24th Berlin International Film Festival

The 24th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1974.

The Golden Bear was awarded to The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz directed by Ted Kotcheff.

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

Main Competition

 * Rodolfo Kuhn, Argentinian filmmaker - Jury President
 * Margaret Hinxmann, British writer and film critic
 * Pietro Bianchi, Italian journalist and film critic
 * Gérard Ducaux-Rupp, French producer
 * Kurt Heinz, West-German composer
 * Akira Iwasaki, Japanese historian and film critic
 * Arthur Knight, American historian and film critic
 * Manfred Purzer, West German filmmaker
 * Piet Ruivenkamp, Dutch film critic

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

Out of Competition

 * With You and Without You, directed by Rodion Nahapetov (Soviet Union)

Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
 * Golden Bear: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Ted Kotcheff
 * Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: The Clockmaker by Bertrand Tavernier
 * Silver Bear:
 * Bread and Chocolate by Franco Brusati
 * Still Life by Sohrab Shahid-Saless
 * Little Malcolm by Stuart Cooper
 * In the Name of the People by Ottokar Runze
 * Rebellion in Patagonia by Héctor Olivera

FIPRESCI Award

 * Still Life by Sohrab Shahid-Saless