Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize

Award presented annually by the Berlin International Film Festival

Not to be confused with Silver Bear Jury Prize.

Award

Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize

Silberner Bär (German)

2025 recipient: Gabriel Mascaro

Location| Berlin
Country| Germany
Presented by| Berlin International Film Festival
First award| 1951
Winner| The Blue Trail by Gabriel Mascaro
Website| https://www.berlinale.de/en/festival/awards-and-juries/international-jury.html

The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (also Jury Grand Prix, Grand Prize of the Jury) is an award given by the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition. It is the runner-up to the Golden Bear prize and is considered the second most prestigious prize at the festival.[1]

## History

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The award was first introduced at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival in 1965. The prize was also formerly known as the Special Jury Prize.

In 2014 at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, its title was officially changed to "Grand Jury Prize".

## Winners

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Agnès Varda won for Le Bonheur (1965) Roman Polanski won for Repulsion (1965) Éric Rohmer won for La Collectionneuse (1967) Werner Herzog won for Signs of Life (1968) Pier Paolo Pasolini won for The Decameron (1971) Youssef Chahine, won for Alexandria... Why? (1979) Nanni Moretti won for The Mass Is Ended (1986) Marco Bellocchio won for The Conviction (1991) Emir Kusturica won for Arizona Dream (1993) Tsai Ming-liang won for The River (1997) Jafar Panahi won for Offside (2006) Béla Tarr won for The Turin Horse (2011) Wes Anderson won for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Hong Sang-soo won twice, for The Novelist's Film (2022) and A Traveler's Needs (2024)

### 1960s

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Year  | English Title  | Original Title  | Director  | Production Country

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1965
(15th) | Le Bonheur | Agnès Varda | France
Repulsion | Roman Polanski | United Kingdom
1966
(16th) | The Chasers | Jakten | Yngve Gamlin | Sweden
No Shooting Time for Foxes | Schonzeit Für Füchse | Peter Schamoni | West Germany
1967
(17th) | La Collectionneuse | Éric Rohmer | France
Next Year, Same Time | Alle Jahre Wieder | Ulrich Schamoni | West Germany
1968
(18th) | Innocence Unprotected | Nevinost Bez Zastite | Dušan Makavejev | Yugoslavia
Signs of Life | Lebenszeichen | Werner Herzog | West Germany
Something Like Love | Come l'Amore | Enzo Muzii | Italy

### 1970s

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Year  | English Title  | Original Title  | Director  | Production Country

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1970
(20th) |

No awards given that year because of the controversy surrounding the participation in the main competition of director Michael Verhoeven's film o.k. that led to the resignation of the international jury before the festival ended

1971
(21st) | The Decameron | Il Decameron | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy, France
1972
(22nd) | The Hospital | Arthur Hiller | United States
1973
(23rd) | There's No Smoke Without Fire | Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu | André Cayatte | France, Italy
1974
(24th) | The Clockmaker | L'Horloger de Saint-Paul | Bertrand Tavernier | France
1975
(25th) | The Common Man | Dupont Lajoie | Yves Boisset
Overlord | Stuart Cooper | United Kingdom
1976
(26th) | Canoa: A Shameful Memory | Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso | Felipe Cazals | Mexico
1977
(27th) | The Devil, Probably | Le Diable, Probablement | Robert Bresson | France
1978
(28th) | A Queda | Ruy Guerra & Nelson Xavier | Brazil
1979
(29th) | Alexandria... Why? | إسكندرية ليه  | Youssef Chahine | Egypt

### 1980s

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Year  | English Title  | Original Title  | Director  | Production Country

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1980
(30th) | Seeking Asylum | Chiedo Asilo | Marco Ferreri | Italy, France
1981
(31st) | Akaler Shandhaney | আকালের সন্ধানে  | Mrinal Sen | India
1982
(32nd) | Shivers | Dreszcze | Wojciech Marczewski | Poland
1983
(33rd) | A Season in Hakkari | Hakkâri'de Bir Mevsim | Erden Kıral | Turkey
1984
(34th) | Funny Dirty Little War | No Habrá más Penas ni Olvido | Héctor Olivera | Argentina
1985
(35th) | Flowers of Reverie | Szirmok, Virágok, Koszorúk | László Lugossy | Hungary
1986
(36th) | The Mass Is Ended | La Messa è Finita | Nanni Moretti | Italy
1987
(37th) | The Sea and Poison | 海と毒薬  | Kei Kumai | Japan
1988
(38th) | Commissar | Комиссар  | Alexander Askoldow | Soviet Union
1989
(39th) | Evening Bell | 晚鐘  | Wu Ziniu | China

### 1990s

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Year  | English Title  | Original Title  | Director  | Production Country

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1990
(40th) | The Asthenic Syndrome | Астенический синдром  | Kira Muratova | Soviet Union
1991
(41st) | The Conviction | La Condanna | Marco Bellocchio | Italy
Satan | Сатана  | Viktor Aristow | Soviet Union
1992
(42nd) | Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe | Édes Emma, Drága Böbe – Vázlatok, Aktok | István Szabó | Hungary
1993
(43rd) | Arizona Dream | Emir Kusturica | France, United States
1994
(44th) | Strawberry and Chocolate | Fresa y Chocolate | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabío | Cuba, Mexico
1995
(45th) | Smoke | Wayne Wang | United States
1996
(46th) | All Things Fair | Lust och Fägring Stor | Bo Widerberg | Sweden, Denmark
1997
(47th) | The River | 河流  | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan
1998
(48th) | Wag the Dog | Barry Levinson | United States
1999
(49th) | Mifune's Last Song | Mifune | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Denmark, Sweden

### 2000s

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Year  | English Title  | Original Title  | Director  | Production Country

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2000
(50th) | The Road Home | 我的父亲母亲  | Zhang Yimou | China
2001
(51st) | Beijing Bicycle | 十七岁的单车  | Wang Xiaoshuai | China, Taiwan, France
2002
(52nd) | Grill Point | Halbe Treppe | Andreas Dresen | Germany
2003
(53rd) | Adaptation | Spike Jonze | United States
2004
(54th) | Lost Embrace | El Abrazo Partido | Daniel Burman | Argentina, France, Spain
2005
(55th) | Peacock | 孔雀  | Gu Changwei | China
2006
(56th) | Offside | آفساید  | Jafar Panahi | Iran
A Soap | En Soap | Pernille Fischer Christensen | Denmark, Sweden
2007
(57th) | The Other | El otro | Ariel Rotter | Argentina, France, Germany
2008
(58th) | Standard Operating Procedure | Errol Morris | United States
2009
(59th) | Everyone Else | Alle Anderen | Maren Ade | Germany
Giant | Gigante | Adrián Biniez | Uruguay, Argentina

### 2010s

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Year  | English Title  | Original Title  | Director  | Production Country

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2010
(60th) | If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle | Eu Când Vreau să Fluier, Fluier | Florin Șerban | Romania
2011
(61st) | The Turin Horse | A torinói ló | Béla Tarr | Hungary
2012
(62nd) | Just the Wind | Csak a szél | Benedek Fliegauf
2013
(63rd) | An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker | Epizoda u životu berača željeza | Danis Tanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, France
2014
(64th) | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson | United States, Germany
2015
(65th) | The Club | El Club | Pablo Larraín | Chile
2016
(66th) | Death in Sarajevo | Smrt u Sarajevu | Danis Tanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina, France
2017
(67th) | Félicité | Alain Gomis | Senegal, France
2018
(68th) | Mug | Twarz | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland
2019
(69th) | By the Grace of God | Grâce à Dieu | François Ozon | France

### 2020s

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2020
(70th) | Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Eliza Hittman | United States
2021
(71st) | Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | 偶然と想像 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan
2022
(72nd) | The Novelist's Film | 소설가의 영화 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea
2023
(73rd) | Afire | Roter Himmel | Christian Petzold | Germany
2024
(74th) | A Traveler's Needs | 여행자의 필요 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea
2025
(75th) | The Blue Trail | O Último Azul | Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands

## Notes

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1. ^ Ehlert, Matthias; Reden, Sven von: Film ab: Das Berlinale-Lexikon Buchstaben. In: Welt am Sonntag, 5. Februar 2006, Kultur, S. 60

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1965–2000|

* Le Bonheur / Repulsion (1965)
* The Chasers / No Shooting Time for Foxes (1966)
* La Collectionneuse / Next Year, Same Time (1967)
* Innocence Unprotected / Signs of Life / Something Like Love (1968)
* The Decameron (1971)
* The Hospital (1972)
* There's No Smoke Without Fire (1973)
* The Clockmaker (1974)
* The Common Man / Overlord (1975)
* Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
* The Devil Probably (1977)
* The Fall (1978)
* Alexandria... Why? (1979)
* Seeking Asylum (1980)
* Akaler Shandhaney (1981)
* Shivers (1982)
* A Season in Hakkari (1983)
* Funny Dirty Little War (1984)
* Flowers of Reverie (1985)
* The Mass Is Ended (1986)
* The Sea and Poison (1987)
* Commissar (1988)
* Evening Bell (1989)
* The Asthenic Syndrome (1990)
* The Conviction / Satan (1991)
* Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe (1992)
* Arizona Dream (1993)
* Strawberry and Chocolate (1994)
* Smoke (1995)
* All Things Fair (1996)
* The River (1997)
* Wag the Dog (1998)
* Mifune (1999)
* The Road Home (2000)

2001–present|

* Beijing Bicycle (2001)
* Grill Point (2002)
* Adaptation (2003)
* Lost Embrace (2004)
* Peacock (2005)
* Offside / A Soap (2006)
* The Other (2007)
* Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
* Everyone Else / Gigante (2009)
* If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010)
* The Turin Horse (2011)
* Just the Wind (2012)
* An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013)
* The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
* The Club (2015)
* Death in Sarajevo (2016)
* Félicité (2017)
* Mug (2018)
* By the Grace of God (2019)
* Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
* Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
* The Novelist's Film (2022)
* Afire (2023)
* A Traveler's Needs (2024)
* The Blue Trail (2025)

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