The winners of the 2026 Berlin Festival have been revealed. German-Turkish filmmaker İlker Çatak won the Golden Bear for the political drama "Yellow Letters". The second most prestigious award, the Grand Jury Prize, went to Emin Alper's "Salvation".
The third place Jury Prize went to Lance Hammer for his new film "Queen at Sea", which also took home the Best Supporting Performance award for Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall. Oscar-nominated German actress Sandra Huller won Best Leading Performance for her performance in Markus Schleinzer's historical tragedy "Rose".
British music video and documentary helmer Grant Gee nabbed the Best Director trophy for his debut narrative feature "Everybody Digs Bill Evans", while Best Screenplay went to Québécois director Geneviève Dulude-De Celles for her sophomore feature "Nina Roza".
Read the complete list of 2026 Berlin Film Festival winners after the jump.
MAIN COMPETITION
Golden Bear for Best Film:
“Yellow Letters,” İlker Çatak
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize:
“Salvation,” Emin Alper
Silver Bear Jury Prize:
“Queen at Sea,” Lance Hammer
Silver Bear for Best Director:
“Everybody Digs Bill Evans,” Grant Gee
Silver Bear for Best Lead Performance:
“Rose,” Sandra Hüller
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance:
“Queen at Sea,” Anna Calder-Marshall and Tom Courtenay
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay:
“Nina Roza,” Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution:
“Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird),” Anna Fitch and Banker White
PERSPECTIVES COMPETITION
GWFF Best First Feature Award:
“Chronicles From the Siege,” Abdallah Alkhatib
Special Mention (Coup de Coeur):
“Forest High,” Manon Coubia
BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Best Documentary:
“If Pigeons Turned to Gold,” Pepa Lubojacki
Special Mentions:
“Tutu,” Sam Pollard; “Sometimes I Imagine Them All at a Party,” Daniela Magnani Hüller
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Golden Bear for Best Short Film:
“Someday a Child,” Marie-Rose Osta
Silver Bear for Best Short Film:
“A Woman’s Place is Everywhere,” Fanny Texier
Berlinale Shorts Filmmaker Award:
“Kleptomania,” Jingkai Qu
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARDS
Audience Award (Fiction):
“Prosecution,” Faraz Sharia
First Runner-up:
“Four Minus Three,” Adrian Goiginger
Second Runner-up:
“Mouse,” Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson
Audience Award (Documentary): “Traces,” Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk
First Runner-up:
“The Other Side of the Sun,” Tawfik Sabouni
Second Runner-up:
“Bucks Harbor,” Pete Muller
GENERATION COMPETITION
International Jury
Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation Kplus:
“Gugu’s World,” Allan Deberton
Special Mention:
“Atlas of the Universe,” Paul Negoescu
Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation Kplus:
“Spi,” Navroz Shaban
Special Mention:
“Under the Wave off Little Dragon,” Luo Jian
Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation 14plus:
“Sad Girlz,” Fernanda Tovar
Special Mention:
“Matapanki,” Diego Mapache Fuentes
Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation 14plus:
“The Thread,” Fenn O’Meally
Special Mention:
“Memories of a Window,” Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar
Youth Jury
Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation Kplus:
“Gugu’s World,” Allan Deberton
Special Mention:
“Not a Hero,” Rima Das
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film in Generation Kplus:
“Whale 52 – Suite for Man, Boy, and Whale,” Daniel Neiden
Special Mention:
“Under the Wave off Little Dragon,” Luo Jian
Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14plus:
“Sad Girlz,” Fernanda Tovar
Special Mention:
“A Family,” Mees Peijnenburg
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film in Generation 14plus:
”Memories of a Window,” Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar
Special Mention:
”Nobody Knows the World,” Roddy Dextre
TEDDY AWARDS
Best Feature Film:
“Ivan & Hadoum,” Ian de la Rosa
Best Documentary:
“Barbara Forever,” Brydie O’Connor
Best Short Film:
“Taxi Moto,” Gaël Kamilindi
Jury Award:
“Trial of Hein,” Kai Stänicke
Special Award:
Céline Sciamma
FIPRESCI AWARDS
Competition:
“Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Perspectives:
“Animol,” Ashley Walters
Panorama:
“Narciso,” Marcelo Martinessi
Forum:
“AnyMart,” Yusuke Iwasaki
ECUMENICAL JURY AWARDS
Competition:
“Flies,” Fernando Eimbcke
Panorama:
“Bucks Harbor,” Pete Muller
Forum:
“River Dreams,“ Kristina Mikhailova
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS AWARD
“Four Minus Three,” Adrian Goiginger
PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ARTHOUSE CINEMAS
“Yellow Letters,” İlker Çatak
Special Mention:
“The Loneliest Man in Town,” Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
READERS’ JURIES
Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Award:
“Flies,” Fernando Eimbcke
Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award:
“I Built a Rocket Imagining Your Arrival,” Janaína Marques
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
“If Pigeons Turned to Gold,” Pepa Lubojacki
PEACE FILM PRIZE
“Tutu,” Sam Pollard
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD
“What Will I Become?,” Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
“Prosecution,” Faraz Shariat
PRIZE AG KINO – GILDE – CINEMA VISION 14PLUS
“What Will I Become?,” Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos
Special Mention:
”Sunny Dancer,” George Jaques
C.I.C.A.E. Art Cinema Award
“Prosecution,” Faraz Shariat
“On Our Own,” Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
Golden Bear for Best Film:
“Yellow Letters,” İlker Çatak
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize:
“Salvation,” Emin Alper
Silver Bear Jury Prize:
“Queen at Sea,” Lance Hammer
Silver Bear for Best Director:
“Everybody Digs Bill Evans,” Grant Gee
Silver Bear for Best Lead Performance:
“Rose,” Sandra Hüller
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance:
“Queen at Sea,” Anna Calder-Marshall and Tom Courtenay
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay:
“Nina Roza,” Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution:
“Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird),” Anna Fitch and Banker White
PERSPECTIVES COMPETITION
GWFF Best First Feature Award:
“Chronicles From the Siege,” Abdallah Alkhatib
Special Mention (Coup de Coeur):
“Forest High,” Manon Coubia
BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Best Documentary:
“If Pigeons Turned to Gold,” Pepa Lubojacki
Special Mentions:
“Tutu,” Sam Pollard; “Sometimes I Imagine Them All at a Party,” Daniela Magnani Hüller
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Golden Bear for Best Short Film:
“Someday a Child,” Marie-Rose Osta
Silver Bear for Best Short Film:
“A Woman’s Place is Everywhere,” Fanny Texier
Berlinale Shorts Filmmaker Award:
“Kleptomania,” Jingkai Qu
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARDS
Audience Award (Fiction):
“Prosecution,” Faraz Sharia
First Runner-up:
“Four Minus Three,” Adrian Goiginger
Second Runner-up:
“Mouse,” Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson
Audience Award (Documentary): “Traces,” Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk
First Runner-up:
“The Other Side of the Sun,” Tawfik Sabouni
Second Runner-up:
“Bucks Harbor,” Pete Muller
GENERATION COMPETITION
International Jury
Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation Kplus:
“Gugu’s World,” Allan Deberton
Special Mention:
“Atlas of the Universe,” Paul Negoescu
Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation Kplus:
“Spi,” Navroz Shaban
Special Mention:
“Under the Wave off Little Dragon,” Luo Jian
Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation 14plus:
“Sad Girlz,” Fernanda Tovar
Special Mention:
“Matapanki,” Diego Mapache Fuentes
Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation 14plus:
“The Thread,” Fenn O’Meally
Special Mention:
“Memories of a Window,” Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar
Youth Jury
Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation Kplus:
“Gugu’s World,” Allan Deberton
Special Mention:
“Not a Hero,” Rima Das
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film in Generation Kplus:
“Whale 52 – Suite for Man, Boy, and Whale,” Daniel Neiden
Special Mention:
“Under the Wave off Little Dragon,” Luo Jian
Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14plus:
“Sad Girlz,” Fernanda Tovar
Special Mention:
“A Family,” Mees Peijnenburg
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film in Generation 14plus:
”Memories of a Window,” Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar
Special Mention:
”Nobody Knows the World,” Roddy Dextre
TEDDY AWARDS
Best Feature Film:
“Ivan & Hadoum,” Ian de la Rosa
Best Documentary:
“Barbara Forever,” Brydie O’Connor
Best Short Film:
“Taxi Moto,” Gaël Kamilindi
Jury Award:
“Trial of Hein,” Kai Stänicke
Special Award:
Céline Sciamma
FIPRESCI AWARDS
Competition:
“Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Perspectives:
“Animol,” Ashley Walters
Panorama:
“Narciso,” Marcelo Martinessi
Forum:
“AnyMart,” Yusuke Iwasaki
ECUMENICAL JURY AWARDS
Competition:
“Flies,” Fernando Eimbcke
Panorama:
“Bucks Harbor,” Pete Muller
Forum:
“River Dreams,“ Kristina Mikhailova
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS AWARD
“Four Minus Three,” Adrian Goiginger
PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ARTHOUSE CINEMAS
“Yellow Letters,” İlker Çatak
Special Mention:
“The Loneliest Man in Town,” Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
READERS’ JURIES
Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Award:
“Flies,” Fernando Eimbcke
Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award:
“I Built a Rocket Imagining Your Arrival,” Janaína Marques
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
“If Pigeons Turned to Gold,” Pepa Lubojacki
PEACE FILM PRIZE
“Tutu,” Sam Pollard
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD
“What Will I Become?,” Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
“Prosecution,” Faraz Shariat
PRIZE AG KINO – GILDE – CINEMA VISION 14PLUS
“What Will I Become?,” Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos
Special Mention:
”Sunny Dancer,” George Jaques
C.I.C.A.E. Art Cinema Award
“Prosecution,” Faraz Shariat
“On Our Own,” Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
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