The 6th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 22 July 1969. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Cuban film Lucía directed by Humberto Solás, the Italian film Serafino directed by Pietro Germi and the Soviet film We'll Live Till Monday directed by Stanislav Rostotsky.
Jury
Sergei Gerasimov (USSR - President of the Jury) Dev Anand (India) Vija Artmane (USSR) King Vidor (USA) Erwin Geschonneck (East Germany) Anatoli Golovnya (USSR) Mbissine Thérèse Diop (Senegal) Zahari Zhandov (Bulgaria) Stanislav Zvonicek (Czechoslovakia) Jerzy Kawalerowicz (Poland) Ion Popescu-Gopo (Romania) Glauber Rocha (Brazil) István Szabó (Hungary) Alberto Sordi (Italy) Yves Ciampi (France) Madiha Yousri (Egypt)
Films in competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:
Awards
Golden Prize: Lucía by Humberto Solás Serafino by Pietro Germi We'll Live Till Monday by Stanislav Rostotsky Silver Prizes: Playtime by Jacques Tati When You Hear the Bells by Antun Vrdoljak Special Prizes: Carol Reed for Oliver! Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike for Diary of a German Woman Ivan Pyryev for The Brothers Karamazov Prizes: Best Actor: Ron Moody for Oliver! Best Actor: Tadeusz Łomnicki for Colonel Wolodyjowski Best Actress: Irina Petrescu for A Woman for a Season Best Actress: Ana María Picchio for Brief Heaven Diplomas: Scorched Earth by Knut Andersen Cabascabo by Oumarou Ganda Director: András Kovács for Walls Director of photography: Ivailo Tranchev for Tango Prix FIPRESCI: Lucía by Humberto Solás