| 30th Berlin International Film Festival | |
| Location: | West Berlin, Germany |
| Founded: | 1951 |
| Awards: | Golden Bear |
| Date: | 18–29 February 1980 |
| Website: | Website |
| Chronology: | Berlin International Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 29th |
| Followed By: | 31st |
The 30th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18–29 February 1980.[1] The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to Heartland, directed by Richard Pearce, and Palermo or Wolfsburg, directed by Werner Schroeter.
The retrospective was dedicated to American filmmaker Billy Wilder along with a 3D films retrospective.[2] Moritz de Hadeln became the director of the festival and increased the efforts in expansion of Berlin film market.[3]
To ease tensions with the Soviet Union due to the Cold War era at the moment, the organizers decided to withdraw the films Ninotchka and One, Two, Three from the Billy Wilder retrospective.
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[4]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Billy Wilder:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ace in the Hole | Billy Wilder | United States | |
| A Foreign Affair | |||
| Avanti! | United States, Italy | ||
| A Blonde Dream | Ein blonder Traum | Paul Martin | Germany |
| The Daredevil Reporter | Der Teufelsreporter | Ernst Laemmle | Germany |
| Double Indemnity | Billy Wilder | United States | |
| Emil and the Detectives | Emil und die Detektive | Gerhard Lamprecht | Germany |
| Fedora | Billy Wilder | West Germany | |
| Five Graves to Cairo | United States | ||
| Irma la Douce | |||
| Kiss Me, Stupid | |||
| Love in the Afternoon | |||
| Mauvaise Graine | France | ||
| People on Sunday | Menschen am Sonntag | Germany | |
| Sabrina | United States | ||
| Scampolo | Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße | Hans Steinhoff | Germany, Austria |
| Some Like It Hot | Billy Wilder | United States | |
| Stalag 17 | |||
| Sunset Boulevard | |||
| The Apartment | |||
| The Emperor Waltz | |||
| The Fortune Cookie | |||
| The Front Page | |||
| The Lost Weekend | |||
| The Major and the Minor | |||
| The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | |||
| The Seven Year Itch | |||
| The Spirit of St. Louis | |||
| Witness for the Prosecution | |||
The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to 3-D films:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bwana Devil | Arch Oboler | United States | ||
| Creature from the Black Lagoon | Jack Arnold | |||
| Dial M for Murder | Alfred Hitchcock | |||
| Flesh for Frankenstein (aka Andy Warhol's Frankenstein) | Paul Morrissey | |||
| Gorilla at Large | Harmon Jones | |||
| House of Wax | Andre DeToth | |||
| Inferno | Roy Ward Baker | |||
| It Came from Outer Space | Jack Arnold | |||
| Phantom of the Rue Morgue | Roy Del Ruth | |||
| Dynasty | 千刀萬里追 | Mei-Chun Chang | Taiwan, Hong Kong | |
| Revenge of the Shogun Women (a.k.a. 13 Nuns) | 十三女尼 | Mei-Chun Chang | ||
| The Mad Magician | John Brahm | United States | ||
| The Mask | Julian Roffman | Canada | ||
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[5]