The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June to 8 July 1958 with the Zoo Palast as the main venue. The festival was opened by then West Berlin's newly elected mayor Willy Brandt. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Swedish film Smultronstället directed by Ingmar Bergman. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: International feature film jury Frank Capra, director, screenwriter and producer (United States) - Jury President Joaquim Novais Teixeira, politician, writer and film critic (Portugal) Jean Marais, actor (France) Paul Rotha, director (United Kingdom) L. B. Rao (India) Duilio Coletti, director and screenwriter (Italy) Michiko Tanaka, actress (Japan) Gerhard T. Buchholz, director, screenwriter and producer (West Germany) Willy Haas, writer (West Germany) Gerhard Lamprecht, director, screenwriter and producer (West Germany) Leopold Reitemeister, art historian (West Germany) International documentary and short jury Wali Eddine Sameh, director (Egypt) - Jury President Günther Birkenfeld, producer (West Germany) Werner Eisbrenner, composer and conductor (West Germany) Adolf Forter, producer (Switzerland) Anton Koolhaas, writer (Netherlands) Jan-Olof Olsson, writer (Sweden) Edward Toner, co-founder of the Irish Film Centre (Ireland) Films in competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award: Key {| class="wikitable" width="550" colspan="1" | style="background:#FFDEAD;" align="center"| † |Winner of the main award for best film in its section |} Awards The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: International jury awards Golden Bear: Smultronstället by Ingmar Bergman Silver Bear for Best Director: Tadashi Imai for Jun'ai Monogatari Silver Bear for Best Actress: Anna Magnani for Wild Is the Wind Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram Documentaries and short films jury awards Golden Bear (Documentaries): Perri by N. Paul Kenworthy and Ralph Wright Silver Bear (Documentaries): Traumstraße der Welt by Hans Domnick Short Film Golden Bear: La lunga raccolta by Lionetto Fabbri Silver Bear for Best Short Film: ex aequoGlas by Bert HaanstraKönigin im Frauenreich by H. Zickendraht Independent jury awards FIPRESCI Award ex aequoIce Cold in Alex by J. Lee ThompsonSmultronstället by Ingmar Bergman Special mention: Jaguar by Sean Graham OCIC Award Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram Special Mention (Berlin Senate Education Prize): La Passe du diable by Jacques Dupont and Pierre Schoendoerffer References External links 8th Berlin International Film Festival 1958 1958 Berlin International Film Festival