34th Berlin International Film Festival

The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984. The festival opened with The Noah's Ark Principle by Roland Emmerich. The retrospective was dedicated to German-American actor, screenwriter, producer and film director Ernst Lubitsch.

The Golden Bear was awarded to Love Streams directed by John Cassavetes. The Honorary Golden Bear was awarded to American director Jules Dassin and Greek actress Melina Mercouri and the Homage section was dedicated to the couple.

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

Main Competition

 * Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress - Jury President
 * Jules Dassin, American filmmaker and producer
 * Edward Bennett, British filmmaker
 * Manuela Cernat-Gheorghiu, Romanian film historian
 * Lana Gogoberidze, Soviet filmmaker
 * Tullio Kezich, Italian film critic, playwright and screenwriter
 * Steffen Kuchenreuther, West-German producer and distributor
 * Jeanine Meerapfel, West-German filmmaker
 * Kevin Thomas, American film critic
 * Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and playwright
 * Adolphe Viezzi, French producer

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

Out of competition

 *  Marlene, directed by Maximilian Schell (West Germany)
 *  Nosferatu, directed by F. W. Murnau (Germany)
 *  Rue barbare, directed by Gilles Béhat (France)
 * El señor Galíndez, directed by Rodolfo Kuhn (Argentina, Spain)
 * Testament, directed by Lynne Littman (United States)
 * Terms of Endearment, directed by James L. Brooks (United States)
 * Wanderkrebs, directed by Herbert Achternbusch (West Germany)

Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Ernst Lubitsch 1914-1933:

The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri:

Films in other sections
The festival's Forum section included a presentation of Memory of the Camps, a 1946 rough cut of the British feature-length account of Nazi wartime atrocities, German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, the significance of the unfinished work having only recently been understood.

Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
 * Golden Bear: Love Streams by John Cassavetes
 * Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Funny Dirty Little War by Héctor Olivera
 * Silver Bear for Best Director: Ettore Scola for Le Bal
 * Silver Bear for Best Actress: Inna Churikova for Wartime Romance
 * Silver Bear for Best Actor: Albert Finney for The Dresser
 * Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Monica Vitti for Flirt
 * Silver Bear:
 * Rembetiko by Costas Ferris
 * Man Under Suspiction by Norbert Kückelmann
 * Honourable Mention: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet for Klassenverhältnisse

FIPRESCI Award

 * Love Streams by John Cassavetes and Funny Dirty Little War by Héctor Olivera