The 35th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1985. The retrospective was dedicated to Special effects.
The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to The Woman and the Strangler directed by Rainer Simon and Wetherby directed by David Hare.
Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
- Jean Marais, French actor - Jury President
- Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
- Alberto Sordi, Italian actor and filmmaker
- Regimantas Adomaitis, Soviet actor
- Sheila Benson, American journalist and film critic
- Wolfgang Kohlhaase, East German writer
- Onat Kutlar, Turkish poet, essayist and screenwriter
- Luis Megino, Spanish writer and producer
- Ingrid Scheib-Rothbart, West-German head of the Goethe-Institut of New York
- , West-German producer
- István Szabó, Hungarian filmmaker
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:
Out of competition
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Special Effects":
Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
Independent Awards
Literature
- Brigitte Tast: Als Farbe das Grau, als Format der Innenblick. 35. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 1985, Schellerten 2014,
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