The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984.

[3] The retrospective was dedicated to German-American actor, screenwriter, producer and film director Ernst Lubitsch.

[4] The Golden Bear was awarded to Love Streams directed by John Cassavetes.

[5] 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.

[6] The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[7] The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:[1] The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Ernst Lubitsch 1914-1933:[8] The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri:[8] 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.