The 25th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June – 8 July 1975. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Hungarian film Adoption directed by Márta Mészáros. The retrospective dedicated to Greta Garbo was shown at the festival.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: Sylvia Syms, actress (United Kingdom) - Jury President Ottokar Runze, director, screenwriter and producer (West Germany) Henry Chapier, director, screenwriter and film critic (France) Else Goelz, journalist (West Germany) Albert J. Johnson, film critic (United States) Rostislav Yurenev, film critic (Soviet Union) João Carlos Martins, pianist and conductor (Brazil) Sukhdev Sandhu, director (India)
Films in competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
Out of competition
Portrait of Fidel, directed by Gina Lollobrigida (Italy) יהיה טוב סלומוניקו Yi'ihiyeh Tov Salmonico, directed by Alfred Steinhardt (Israel)
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: Golden Bear: Adoption by Márta Mészáros Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Dupont Lajoie by Yves Boisset Overlord by Stuart Cooper Silver Bear for Best Director: Sergei Solovyov for Sto dney posle detstva Silver Bear for Best Actress: Kinuyo Tanaka for Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo Silver Bear for Best Actor: Vlastimil Brodský for Jakob der Lügner Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Woody Allen for Love and Death FIPRESCI Award Far from Home by Sohrab Shahid-Saless