrhardt
- *Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Cat Ballou by Elliot Silverstein
- FIPRESCI Award
- *Repulsion by Roman Polanski
- FIPRESCI Award – Honorable Mention
- *Love 65 by Bo Widerberg
- OCIC Award
- *Charulata by Satyajit Ray
- UNICRIT Award
- *Ninety Degrees in the Shade by Jiří Weiss