The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984. The festival opened with The Noah's Ark Principle by Roland Emmerich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film Love Streams directed by John Cassavetes. The retrospective was dedicated to German-American actor, screenwriter, producer and film director Ernst Lubitsch. The Honorary Golden Bear was awarded to American director Jules Dassin and Greek actress Melina Mercouri and the Homage section was dedicated to the couple. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: Liv Ullmann, actress (Norway) - Jury President Jules Dassin, director, screenwriter and producer (United States) Edward Bennett, director and screenwriter (United Kingdom) Manuela Cernat-Gheorghiu, film historian (Romania) Lana Gogoberidze, director and screenwriter (Soviet Union) Tullio Kezich, film critic, playwright and screenwriter (Italy) Steffen Kuchenreuther, producer and distributor (West Germany) Jeanine Meerapfel, director and screenwriter (West Germany) Kevin Thomas, film critic (United States) Mario Vargas Llosa, writer and playwright (Peru) Adolphe Viezzi, producer (France) Films in competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear: Out of competition Marlene, directed by Maximilian Schell (West Germany) Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, directed by F. W. Murnau (Germany) Rue barbare, directed by Gilles Béhat (France) El señor Galíndez, directed by Rodolfo Kuhn (Argentina, Spain) Star 80, directed by Bob Fosse (USA) Testament, directed by Lynne Littman (USA) Terms of Endearment, directed by James L. Brooks (USA) Wanderkrebs, directed by Herbert Achternbusch (West Germany) Key {| class="wikitable" width="550" colspan="1" | style="background:#FFDEAD;" align="center"| † |Winner of the main award for best film in its section |- | colspan="2"| The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively. |} Retrospective The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Ernst Lubitsch 1914-1933: The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri: Films in other sections The festival's Forum section included a presentation of Memory of the Camps, a 1946 rough cut of the British feature-length account of Nazi wartime atrocities, German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, the significance of the unfinished work having only recently been understood. Awards The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: Golden Bear: Love Streams by John Cassavetes Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: No habrá más penas ni olvido by Héctor Olivera Silver Bear for Best Director: Ettore Scola for Le Bal Silver Bear for