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.
| Golden Bear | |
|---|---|
| Goldener Bär (German) | |
| Location | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Presented by | Berlin International Film Festival |
| First awarded | 1951 |
| Last awarded | 2024 |
| Winner | Dahomey by Mati Diop |
| Website | www |
History
editThe 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]
The award
editThe 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[update], 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]
Winners
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| Year | English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951: West German Jury Vote | ||||
| 1951 (1st) |
Four in a Jeep (Drama) | Die Vier im Jeep | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland |
| Without Leaving an Address (Comedy) | ...Sans laisser d'adresse | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | France | |
| In Beaver Valley (Documentary) | James Algar | United States | ||
| Justice Is Done (Thriller & Adventure) | Justice est faite | André Cayatte | France | |
| Cinderella (Music Film) | Wilfred Jackson | United States | ||
| 1952–1955: Audience Vote | ||||
| 1952 (2nd) |
One Summer of Happiness | Hon dansade en sommar | Arne Mattsson | Sweden |
| 1953 (3rd) |
The Wages of Fear | Le salaire de la peur | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France, Italy |
| 1954 (4th) |
Hobson's Choice | David Lean | United Kingdom | |
| 1955 (5th) |
Die Ratten | Robert Siodmak | West Germany | |
| 1956–present: International Jury | ||||
| 1956 (6th) |
Invitation to the Dance | Gene Kelly | United States | |
| 1957 (7th) |
12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | ||
| 1958 (8th) |
Wild Strawberries | Smultronstället | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 1959 (9th) |
Les Cousins | Claude Chabrol | France | |
| 1960s | ||||
| 1960 (10th) |
El Lazarillo de Tormes | César Fernández Ardavín | Spain | |
| 1961 (11th) |
La Notte | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy | |
| 1962 (12th) |
A Kind of Loving | John Schlesinger | United Kingdom | |
| 1963 (13th) |
Bushido, Samurai Saga | 武士道残酷物語 | Tadashi Imai | Japan |
| To Bed or Not to Bed | Il diavolo | Gian Luigi Polidoro | Italy | |
| 1964 (14th) |
Dry Summer | Susuz yaz | Metin Erksan | Turkey |
| 1965 (15th) |
Alphaville | Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Italy |
| 1966 (16th) |
Cul-de-Sac | Roman Polanski | United Kingdom | |
| 1967 (17th) |
Le Départ | Jerzy Skolimowski | Belgium | |
| 1968 (18th) |
Who Saw Him Die? | Ole dole doff | Jan Troell | Sweden |
| 1969 (19th) |
Early Works | Rani radovi | Želimir Žilnik | Yugoslavia |
| 1970s | ||||
| 1970 (20th) |
No awards given because of the controversy surrounding Michael Verhoeven's anti-war film o.k., which led to the resignation of the international jury before the end of the festival.[12] | |||
| 1971 (21st) |
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | Il giardino dei Finzi Contini | Vittorio De Sica | West Germany, Italy |
| 1972 (22nd) |
The Canterbury Tales | I racconti di Canterbury | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy |
| 1973 (23rd) |
Distant Thunder | অশনি সংকেত | Satyajit Ray | India |
| 1974 (24th) |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Ted Kotcheff | Canada | |
| 1975 (25th) |
Adoption | Örökbefogadás | Márta Mészáros | Hungary |
| 1976 (26th) |
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | Robert Altman | United States | |
| 1977 (27th) |
The Ascent | Восхождение | Larisa Shepitko | Soviet Union |
| 1978 (28th) |
Ascensor | Tomás Muñoz | Spain | |
| Las truchas | José Luis García Sánchez | |||
| What Max Said | Las palabras de Max | Emilio Martínez-Lázaro | ||
| 1979 (29th) |
David | Peter Lilienthal | West Germany | |
| 1980s | ||||
| 1980 (30th) |
Heartland | Richard Pearce | United States | |
| Palermo or Wolfsburg | Palermo oder Wolfsburg | Werner Schroeter | West Germany | |
| 1981 (31st) |
Deprisa, deprisa | Carlos Saura | Spain | |
| 1982 (32nd) |
Veronika Voss | Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany |
| 1983 (33rd) |
Ascendancy | Edward Bennett | United Kingdom | |
| La colmena | Mario Camus | Spain | ||
| 1984 (34th) |
Love Streams | John Cassavetes | United States | |
| 1985 (35th) |
Wetherby | David Hare | United Kingdom | |
| The Woman and the Stranger | Die Frau und der Fremde | Rainer Simon | East Germany | |
| 1986 (36th) |
Stammheim | Stammheim – Die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht | Reinhard Hauff | West Germany |
| 1987 (37th) |
The Theme | Teмa | Gleb Panfilov | Soviet Union |
| 1988 (38th) |
Red Sorghum | 红高粱 | Zhang Yimou | China |
| 1989 (39th) |
Rain Man | Barry Levinson | United States | |
| 1990s | ||||
| 1990 (40th) |
Larks on a String | Skřivánci na niti | Jiří Menzel | Czechoslovakia |
| Music Box | Costa-Gavras | United States | ||
| 1991 (41st) |
The House of Smiles | La casa del sorriso | Marco Ferreri | Italy |
| 1992 (42nd) |
Grand Canyon | Lawrence Kasdan | United States | |
| 1993 (43rd) |
The Wedding Banquet | 喜宴 | Ang Lee | Taiwan, United States |
| Woman Sesame Oil Maker | 香魂女 | Xie Fei | China | |
| 1994 (44th) |
In the Name of the Father | Jim Sheridan | United Kingdom, Ireland | |
| 1995 (45th) |
The Bait | L'appât | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| 1996 (46th) |
Sense and Sensibility | Ang Lee | United States | |
| 1997 (47th) |
The People vs. Larry Flynt | Miloš Forman | ||
| 1998 (48th) |
Central Station | Central do Brasil | Walter Salles | Brazil, France |
| 1999 (49th) |
The Thin Red Line | Terrence Malick | United States | |
| 2000s | ||||
| 2000 (50th) |
Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States | |
| 2001 (51st) |
Intimacy | Patrice Chéreau | France | |
| 2002 (52nd) |
Bloody Sunday | Paul Greengrass | United Kingdom, Ireland | |
| Spirited Away | 千と千尋の神隠し | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan | |
| 2003 (53rd) |
In This World | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom | |
| 2004 (54th) |
Head-On | Gegen die Wand | Fatih Akin | Germany |
| 2005 (55th) |
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha | Mark Dornford-May | South Africa | |
| 2006 (56th) |
Grbavica | Jasmila Žbanić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2007 (57th) |
Tuya's Marriage | 图雅的婚事 | Wang Quan'an | China |
| 2008 (58th) |
Elite Squad | Tropa de Elite | José Padilha | Brazil |
| 2009 (59th) |
The Milk of Sorrow | La teta asustada | Claudia Llosa | Spain, Peru |
| 2010s | ||||
| 2010 (60th) |
Honey | Bal | Semih Kaplanoğlu | Turkey |
| 2011 (61st) |
A Separation | جدایی نادر از سیمین | Asghar Farhadi | Iran |
| 2012 (62nd) |
Caesar Must Die | Cesare deve morire | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy |
| 2013 (63rd) |
Child's Pose | Poziția copilului | Călin Peter Netzer | Romania |
| 2014 (64th) |
Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 | Diao Yinan | China |
| 2015 (65th) |
Taxi | تاکسی | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
| 2016 (66th) |
Fire at Sea | Fuocoammare | Gianfranco Rosi | Italy |
| 2017 (67th) |
On Body and Soul | Testről és lélekről | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary |
| 2018 (68th) |
Touch Me Not | Nu mă atinge-mă | Adina Pintilie | Romania |
| 2019 (69th) |
Synonyms | Synonymes | Nadav Lapid | France, Israel |
| 2020s | ||||
| 2020 (70th) |
There Is No Evil | شیطان وجود ندارد | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran |
| 2021 (71st) |
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn | Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc | Radu Jude | Romania |
| 2022 (72nd) |
Alcarràs | Carla Simón | Spain, Italy | |
| 2023 (73rd) |
On the Adamant | Sur l'Adamant | Nicolas Philibert | France, Japan |
| 2024 (74th) |
Dahomey | Mati Diop | France, Senegal, Benin | |
Multiple winners
editAng Lee is the only director to win the award twice. He won for The Wedding Banquet in 1993 and for Sense and Sensibility in 1996.
See also
edit- Honorary Golden Bear
- Silver Bear and other awards at the Berlin International Film Festival
- Palme d'Or, the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival
- Golden Lion, the highest prize awarded at the Venice Film Festival
References
edit- ^ "Where was African joy at Cannes or African humour at Sundance? The big film festivals need to look beyond stereotypes". The Guardian. 4 June 2024. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Carey, Matthew (30 May 2023). "No Documentary Triple Crown, But Cannes Gives Big Platform To Nonfiction Cinema". Deadline. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Juries 1951".
- ^ a b "- Berlinale – Archive – Annual Archives – 1952 – Juries".
- ^ "Eventful Berlinale". deutschland.de. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ François, Emmanuelle (2 March 2018). "The woman behind the Bär". Exberliner. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Making of the bear: Berlin International Film Festival trophy". Daily Sabah. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Große kleine Tiere". Cicero (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ English, James F. (2008). The Economy of Prestige: prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 167–168. ISBN 978-0-674-03043-5.
- ^ Günther, Ulrich (19 February 2010). "Berlinale Cineasten blicken auf den Bären". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "In pictures". Novinite. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Berlinale 1970: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
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