Silver Bear for Best Screenplay

The Silver Bear for Best Screenplay (German: Silberner Bär/Bestes Drehbuch) is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in Screenwriting.

Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Silberner Bär/Bestes Drehbuch (German)
2025 recipient: Radu Jude
Awarded for	Best screenwriting by screenwriter
Country	Germany
Presented by	Berlin International Film Festival
First award	1956
Currently held by	Radu Jude for Kontinental '25 (2025)
Website	www.berlinale.de

Winners

Jafar Panahi won for Closed Curtain (2013)

Patricio Guzmán won for The Pearl Button (2015)

Hong Sang-soo won for Introduction (2021)

Angela Schanelec won for Music (2023)

2000s

Year	Screenwriter(s)	English Title	Original Title	Ref.
2008 (58th)	Wang Xiaoshuai	In Love We Trust	左右	[1]
2009 (59th)	Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon	The Messenger		[2]

2010s

Year	Screenwriter(s)	English Title	Original Title	Ref.
2010 (60th)	Wang Quan'an and Jin Na	Apart Together	团圆	[3]
2011 (61st)	Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj	The Forgiveness of Blood	Falja e Gjakut	[4]
2012 (62nd)	Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg	A Royal Affair	En kongelig affære	[5]
2013 (63rd)	Jafar Panahi	Closed Curtain	پرده	[6]
2014 (64th)	Dietrich Brüggemann and Anna Brüggemann	Stations of the Cross	Kreuzweg	[7]
2015 (65th)	Patricio Guzmán	The Pearl Button	El botón de nácar	[8]
2016 (66th)	Tomasz Wasilewski	United States of Love	Zjednoczone Stany Miłości	[9]
2017 (67th)	Sebastián Lelio and Gonzalo Maza	A Fantastic Woman	Una mujer fantástica	[10]
2018 (68th)	Manuel Alcalá and Alonso Ruizpalacios	Museum	Museo	[11]
2019 (69th)	Maurizio Braucci, Claudio Giovannesi and Roberto Saviano	Piranhas	La paranza dei bambini	[12]

2020s

Year	Screenwriter(s)	English Title	Original Title	Ref.
2020 (70th)	Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo	Bad Tales	Favolacce	[13]
2021 (71st)	Hong Sang-soo	Introduction	인트로덕션
2022 (72nd)	Laila Stieler	Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush	Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush
2023 (73rd)	Angela Schanelec	Music		[14]
2024 (74th)	Matthias Glasner	Dying	Sterben
2025 (75th)	Radu Jude	Kontinental '25		[15]

See also

• Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay
• Golden Osella for Best Screenplay