The Golden Bear for the Best Short Film () is the top prize for the short film competition of the Berlin International Film Festival.
Winners
1950s Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country 1956 Paris at Night Paris la nuit Jacques Baratier & Jean Valère France 1957 Distant People Gente lontana Lionetto Fabbri Italy 1958 La lunga raccolta Lionetto Fabbri Italy 1959 Praise the Sea Prijs de zee Herman van der Horst Netherlands
1960s Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country 1960 Dream of the Wild Horses Le songe des chevaux sauvages Denys Colomb de Daunant France 1961 Gesicht von der Stange? Raimund Ruehl West Germany 1962 The Reality of Karel Appel De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel Jan Vrijman Netherlands 1963 Bowspelement Charles Huguenot van der Linden Netherlands 1964 Kirdi Max Lersch Austria 1965 Yeats Country Patrick Carey Ireland, United Kingdom 1966 Knud Jørgen Roos Denmark 1967 Through the Eyes of a Painter M. F. Husain India 1968 Portrait: Orson Welles François Reichenbach & Frédéric Rossif France 1969 To See or Not to See Psychocratie Bretislav Pojar Canada"Canadian film best Berlin short". Toronto Star, 8 July 1969.
1970s Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country 1971 1501 ½ Paul B. Price United States 1972 Flyaway Robin Lehman United Kingdom 1973 Colter's Hell 1974 The Concert Claude Chagrin 1975 See Robin Lehman 1976 Horu - munakata shiko no sekai Takeo Yanagawa Japan 1977 Ortsfremd... wohnhaft vormals Mainzerlandstraße Hedda Rinneberg and Hans Sachs West Germany 1978 Co jsme udelali slepicím Vladimír Jiránek and Josef Hekrdle Czechoslovakia 1979 Ubu Geoff Dunbar United Kingdom
1980s Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country 1980 The Heads Hlavy Petr Sís Czechoslovakia 1981 History of the World in Three Minutes Flat Michael Mills Canada"Canadian film wins Berlin award". The Globe and Mail, February 26, 1981. 1982 The Puppet, A Friend of Man Loutka, přítel člověka Ivan Renč Czechoslovakia 1983 Dimensions of Dialogue Možnosti dialogu Jan Švankmajer 1984 The Bicycle Symphony Cykelsymfonien Åke Sandgren Denmark, Sweden 1985 From the Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services Part 1 Nr. 1 - Aus Berichten der Wach- und Patrouillendienste Helke Sander West Germany 1986 Tom Goes to the Bar Dean Parisot United States 1987 Curriculum vitae Pavel Koutský Czechoslovakia 1988 Oblast Zdravko Barišić Yugoslavia 1989 Pas à deux Monique Renault and Gerrit van Dijk Netherlands
1990s Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country 1990 Mister Tao Bruno Bozzetto Italy 1991 Six Point Nine Dan Bootzin United States 1993 Bolero Ivan Maximov Russia 1994 Ashes Hamu Ferenc Cakó Hungary 1995 Repeat Repete Michaela Pavlátová Czech Republic 1996 The Arrival of the Train Pribitie poezda Andrei Zhelezniakov Russia 1997 The Latest News Senaste Nytt Per Carleson Sweden 1998 I Move, So I Am Ik beweeg, dus ik besta Gerrit van Dijk Netherlands 1999 Faraon Sergei Ovcharov Russia Masks Maski Piotr Karwas Germany
2000s Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country Ref 2000 Tribute to Alfred Lepetit Hommage à Alfred Lepetit Jean Rousselot France 2001 Black Soul Âme noire Martine Chartrand Canada "NFB animated short wins Golden Bear award at Berlin Film Festival". Moose Jaw Times-Herald, 25 February 2001. 2002 At Dawning Martin Jones United Kingdom 2003 (A)Torsion (A)Torzija Stefan Arsenijević Slovenia 2004 Cigarettes and Coffee Un cartus de kent si un pachet de cafea Cristi Puiu Romania "Fatih Akin’s “Head On” Wins Top Prize at 2004 Berlinale". IndieWire, 17 February 2004. 2005 Milk Peter Mackie Burns United Kingdom "Scottish film gets Berlin's top prize". The Herald, 19 February 2005. 2006 Never Like the First Time! Aldrig som första gången! Jonas Odell Sweden "Swedish Film Wins Golden Bear". Sveriges Radio, 15 February 2006. 2007 Contact Raak Hanro Smitsman Netherlands "Berlin digest: Smitsman’s ‘Raak’ wins Silver Bear". The Hollywood Reporter, 14 February 2007. 2008 A Good Day for a Swim O zi buna de plaja Bogdan Mustață Romania Wendy Mitchell, "Shorts Golden Bear splashed out for A Good Day For a Swim". Screen Daily, 14 February 2008. 2009 Please Say Something David O'Reilly Ireland Ed Meza, "‘Please’ wins Golden Bear for shorts". Variety, 11 February 2009.
2010s Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country Ref 2010 Incident by a Bank Händelse vid bank Ruben Östlund Sweden 2011 Night Fishing 파란만장 Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong South Korea Park Min-young, "‘Night Fishing’ brings home Golden Bear". The Korea Herald, 20 February 2011. 2012 Rafa João Salaviza Portugal Ed Meza, "‘Caesar Must Die’ wins Golden Bear". Variety, 18 February 2012. 2013 The Runaway La fugue Jean-Bernard Marlin France Bryce J. Renninger, "Berlinale Golden Bear Goes to Romania’s ‘Child’s Pose;’ David Gordon Green Best Director". IndieWire, 16 February 2013. 2014 As Long As Shotguns Remain Tant qu'il nous reste des fusils à pompe Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel France "China's Black Coal, Thin Ice wins Berlin Golden Bear". Screen Daily, 15 February 2014. 2015 Hosanna Young-kil Na South Korea "Korean short wins top honor at Berlin film festival". The Korea Herald, 15 February 2015. 2016 Batrachian's Ballad Balada de um Batráquio Leonor Teles Portugal Martin Kuebler, "'Fuocoammare' wins Berlinale Golden Bear". Deutsche Welle, 20 February 2016. 2017 Small Town Cidade Pequena Diogo Costa Amarante Ed Meza, "Berlin Film Festival: ‘On Body and Soul’ Wins Golden Bear for Best Film". Variety, 18 February 2017. 2018 The Men Behind the Wall Inés Moldavsky Israel Steve Pond, "‘Touch Me Not’ Wins Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival". TheWrap, 24 February 2018. 2019 Umbra Florian Fischer & Johannes Krell Germany Ed Meza, "Berlin Film Festival 2019: Nadav Lapid’s ‘Synonyms’ Wins Golden Bear". Variety, 16 February 2019.
2020s Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country Ref 2020 T Keisha Rae Witherspoon United States Ed Meza, "‘There Is No Evil’ Wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival ". Variety, 29 February 2020. 2021 My Uncle Tudor Nanu Tudor Olga Lucovnicova Moldova Nicole Santé, "Berlin Golden Bear Best Short Film: Nanu Tudor review". Business Doc Europe, 4 March 2021. 2022 Trap Anastasia Veber Russia, Lithuania Scott Roxborough, "Berlin: ‘Alcarras’ Wins Golden Bear for Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter, 16 February 2022. 2023 Les Chenilles Michelle Keserwany and Noel Keserwany France Guy Lodge, "French Documentary ‘On the Adamant’ Wins Golden Bear at Berlin". Variety, 25 February 2023. 2024 An Odd Turn Un movimiento extrañoFrancisco Lezama Argentina 2025Lloyd Wong, UnfinishedLesley Loksi ChanCanada2026Someday a ChildYawman ma waladMarie-Rose OstaFrance, Romania, Lebanon
See also
Silver Bear for Best Short Film
References
External links
Berlinale website