76th Berlin International Film Festival Line-Up - In Progress

The first winners are known and will update post as soon as new awards are announced.

Post will be In Progress until after the awards ceremony next Saturday, February 22nd.

2026 Berlinale Winners List

Golden Bear for Best Film:

Silver Bear Jury Grand Prize:
Silver Bear Jury Prize:

Silver Bear for Best Director:

Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance:
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance:

Silver Bear for Best Screenplay:

Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution:

Best First Feature Award:
Special Mention

Documentary Award:
Special Mention:

Short Films
Golden Bear:
Silver Bear:
Filmmaker Award:
Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards:

Generation

Generation Kplus
Prizes of Children's Jury
Crystal Bear for Best Film:
Special Mention:
Crystal Bear for Best Short Film:
Special Mention:
Prizes of the International Jury
Crystal Bear for Best Film:
Special Mention:
Crystal Bear for Best Short Film:
Special Mention:

Generation 14plus
Prizes of Children's Jury
Crystal Bear for Best Film:
Special Mention:
Crystal Bear for Best Short Film:
Special Mention:
Prizes of the International Jury
Grand Prix for Best Film:
Special Mention:
Special Prize for Best Short Film:
Special Mention:

Collateral Awards

FIPRESCI Awards
Competition:
Perspectives:
Panorama:
Forum:

Ecumenical Jury Awards
Competition:
Panorama:
Forum:

AG Kino - Gilde - Cinema Vision 14Plus:
Special Mention:

Amnesty International Film Award:
Caligari Film Prize:

Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai (CICAE)
Panorama:
Forum:

Europa Cinema Label:

Prize of the Guild of German Arthouse cinemas:
Special Mention:

Heiner Carow Prize:

Peace Film Prize:
Special Mention:

Teddy Awards
Best Film:
Jury Award:
Best Documentary:
Best Short Film:
Special Teddy: Céline Sciamma

Development Awards

Berlinale Co-Production Market
Euroimages Co-Production Development Award: Liberations, Laurynas Bareiša, Lithuania
Generation Z Audience Award: Cura Sana, Lucía G. Romero, Spain

VFF Talent Highlight Award: The Most Romantic Man in the World, Simon Jaquemet, Switzerland
Nomination prizes
Yulia Evina Bhara, Indonesia
Gary Granner, Norway

EFM Distributor Award: Ştefan Bradea and Monica Felea from Bad Unicorn, Romania

ArteKino International Award: Lotus Feet, Amanda Nell Eu, Malaysia
World Cinema Fund Audience Strategies Award:

Talents Footprints

Audience Awards

Panorama Audience Awards
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:

Prize Winner Documentary Film
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:

Reader's Juries
Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Jury Award:
Tagesspiegel Readers' Jury Award:

Honorary Golden Bear: Michelle Yeoh
Berlinale Camera: Haile Gerima and Max Richter

To check winners of Independent Juries at official site go here.