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Highest prize awarded at the Berlin International Film Festival From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Golden Bear
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The Golden Bear (German: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival and is, along with the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion,[1][2] the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin.

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History

The winners of the first Berlin International Film Festival in 1951 were determined by a West German panel, with five winners of the Golden Bear, divided by categories and genres.[3]

Between 1952 and 1955, the winners of the Golden Bear were determined by the audience members.[4]

In 1956, the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films formally accredited the festival, and since then, the Golden Bear has been awarded by an international jury.[4]

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The award

The statuette shows a bear standing on its hind legs and is based on the 1932 design by German sculptor Renée Sintenis of Berlin's heraldic mascot that later became the symbol of the festival. It has been manufactured since either the first[5] or third[6] edition by art foundry Hermann Noack.[7]

The original award was redesigned in a larger version in 1960,[8] with the left arm of the bear raised as opposed to the right in the former model.[9]

As of 2010, the bear is 20 cm (7.9 in) high and is fixed onto a base where the winning name is engraved.[10] The figurine consists of a bronze core, which is then plated with a layer of gold. The total weight of the award is 4 kg (8.8 lb).[11]

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Winners

Below is a list of all Golden Bear winners since 1951:[12]

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Gene Kelly won for Invitation to the Dance (1956)
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Ingmar Bergman won for Wild Strawberries (1958)
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Pier Paolo Pasolini won for The Canterbury Tales (1972)
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Satyajit Ray won for Distant Thunder (1973)
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder won for Veronika Voss (1982)
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John Cassavetes won for Love Streams (1983)
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Zhang Yimou won for Red Sorghum (1988)
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Ang Lee won twice for The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Sense and Sensibility (1996)
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Asghar Farhadi won for A Separation (2011)
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Jafar Panahi won for Taxi (2015)
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Adina Pintilie won for Touch Me Not (2018)
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Carla Simón won for Alcarràs (2022)
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Nicolas Philibert won for On the Adamant (2023)
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Mati Diop won for Dahomey (2024)

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Multiple winners

As of 2025, Ang Lee is the only filmmaker to win the award twice, for The Wedding Banquet in 1993 and for Sense and Sensibility in 1996.[12]

See also

Notes

  1. which led to the resignation of the international jury before the end of the festival.

References

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