The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17âÂÂ28 February 1984. The festival opened with The Noah's Ark Principle by Roland Emmerich. The retrospective was dedicated to German-American actor, screenwriter, producer and film director Ernst Lubitsch.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Love Streams directed by John Cassavetes. 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.
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:
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:
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.
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: