In 1963 the efforts of the organisers finally begin to bear fruit. A colloquium on the works of the Dutch documentary film director Joris Ivens, (held on his 65th birthday, it is a real crowd-puller) and a Golden Dove for Chris Marker with "Der schöne Mai" ("Le joli mai") find a positive resonance in the press both domestically and internationally, including appreciative reports in Le Monde and The Times.
The number of films submitted also increases significantly (410 foreign participants from 39 countries) and more and more viewers are drawn in (over 65,000 by the mid 1960s). In addition, international organisations are included for the first time: the World Federation of Trade Unions, the World Federation of Democratic Youth, the Women's International Democratic Federation, the International Federation of Journalists, and the World Peace Council, which is awarded a special prize. [Festival-Chronik Teil 3]
The Symposium of Film Schools is attended by 150 students and lecturers from 20 countries. The first student films to be screened are drawn from schools in Budapest, Belgrade, Babelsberg, Prague, Paris and Vienna. [Festival-Chronik Teil 3]
Golden Dove
LE JOLI MAI (DER SCHÖNE MAI, France, Chris Marker)
Silver Doves
REQUIEM DLA 500 000 (REQUIEM FÜR 500 000, Poland, Jerzy Bossak)
DER REPORTER (CSSR, Pavel Havel)
HISTORIE MANZELSTVI (GESCHICHTE DER EHE, CSSR, Josef Kabrt)
ROZOVOR (DAS GESPRÄCH, CSSR, Otakar Krivanek)
DOVOLENA (URLAUB, CSSR, Vaclav Taborsky)
MAN NANNTE IHN FJODOR (USSR, Viktor Lissakovic)
VI HAENGER I EN TRAED (WIR HÄNGEN ALLE AN EINEM DRAHT, Denmark, Jörgen Roos)
Bronze Doves
CIGANYOK (ZIGEUNER, Hungary, Sándor Sára)
ZRÓDLO (DIE QUELLE, Poland, Tadeusz Jaworski)
MUSICI (Animated Film, GDR, Katja Georgi)