Alongside protests against the bombing of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam the principle of "self-nomination" (film packages from Socialist states) is also criticised, a quality problem is developing, as the selection committee has no influence on the choice of films, instead only expressing requests with regard to themes and genre. [Andreas Kötzing]
The situation is also registered by the press: The Frankfurter Rundschau characterises Leipzig as a "Festival that now encompasses 204 entries (total screening time: almost 91 hours, spread over seven days) gradually splitting at the seams, with the consequence that it should consider eliminating superfluous films, such as those dealing with pelicans or the extraction of tungsten, which all too often are included in the programme to further the political viewpoints of the countries concerned." [in: Ulrich Gregor]
Overall, eight Golden Doves and ten Silver Doves are awarded, of which four to the GDR.
Golden Doves
NAŠ MARŠ (UNSER MARSCH, USSR, Aleksandr Svetlov and Aleksandr Šejn)
TRAN-DIA HAT DUONG (DIE SCHLACHT AUF DER STRASSE, Vietnam, Tam, The and Som Nguyen)
EIN EHRENMANN GEHT WEITER (GDR, Christel and Werner Heydn)
POLET V BUDUŠČEE (FLUG IN DIE ZUKUNFT, USSR, N. Makarov)
EIN JUNGER MANN NAMENS ENGELS (Animated, GDR/USSR, Katja and Klaus Georgi, Fjodor Čitruk and Vadim Kurčevski)
¡VENCEREMOS! (WIR WERDEN SIEGEN!, Chile, Pedro Chaskel, Hektor Rios)
REPORTAJE DE LOTA (REPROTAGE ÜBER LOTA, Chile, Diego Bonacina, José Roman)
BRIGADA RAMONA PARRA (Chile, Alvaro Ramirez, Samuel Carvajal, Leonardo Cespedes)
MAYDAY (USA, Yale-Universität)
CONTRATTO (DER VERTRAG, Italy, Silvio Ferri, Romeo Balsame, Claudio Chianga)
Silver Doves
VETER VES DEN (DEN GANZEN TAG WIND, USSR, T. Babačanov)
NHUNG NGUOI-DAN QUE TOI (DIE EINWOHNER MEINES HEIMATDORFES, Republic of Southern Vietnam, Tran Van Thuy)
SIE (GDR, Gitta Nickel)
PRED SINIJA PRAG (JENSEITS DER BLAUEN SCHWELLE, Bulgaria/GDR, Lubomir Obretenow and Eckhard Potraffke )
LUPI I GLI AGNELLI (DIE WÖLFE UND DIE SCHAFE, Italy, Manfredo Manfredi)
FAREWELL SONG (ABSCHIEDSHYMNE, Vietnam, Hassan Reda)
UNS GEHT´S GUT (SAR, Faisal-Al Yassiri)
I WAS A SOLDIER (ICH WAR EIN SOLDAT, GB, Michael Grigsby)
OCZAMI PRZYJACIÓL (MIT DEN AUGEN DER FREUNDE, Poland/USSR, Ludwik Perski and Leonid Machnač)
VORSTOSS IN DIE TIEFEN DES GEHINS (GDR, Erich Barthel and Hans-Jochen Reimer)