Golden Bear

The Golden Bear is the highest prize given at the Berlin International Film Festival (often known as Berlinale).

List of Golden Bear winners

YearFilmDirectorCountry of origin
1952Hon dansade en sommarArne MattssonSweden
1953The Wages of FearHenri-Georges ClouzotFrance/Italy
1954Hobson's ChoiceDavid LeanUnited Kingdom
1955Die RattenRobert SiodmakFederal Republic of Germany
1956Invitation To The DanceGene KellyUnited States
195712 Angry MenSidney LumetUnited States
1958Wild StrawberriesIngmar BergmanSweden
1959Les CousinsClaude ChabrolFrance
1960El Lazarillo de TormesCésar ArdavinSpain
1961La notteMichelangelo AntonioniItaly
1962A Kind of LovingJohn SchlesingerUnited Kingdom
1963Il DiavoloGian Luigi PolidoroItaly
1964Susuz YazIsmail Metin KarabeyTurkey
1965AlphavilleJean-Luc GodardFrance/Italy
1966Cul-de-SacRoman PolanskiUnited Kingdom
1967Le départJerzy SkolimowskiBelgium
1968Ole dole doffJan TroellSweden
1969Rani RadoviŽelimir ŽilnikYugoslavia
1970

No official prizes awarded

1971The Garden of the Finzi-ContinisVittorio De SicaItaly/W. Germany
1972The Canterbury TalesPier Paolo PasoliniItaly
1973Distant ThunderSatyajit RayIndia
1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzTed KotcheffCanada
1975AdoptionMárta MészárosHungary
1976Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonRobert AltmanUnited States
1977The AscentLarisa ShepitkoSoviet Union
1978Las Truchas José Luis García SánchezSpain
AscensorTomas Munoz
La Palabras de MaxEmilio Martínez Lázaro
1979DavidPeter LilienthalWest Germany
1980HeartlandRichard PearceUnited States
Palermo or WolfsburgWerner SchroeterWest Germany
1981Deprisa, DeprisaCarlos SauraSpain (co-production with France)
1982Veronika VossRainer Werner FassbinderWest Germany
1983AscendancyEdward BennettUnited Kingdom
The BeehiveMario CamusSpain
1984Love StreamsJohn CassavetesUnited States
1985Die Frau und der FremdeRainer SimonEast Germany
WetherbyDavid HareUnited Kingdom
1986StammheimReinhard HauffWest Germany
1987The ThemeGleb PanfilovSoviet Union
1988Red SorghumZhang YimouChina
1989Rain ManBarry LevinsonUnited States
1990Music BoxCosta-GavrasUnited States
Larks on a StringJiri MenzelCzechoslovakia
1991La Casa del sorrisoMarco FerreriItaly
1992Grand CanyonLawrence KasdanUnited States
1993Woman Sesame Oil MakerXie FeiChina
The Wedding BanquetAng LeeTaiwan/United States
1994In the Name of the FatherJim SheridanUK/Ireland
1995L'AppâtBertrand TavernierFrance
1996Sense and SensibilityAng LeeUnited States/United Kingdom
1997The People vs. Larry FlyntMiloš FormanUnited States
1998Central StationWalter SallesBrazil (co-produced with France)
1999The Thin Red LineTerrence MalickUnited States
2000MagnoliaPaul Thomas AndersonUnited States
2001IntimacyPatrice ChéreauUK (co-produced with France, Germany and Spain)
2002Spirited AwayHayao MiyazakiJapan
Bloody SundayPaul GreengrassUK/Ireland
2003In This WorldMichael WinterbottomUnited Kingdom
2004Head-OnFatih AkinGermany/Turkey
2005U-Carmen e-KhayelitshaMark Dornford-MaySouth Africa
2006GrbavicaJasmila ŽbanićBosnia and Herzegovina (co-produced with Austria, Germany and Croatia)
2007Tuya's MarriageWang Quan'anChina
2008The Elite SquadJosé PadilhaBrazil
2009The Milk of SorrowClaudia LlosaPeru/Spain
2010HoneySemih KaplanoğluTurkey
2011A SeparationAsghar FarhadiIran
2012Caesar Must DiePaolo and Vittorio TavianiItaly
2013Child's PoseCălin Peter NetzerRomania
2014Black Coal, Thin IceDiao YinanChina
2015Jafar Panahi's TaxiJafar PanahiIran
2016Fire at SeaGianfranco RosiItaly
2017On Body and SoulIldikó EnyediHungary
2018Touch Me NotAdina PintilieRomania/Germany/Czech Republic/Bulgaria/France
2019SynonymsNadav LapidIsrael
2020There Is No EvilMohammad RasoulofGermany/Czech Republic/Iran
2021Bad Luck Banging or Loony PornRadu JudeRomania/Luxembourg/Czech Republic/Croatia/Switzerland/United Kingdom
2022AlcarràsCarla SimónSpanien/Italien
2023On the AdamantNicolas PhilibertFrance/Japan
2024DahomeyMati DiopFrance/Senegal/Benin
2025Dreams (Sex Love)Dag Johan HaugerudNorway
2026Yellow Lettersİlker ÇatakGermany/Turkey/France

References

  1. ↑ The International Jury resigned Berlinale Official Archive, 1970 Archived 2013-01-14 at the Wayback Machine