Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution

Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Silberner Bär/Herausragende künstlerische Leistung (German)
	2025 recipient: Lucile Hadžihalilović
Awarded for	Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Country	Germany
Presented by	Berlin International Film Festival
First award	1956
Currently held by	Lucile Hadžihalilović ; The Ice Tower (2025)
Website	www.berlinale.de

The Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (German: Silberner Bär für eine herausragende künstlerische Leistungis) is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in crafting. Usually awarded to crew members, such as cinematographers, production designers, costume designers or editors.^[1]^[2]

Winners

1950s

Year	Recipient	Craft	English Title	Original Title	Ref.
1956	André Michel	Artistic Contribution	La Sorcière		^[3]

1970s

Year	Recipient	Craft	English Title	Original Title	Ref.
1972	Peter Ustinov	Artistic Contribution	Hammersmith Is Out		^[3]
1975	Woody Allen		Love and Death
1976	László Lugossy		Man Without a Name	Azonosítás
1978	Octavio Cortázar		The Teacher	El brigadista
1978	Jerzy Kawalerowicz		Death of a President	Śmierć prezydenta

1980s

Year	Recipient	Craft	English Title	Original Title	Ref.
1985	Tage Danielsson	Artistic Contribution	Ronia, the Robber's Daughter	Ronja Rövardotter	^[3]
1986	Masahiro Shinoda		Gonza the Spearman	近松門左衛門　鑓の権三
1987	Randa Haines		Children of a Lesser God
1988	Miguel Pereira		Verónico Cruz	Verónico Cruz: La deuda interna
1989	Kaipo Cohen and Gila Almagor		Aviya's Summer	הקיץ של אביה

1990s

Year	Recipient	English Title	Original Title	Ref.
1990	Heiner Carow	Coming Out		^[3]
1992	Pilar Miró	Prince of Shadows	Beltenebros
1993	Temur Babluani	The Sun of the Sleepless	უძინართა მზე
1994	Semyon Aranovich	The Year of the Dog	Год собаки
1996	Andrzej Wajda	Holy Week	Wielki tydzień
1997	Raúl Ruiz	Genealogies of a Crime	Généalogies d'un crime
1998	Alain Resnais	Same Old Song	On connaît la chanson
1999	David Cronenberg	eXistenZ

2000s

Year	Recipient	Craft	English Title	Original Title	Ref.
2000	Ensemble Cast	Acting	Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women [de]	Paradiso – Sieben Tage mit sieben Frauen	^[3]
2001	Raúl Pérez Cubero	Cinematography	You're the One	Una historia de entonces	^[3]
2002	Female Ensemble Cast	Acting	8 Women	8 femmes	^[3]^[4]
2003	Li Yang	Artistic Contribution	Blind Shaft	盲井	^[3]^[5]
2004	Ensemble Cast	Acting	Daybreak	Om jag vänder mig om	^[3]^[6]
2005	Tsai Ming-liang	Artistic Contribution	The Wayward Cloud	天邊一朵雲	^[3]^[7]
2006	Jürgen Vogel	Artistic Contribution	The Free Will	Der freie Wille	^[3]^[8]
2007	Ensemble Cast	Acting	The Good Shepherd		^[9]
2008	Jonny Greenwood	Score	There Will Be Blood		^[3]^[10]
2009	György Kovács, Gábor ifj. Erdélyi and Tamás Székely	Sound Design	Katalin Varga		^[3]^[11]

2010s

Year	Recipient	Craft	English Title	Original Title	Ref.
2010	Pavel Kostomarov	Cinematography	How I Ended This Summer	Как я провёл этим летом	^[3]^[12]
2011	Barbara Enriquez	Production Design	The Prize	El premio	^[3]^[13]
2011	Wojciech Staron	Cinematography	The Prize	El premio	^[3]^[13]
2012	Lutz Reitemeier		White Deer Plain	白鹿原	^[14]
2013	Aziz Zhambakiyev		Harmony Lessons	Асланның сабақтары	^[3]^[15]
2014	Zeng Jian		Blind Massage	推拿	^[3]^[16]
2015	Sturla Brandth Grøvlen		Victoria		^[3]^[17]
2015	Serhiy Mykhalchuk and Evgeniy Privin		Under Electric Clouds	Под электрическими облаками	^[3]^[17]
2016	Mark Lee Ping Bin		Crosscurrent	长江图	^[3]^[18]
2017	Dana Bunescu	Editing	Ana, mon amour
2018	Elena Okopnaya	Costumes and Production Design	Dovlatov	Довлатов	^[3]^[19]
2019	Rasmus Videbæk	Cinematography	Out Stealing Horses	Ut og stjæle hester	^[3]^[20]

2020s

Year	Recipient	Craft	English Title	Original Title	Ref.
2020	Jürgen Jürges	Cinematography	DAU. Natasha		^[21]
2021	Yibrán Asuad	Editing	A Cop Movie	Una película de policías	^[22]
2022	Rithy Panh and Sarit Mang	Artistic Contribution	Everything Will Be Ok		^[23]
2023	Hélène Louvart	Cinematography	Disco Boy		^[24]
2024	Martin Gschlacht	Cinematography	The Devil’s Bath	Des Teufels Bad	^[25]
2025	Lucile Hadžihalilović and creative ensemble	Artistic Contribution	The Ice Tower	La Tour de glace	^[26]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Award Ceremony Gala | Red Carpet & Gala Livestream | Berlinale 2025". YouTube. 22 February 2025.
^ "The Berlinale Archive". berlinale.de. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Berlin International Film Festival - Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Contribution: All winners". Film Affinity. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
^ "Two share Berlin Bear". variety.com. 17 February 2002. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ "Winterbottom' "World" Wins 2003 Berlinale Golden Bear". indiewire.com. 15 February 2003. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ "Fatih Akin's "Head On" Wins Top Prize at 2004 Berlinale". indiewire.com. 17 February 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ "Berlinale Golden Bear winner takes everyone but the jury by surprise". screendaily.com. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ ""Grbavica" Wins Golden Bear At 2006 Berlinale; Winterbotton & Whitecross Win Directing Prize". indiewire.com. 18 February 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ "'Tuya's Marriage' wins Berlin fest Golden Bear". hollywoodreporter.com. 20 February 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ "'Elite Squad' wins Golden Bear". variety.com. 16 February 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ "'Milk of Sorrow' wins Golden Bear". variety.com. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ "Polanski, 'Honey' top Berlin". variety.com. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ "Iran's "Separation" Wins Berlinale's Golden Bear". indiewire.com. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ "Berlin 2012: 'Caesar Must Die' Wins Golden Bear Award". hollywoodreporter.com. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ "Berlin: 'Child's Pose' Wins Golden Bear". variety.com. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ "Berlin Golden Bear Goes to China's 'Black Coal, Thin Ice,' Jury Prize to 'Grand Budapest Hotel'". variety.com. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ "Taking a Taxi to victory: Jafar Panahi wins the Golden Bear". cineuropa.org. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ "Italian documentary 'Fire at Sea' wins top prize at Berlin Film Festival". latimes.com. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ "'Touch Me Not' Wins Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival". thewrap.com. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ "Berlin 2019 winners: 'Synonymes' takes Golden Bear". screendaily.com. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ "'There Is No Evil' Wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival". variety.com. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
^ "Berlinale's Golden Bear Goes to 'Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn'". variety.com. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
^ "Berlin Film Festival Awards: 'Alcarràs' Wins Golden Bear, Claire Denis Named Best Director". deadline.com. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
^ "Berlin Film Festival Winners: French Documentary 'On The Adamant' By Nicolas Philibert Wins Golden Bear". deadline.com. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
^ Roxborough, Scott (24 February 2024). "Mati Diop Doc 'Dahomey' Wins Berlin Golden Bear". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ Lattanzio, Ryan (22 February 2025). "'Dreams (Sex Love)' Wins Berlinale Golden Bear: See the Full List". IndieWire.

External links

[berlinale25-1] "Award Ceremony Gala | Red Carpet & Gala Livestream | Berlinale 2025". YouTube. 22 February 2025.

[2] "The Berlinale Archive". berlinale.de. Retrieved 24 February 2025.

[winners-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Berlin International Film Festival - Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Contribution: All winners". Film Affinity. Retrieved 26 February 2025.

[4] "Two share Berlin Bear". variety.com. 17 February 2002. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[5] "Winterbottom' "World" Wins 2003 Berlinale Golden Bear". indiewire.com. 15 February 2003. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[6] "Fatih Akin's "Head On" Wins Top Prize at 2004 Berlinale". indiewire.com. 17 February 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[7] "Berlinale Golden Bear winner takes everyone but the jury by surprise". screendaily.com. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[8] ""Grbavica" Wins Golden Bear At 2006 Berlinale; Winterbotton & Whitecross Win Directing Prize". indiewire.com. 18 February 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[9] "'Tuya's Marriage' wins Berlin fest Golden Bear". hollywoodreporter.com. 20 February 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[10] "'Elite Squad' wins Golden Bear". variety.com. 16 February 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[11] "'Milk of Sorrow' wins Golden Bear". variety.com. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[12] "Polanski, 'Honey' top Berlin". variety.com. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[13] "Iran's "Separation" Wins Berlinale's Golden Bear". indiewire.com. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[14] "Berlin 2012: 'Caesar Must Die' Wins Golden Bear Award". hollywoodreporter.com. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[15] "Berlin: 'Child's Pose' Wins Golden Bear". variety.com. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[16] "Berlin Golden Bear Goes to China's 'Black Coal, Thin Ice,' Jury Prize to 'Grand Budapest Hotel'". variety.com. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[17] "Taking a Taxi to victory: Jafar Panahi wins the Golden Bear". cineuropa.org. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[18] "Italian documentary 'Fire at Sea' wins top prize at Berlin Film Festival". latimes.com. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[19] "'Touch Me Not' Wins Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival". thewrap.com. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[20] "Berlin 2019 winners: 'Synonymes' takes Golden Bear". screendaily.com. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[21] "'There Is No Evil' Wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival". variety.com. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2025.

[22] "Berlinale's Golden Bear Goes to 'Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn'". variety.com. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2025.

[23] "Berlin Film Festival Awards: 'Alcarràs' Wins Golden Bear, Claire Denis Named Best Director". deadline.com. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2025.

[24] "Berlin Film Festival Winners: French Documentary 'On The Adamant' By Nicolas Philibert Wins Golden Bear". deadline.com. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2025.

[25] Roxborough, Scott (24 February 2024). "Mati Diop Doc 'Dahomey' Wins Berlin Golden Bear". The Hollywood Reporter.

[26] Lattanzio, Ryan (22 February 2025). "'Dreams (Sex Love)' Wins Berlinale Golden Bear: See the Full List". IndieWire.

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Silberner Bär/Herausragende künstlerische Leistung (German)
2025 recipient: Lucile Hadžihalilović
Awarded for	Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Country	Germany
Presented by	Berlin International Film Festival
First award	1956
Currently held by	Lucile Hadžihalilović The Ice Tower (2025)
Website	www.berlinale.de