The Golden Bear 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, widely considered among the most prestig
2026 recipient: İlker Çatak
Gene Kelly won for Invitation to the Dance (1956).
Ingmar Bergman won for Wild Strawberries (1958).
Pier Paolo Pasolini won for The Canterbury Tales (1972).
The Golden Lion is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee, as the successor to the earlier Gran Premio Internaziona
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, widely considered among the most prestigious film festival awards. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and…
Roberto Rossellini and Mario Monicelli winning the Golden Lion in 1959 for General Della Rovere and The Great War, respectively
Akira Kurosawa won for Rashomon (1950)
Carl Theodor Dreyer won for Ordet (1955)