Berlin International Film Festival 2026 Winners List: The 76th annual Berlin International Film Festival concluded on February 22 in Berlin, wrapping up ten days of screenings and awards that began on February 12. German filmmaker Wim Wenders served as Jury President of the main Competition. The festival opened with No Good Men, directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat, and during the opening ceremony, Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh received the Honorary Golden Bear.
Below is the complete winners list from the 2026 edition.
Full Winners List
The Prizes of the International Jury
The members of the 2026 International Jury – Wim Wenders (President), Min Bahadur Bham, Bae Doona, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Reinaldo Marcus Green, HIKARI and Ewa Puszczyńska – awarded the following prizes:
Golden Bear for Best Film
Gelbe Briefe (Yellow Letters)
Directed by İlker Çatak
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Kurtuluş (Salvation)
Directed by Emin Alper
Silver Bear Jury Prize
Queen at Sea
Directed by Lance Hammer
Silver Bear for Best Director
Grant Gee
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance
Sandra Hüller
Rose
Directed by Markus Schleinzer
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance
Anna Calder-Marshall & Tom Courtenay
Queen at Sea
Directed by Lance Hammer
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Geneviève Dulude-de Celles
Nina Roza
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird)
By Anna Fitch and Banker White
Berlinale Shorts
The 2026 International Short Film Jury – Ameer Fakher Eldin, Stefan Grissemann and Gabriele Stötzer – announced the following:
Golden Bear for Best Short Film
Yawman ma walad (Someday a Child)
Directed by Marie-Rose Osta
Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film)
A Woman’s Place Is Everywhere
Directed by Fanny Texier
Berlinale Shorts CUPRA Filmmaker Award
Di san xian (Kleptomania)
Directed by Jingkai Qu
Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards
Cosmonauts
Directed by Leo Černic
GWFF Best First Feature Award
Winner
Chronicles From the Siege
Directed by Abdallah Alkhatib
Produced by Taqiyeddine Issaad and Salah Issaad
Special Mention
Forêt Ivre (Forest High)
Directed by Manon Coubia
Berlinale Documentary Award
Winner
If Pigeons Turned to Gold
Directed by Pepa Lubojacki
Produced by Klára Mamojková and Wanda Kaprálová
Special Mentions
TUTU – Directed by Sam Pollard
Was an Empfindsamkeit bleibt (Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party) – Directed by Daniela Magnani Hüller
Generation Kplus – Children’s Jury
Children’s Jury members: Walter Moritz Arndt, Gustav Arnz, Thabani Dabulamanzi, Rosa Sophie Krasznahorkai, Vera Marsh, Emir Efe Özeren and Alma Sofia Villanueva Bullemer.
Crystal Bear for Best Film
Feito Pipa (Gugu’s World)
Directed by Allan Deberton
Special Mention
Not a Hero
Directed by Rima Das
Crystal Bear for Best Short Film
Whale 52 – Suite for Man, Boy, and Whale
Directed by Daniel Neiden
Special Mention
Under the Wave off Little Dragon
Directed by Luo Jian
Generation 14plus – Youth Jury
Youth Jury members: Lorin Aktaş, Sherwin Lo-Kuo, Minou Monfared, Elda Pfäfflin and Curt Willemeit.
Crystal Bear for Best Film
Chicas Tristes (Sad Girlz)
Directed by Fernanda Tovar
Special Mention
A Family
Directed by Mees Peijnenburg
Crystal Bear for Best Short Film
Memories of a Window
Directed by Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar
Special Mention
Allá en el cielo (Nobody Knows the World)
Directed by Roddy Dextre
Generation International Jury 2026
Jury members: Khozy Rizal, Lena Urzendowsky and Kim Yutani.
Grand Prix for Best Film (Generation Kplus)
Feito Pipa (Gugu’s World) – Allan Deberton
Special Mention (Generation Kplus)
Atlasul universului (Atlas of the Universe) – Paul Negoescu
Special Prize for Best Short Film (Generation Kplus)
Spî (White) – Navroz Shaban
Special Mention (Generation Kplus)
Under the Wave off Little Dragon – Luo Jian
Grand Prix for Best Film (Generation 14plus)
Chicas Tristes (Sad Girlz) – Fernanda Tovar
Special Mention (Generation 14plus)
Matapanki – Diego Mapache Fuentes
Special Prize for Best Short Film (Generation 14plus)
The Thread – Fenn O’Meally
Special Mention (Generation 14plus)
Memories of a Window – Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar
Audience Awards – Panorama
Prize Winner Fiction Film 2026
Staatsschutz – Faraz Shariat
Second and third place:
Vier minus drei – Adrian Goiginger
Mouse – Kelly O’Sullivan & Alex Thompson
Prize Winner Documentary Film 2025
Traces – Alisa Kovalenko & Marysia Nikitiuk
Second and third place:
The Other Side of the Sun – Tawfik Sabouni
Bucks Harbor – Pete Muller
Readers’ Jury – Berliner Morgenpost
Prize Winner 2026
Moscas – Fernando Eimbcke
The awards ceremony marked the conclusion of the 76th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival on February 22 in Berlin.