8th Berlin International Film Festival

The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June to 8 July 1958 with the Zoo Palast as the main venue. The festival was opened by then West Berlin's newly elected mayor Willy Brandt.

The Golden Bear was awarded to Wild Strawberries directed by Ingmar Bergman.

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

Main Competition

 * Frank Capra, American filmmaker and producer - Jury President
 * Joaquim Novais Teixeira, Portuguese politician, writer and film critic
 * Jean Marais, French actor
 * Paul Rotha, British filmmaker
 * L. B. Rao Indian
 * Duilio Coletti, Italian filmmaker
 * Michiko Tanaka, Japanese actress
 * Gerhard T. Buchholz, West-German filmmaker and producer
 * Willy Haas, West-German writer
 * Gerhard Lamprecht, West-German filmmaker and producer
 * Leopold Reitemeister, West-German art historian

Documentary and Short Film Competition

 * Wali Eddine Sameh, Egyptian filmmaker - Jury President
 * Günther Birkenfeld, West-German producer
 * Werner Eisbrenner, West-German composer and conductor
 * Adolf Forter, Swiss producer
 * Anton Koolhaas, Dutch writer
 * Jan-Olof Olsson, Swedish writer
 * Edward Toner, Irish co-founder of the Irish Film Centre

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: Wild Strawberries by Ingmar Bergman
 * Silver Bear for Best Director: Tadashi Imai for Jun'ai Monogatari
 * Silver Bear for Best Actress: Anna Magnani for Wild Is the Wind
 * Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones
 * Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram

Documentary and Short Film Competition

 * Golden Bear (Documentaries): Perri by N. Paul Kenworthy and Ralph Wright
 * Silver Bear (Documentaries): Dream Road of the World by Hans Domnick
 * Short Film Golden Bear: La lunga raccolta by Lionetto Fabbri
 * Silver Bear for Best Short Film:
 * Glass by Bert Haanstra
 * Königin im Frauenreich by H. Zickendraht

FIPRESCI Award

 * Ice Cold in Alex by J. Lee Thompson
 * Smultronstället by Ingmar Bergman
 * Special mention: Jaguar by Sean Graham

OCIC Award

 * Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram
 * Special Mention (Berlin Senate Education Prize): La Passe du diable by Jacques Dupont and Pierre Schoendoerffer