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List of Berlin International Film Festival jury presidents

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Each year, the jury of the Berlin International Film Festival is chaired by an internationally recognised personality of cinema. Being appointed to this position is the recognition of an outstanding career. This article lists all past presidents of the international jury, which is responsible for awarding the most prestigious prizes in the festival, including the Golden Bear and various Silver Bears.

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History

The winners of the first awards in 1951 were determined by an exclusively West German panel.[1] The FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films) banned the awarding of jury prizes at the festival[1] so between 1952 and 1955, the winners of the Golden Bear were determined by the audience members.[2]

In 1956, FIAPF formally accredited the festival[1] and since then the Golden Bear has been awarded by an international jury.[2] In 2021 a jury presidency was not appointed for the first time since creation of the position.[3]

The first foreign president of the jury and inaugural holder of this position was French film director Marcel Carné. The first woman who held the office of president of the jury was dancer Wendy Toye.

Since creation, no one has been appointed as president of the jury more than once.

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Main competition jury presidents

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King Vidor, 1962 president.
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Senta Berger, 1977 president.
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Roland Emmerich, 2005 president.
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Werner Herzog, 2010 president.
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Juliette Binoche, 2019 president.
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Jeremy Irons, 2020 president.
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Todd Haynes, 2025 president.
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Footnotes

  1. In 2021, the directors of six previous Golden-Bear-winning films determined the awards for the Competition of the 71st Berlinale. There was no president of the jury that year. The jury members were Mohammad Rasoulof, Nadav Lapid, Adina Pintilie, Ildikó Enyedi, Gianfranco Rosi and Jasmila Žbanić.[5][3]

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