12th Berlin International Film Festival

The 12th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June to 3 July 1962.

The Golden Bear was awarded to A Kind of Loving directed by John Schlesinger.

Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

Main Competition

 * King Vidor, American filmmaker and producer - Jury President
 * André Michel, French filmmaker
 * Emeric Pressburger, British filmmaker and producer
 * Hideo Kikumori, Japanese film critic
 * Dolores del Río, Mexican actress
 * Jurgen Schildt, Swedish film critic
 * Max Gammeter, Swiss president of Filmgilde Biel
 * Günther Stapenhorst, West-German producer
 * Bruno E. Werner, West-German writer and art critic

Documentary and Short Films Competition

 * Olavi Linnus, Finish writer and screenwriter (Finland) - Jury President
 * Dorothy Macpherson, Canadian art film curator
 * Abdellah Masbahi, Moroccan screenwriter
 * Karl-Otto Alberty, West-German actor
 * Pia Maria Plechl, Austrian journalist and writer
 * Fridolin Schmid, West-German producer and director of Film and Picture Institute Munich
 * A. L. Srinivasan, Indian producer

Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:

Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

Main Competition

 * Golden Bear: A Kind of Loving by John Schlesinger
 * Silver Bear for Best Director: Francesco Rosi for Salvatore Giuliano
 * Silver Bear for Best Actress: Rita Gam and Viveca Lindfors for No Exit
 * Silver Bear for Best Actor: James Stewart for Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
 * Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: To the Last Day by Sang-ok Shin

Documentary and Short Films Competition

 * Silver Bear, special award (Documentaries): Galapagos – Dream Island in the Pacific by Heinz Sielmann
 * Short Film Golden Bear: De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel by Jan Vrijman
 * Silver Bear for Best Short Film: Stars at Noon by Blaise Senghor
 * Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
 * Nahanni by Donald Wilder
 * The Ancestors by André Libik
 * Venedig by Kurt Steinwendner
 * Test for the West: Berlin by Franz Baake

FIPRESCI Award

 * Zoo by Bert Haanstra

OCIC Award

 * Through a Glass Darkly by Ingmar Bergman

Youth Film Award (Jugendfilmpreis)

 * Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Give Me Ten Desperate Men by Pierre Zimmer
 * Honorable Mention: Little Presents by Jack Witikka
 * Best Documentary Film Suitable for Young People: Galapagos – Dream Island in the Pacific by Heinz Sielmann
 * Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Zoo by Bert Haanstra