26th Berlin International Film Festival
The 26th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June – 6 July 1976. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson directed by Robert Altman.
The Japanese film In the Realm of the Senses by Nagisa Oshima was confiscated during the Berlinale premiere of the film and banned after a court hearing. Charlie Chaplin's 1957 film A King in New York was also screened at the festival.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:- Jerzy Kawalerowicz director, screenwriter and politician - Jury President
- Hannes Schmidt, production designer
- Marjorie Bilbow, writer
- Michel Ciment, writer, journalist and film critic
- Guido Cinotti, historian and essayist
- Georgiy Daneliya, director and screenwriter
- Wolf Hart, director of photography
- Bernard R. Kantor, publisher and academic
- Fernando Macotela, writer and film critic
- Márta Mészáros, director and screenwriter
- Shūji Terayama, director, poet and playwright
Films in competition
| English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| America at the Movies | George Stevens Jr. | USA | |
| Man Without a Name | Azonosítás | László Lugossy | Hungary |
| The Garden of Stones | باغ سنگی Baghé sangui | Parviz Kimiavi | Iran |
| The White Ship | Белый пароход Belyy parokhod | Bolotbek Shamshiyev | Soviet Union |
| Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | Robert Altman | USA | |
| Canoa: A Shameful Memory | ' | Felipe Cazals | Mexico |
| Caro Michele | Mario Monicelli | Italy | |
| Beach Guard in Winter | Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu | Goran Paskaljević | Yugoslavia |
| The Sudden Loneliness of Konrad Steiner | Die plötzliche Einsamkeit des Konrad Steiner | Kurt Gloor | Switzerland |
| The Divine Nymph | Divina creatura | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Italy |
| Doctor Pulder Sows Poppies | Dokter Pulder zaait papavers | Bert Haanstra | Netherlands |
| Expropriation | Expropiación | Mario Robles | Venezuela, Peru |
| F comme Fairbanks | Maurice Dugowson | France | |
| The Last Plantation | Fogo morto | Marcos Farias | Brazil |
| Death at an Old Mansion | 本陣殺人事件 Honjin satsujin jiken | Yoichi Takabayashi | Japan |
| ' | Takeo Yanagawa | Japan | |
| Small Change | L'Argent de poche | François Truffaut | France |
| Long Vacations of 36 | Las largas vacaciones del 36 | Jaime Camino | Spain |
| Mozart: Recordings of a Youth | Mozart – Aufzeichnungen einer Jugend | Klaus Kirschner | West Germany |
| Nights and Days | Noce i dnie | Jerzy Antczak | Poland |
| Ominide | Paolo Villani | Italy | |
| Judge and the Forest | Следователят и гората Sledovatelyat i gorata | Rangel Vulchanov | Bulgaria |
| Trains | Caleb Deschanel | USA | |
| The Man Who Fell to Earth | Nicolas Roeg | United Kingdom | |
| A Lost Life | Verlorenes Leben | Ottokar Runze | West Germany |
| Hotel Pacific | Zaklęte rewiry | Janusz Majewski | Poland, Czechoslovakia |
Out of competition
- All the President's Men, directed by Alan J. Pakula
Key
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:- Golden Bear: Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson by Robert Altman
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: by Felipe Cazals
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Mario Monicelli for Caro Michele
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Jadwiga Barańska for Noce i dnie
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Gerhard Olschewski for Verlorenes Leben
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: László Lugossy for Azonosítás
- Silver Bear: Baghé sangui by Parviz Kimiavi
- FIPRESCI Award
- *Long Vacations of 36 by Jaime Camino