25th Berlin International Film Festival

The 25th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June – 8 July 1975.

The Golden Bear was awarded to 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:

Main Competition

 * Sylvia Syms, British actress - Jury President
 * Ottokar Runze, West-German filmmaker and producer
 * Henry Chapier, French filmmaker and film critic
 * Else Goelz, West-German journalist
 * Albert J. Johnson, American film critic
 * Rostislav Yurenev, Soviet film critic
 * João Carlos Martins, Brazilian pianist and conductor
 * Sukhdev Sandhu, Indian filmmaker

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

Out of competition

 * Portrait of Fidel, directed by Gina Lollobrigida (Italy)
 * Salmonico (יהיה טוב סלומוניקו), directed by Alfred Steinhardt (Israel)

Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
 * Golden Bear: Adoption by Márta Mészáros
 * Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize:
 * The Common Man by Yves Boisset
 * Overlord by Stuart Cooper
 * Silver Bear for Best Director: Sergei Solovyov for One Hundred Days After Childhood
 * Silver Bear for Best Actress: Kinuyo Tanaka for Sandakan No. 8
 * Silver Bear for Best Actor: Vlastimil Brodský for Jacob the Liar
 * Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Woody Allen for Love and Death

FIPRESCI Award

 * Far from Home by Sohrab Shahid-Saless