Silver Bear for Best Screenplay

Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
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

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

Winners

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]

References

^ "58th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2008". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "59th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2009". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "60th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2010". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "61st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2011". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "62nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2012". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "63rd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2013". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "64th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2014". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "65th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2015". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "66th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2016". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "67th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2017". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "68th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2018". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ "69th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2019". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ "70th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2020". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
^ Scott Roxborough (25 February 2023). "Berlin: French Documentary 'On the Adamant' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "The Prizes of the International Jury". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

External links

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[1] "58th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2008". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[2] "59th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2009". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[3] "60th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2010". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[4] "61st Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2011". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[5] "62nd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2012". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[6] "63rd Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2013". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[7] "64th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2014". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[8] "65th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2015". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[9] "66th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2016". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[10] "67th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2017". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[11] "68th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2018". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

[12] "69th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2019". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[13] "70th Berlin International Film Festival – Prizes & Honours 2020". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

[winner:hr-14] Scott Roxborough (25 February 2023). "Berlin: French Documentary 'On the Adamant' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

[15] "The Prizes of the International Jury". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

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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