18th Berlin International Film Festival
The 18th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1968. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Swedish film Ole dole doff directed by Jan Troell.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:- Luis García Berlanga, director, screenwriter and actor - Jury President
- Peter Schamoni, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
- Alex Viany, director, screenwriter and journalist
- Georges de Beauregard, producer
- Alexander Walker, film critic
- Domenico Meccoli, screenwriter and film critic
- Carl-Eric Nordberg, literary and film critic
- Gordon Hitchens, film critic
- Karsten Peters, actor and film critic
Films in competition
| English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| Challenge in the Snow | 13 jours en France | Claude Lelouch and François Reichenbach | France |
| Asta Nielsen | Asta Nielsen | Denmark | |
| Bandits in Milan | Banditi a Milano | Carlo Lizzani | Italy |
| Charly | Ralph Nelson | USA | |
| The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach | The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet | West Germany, Italy |
| Something Like Love | Come l'amore | Enzo Muzii | Italy |
| Hunger for Love | Fome de Amor | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
| Gates to Paradise | Andrzej Wajda | United Kingdom, Yugoslavia | |
| Nanami, The Inferno of First Love | 初恋・地獄篇 Hatsukoi: Jigokuhen | Susumu Hani | Japan |
| Il giorno della civetta | Damiano Damiani | Italy, France | |
| India '67 | An Indian Day | S. Sukhdev | India |
| The Man Who Lies | The Man Who Lies | Alain Robbe-Grillet | France, Czechoslovakia |
| Krek | Крек | Borivoj Dovnikovic-Bordo | Yugoslavia |
| Signs of Life | Lebenszeichen | Werner Herzog | West Germany |
| Innocence Unprotected | Nevinost bez zastite | Dušan Makavejev | Yugoslavia |
| Who Saw Him Die? | Ole dole doff | Jan Troell | Sweden |
| Peppermint Frappé | Carlos Saura | Spain | |
| Portrait: Orson Welles | François Reichenbach and Frédéric Rossif | France | |
| The Ernie Game | Don Owen | Canada | |
| The Immortal Story | Orson Welles | France | |
| To Grab the Ring | To Grab the Ring: Enkele reis voor Alfred | Nikolai van der Heyde | Netherlands |
| Toets | Tim Tholen | Netherlands | |
| Tolerance | Tolerancija | Zlatko Grgić and Branko Ranitović | Yugoslavia |
| U raskoraku | Milenko Štrbac | Yugoslavia | |
| Week End | Week-end | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
Key
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:- Golden Bear: Ole dole doff by Jan Troell
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Carlos Saura for Peppermint Frappé
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Stéphane Audran for Les Biches
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant for L'homme qui ment
- Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
- * Nevinost bez zastite by Dušan Makavejev
- * Lebenszeichen by Werner Herzog
- * Come l'amore by Enzo Muzii
- Youth Film Award – Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Come l'amore by Enzo Muzii
- FIPRESCI Award
- *Nevinost bez zastite by Dušan Makavejev
- FIPRESCI award – Honorable Mention
- *Asta Nielsen
- Interfilm Award – Otto Dibelius Film Award
- *Ole dole doff by Jan Troell
- OCIC Award
- *Ole dole doff by Jan Troell
- UNICRIT Award
- *Ole dole doff by Jan Troell
- IWG Golden Plaque
- *Ole dole doff by Jan Troell and Bengt Forslund\
- *The Man Who Lies by Alain Robbe-Grillet