The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
Main Competition • Jay Carmody, American theatre critic - Jury President •
Jean de Baroncelli, French writer and film critic •
John Sutro, British producer • Dalpathal Kothari, Indian • Fernaldo Di Giammatteo, Italian historian and film critic • Bunzaburo Hayashi, Japanese producer (Japan) •
Miguel Alemán Jr., Mexican producer • Thorsten Eklann, Swedish journalist • José María Escudero, Spanish director of photography • Edmund Luft, West-German playwright, historian and film critic •
Ernst Schröder, West-German actor
Documentary and Short Film Competition • Adolf Hübl, Austrian founder of the Bundesstaatliche Hauptstelle für Lichtbild und Bildungsfilm - Jury President • Paul Heimann, West-German pedagogue • Paul Louyet, Belgium producer •
Norman McLaren, Canadian director and producer • Karl Naef, Swiss • Yrjö Rannikko, Finish producer •
Ahmed Sefrioui, Moroccan ==Official Sections==