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The Silver Bear for the Best Short Film is the second place in the short film competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.
| Year | Film | Director | Country |
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| 1950s | |||
| 1956 | Rythmetic | Norman McLaren | Canada |
| 1957 | Plitvicka jezera | Dragoslav Holub | Yugoslavia |
| 1958 | Glas | Bert Haanstra | Netherlands |
| 1959 | Das Knalleidoskop | Herbert Hunger | West Germany |
| 1960s | |||
| 1960 | Diario | Juan Berend | Argentina |
| 1961 | Chimichimito | José Martín | Venezuela |
| 1962 | Le grand Magal de Touba | Blaise Senghor | Senegal |
| 1963 | Tori | Erkko Kivikoski | Finland |
| 1964 | Sunday Lark | Sanford Semel | United States |
| 1965 | Een zondag op het eiland van de Grande Jatte | Frans Weisz | Netherlands |
| 1966 | Rosalie | Walerian Borowczyk | France |
| 1967 | Fleá Ceoil | Louis Marcus | Ireland |
| 1968 | Krek | Borivoj Dovniković-Bordo | Yugoslavia |
| 1969 | Presadjivanje osecanja | Dejan Djurković | Yugoslavia |
| 1970s | |||
| 1971 | Il continuo | Vlatko Gilić | Yugoslavia |
| 1972 | The Selfish Giant | Peter Sander | Canada |
| 1973 | 1501 1/2 | Paul B. Price | United States |
| 1975 | SSS | Václav Bedřich | Czechoslovakia |
| 1976 | Trains | Caleb Deschanel | United States |
| 1977 | Etuda o zkousce | Evald Schorm | Czechoslovakia |
| 1978 | Une vieille soupière | Michel Longuet | France |
| 1979 | Phantom | René Perraudin and Uwe Schrader | West Germany |
| 1980s | |||
| 1980 | Rod Gröth | Jörg Moser-Metius | West Germany |
| 1981 | Ter land, ter zee en in de lucht | Paul Driessen | Netherlands |
| 1982 | San ge heshang | A Da (Xu Jingda) | China |
| 1983 | Was das Leben so verspricht | Egon Haase | West Germany |
| 1984 | Yu bang xiang zheng | Hu Jinqing | China |
| 1985 | Paradise | Ishu Patel | Canada |
| 1986 | Auguszta etet | Csaba Varga | Hungary |
| 1987 | Luxo Jr. | John Lasseter | United States |
| 1988 | Láska na první pohled | Pavel Koutský | Czechoslovakia |
| 1989 | Údel | Jaroslava Havettová | Czechoslovakia |
| 1990s | |||
| 1990 | Ilha das Flores | Jorge Furtado | Brazil |
| 1991 | Posledních 100 let Marx-Leninismu v Cechách | Pavel Koutský | Czechoslovakia |
| 1993 | At zije mys! | Pavel Koutský | Czech Republic |
| 1994 | Balthazar | Christophe Fraipont | France |
| 1996 | Maalaislääkäri | Katariina Lillqvist | Finland |
| 1997 | Late at Night | Stefanie Jordan, Stefanie Saghri and Claudia Zoller | Germany |
| 1998 | Cinema Alcázar | Florence Jaugey | Nicaragua |
| 1999 | Desserts | Jeff Stark | England |
| 2000s | |||
| 2000 | Média | Pavel Koutský | Czech Republic |
| 2001 | Jungle Jazz: Public Enemy #1 | Frank Fitzpatrick | United States |
| 2002 | Bror min | Jens Jonsson | Sweden |
| 2003 | En ausencia | Lucía Cedrón | Argentina |
| 2004 | Vet! | Karin Junger and Brigit Hillenius | Netherlands |
| 2005 | Jam Session | Izabela Plucinska | Germany |
| 2006 | Gratte-papier | Guillaume Martinez | France |
| 2007 | Mei | Arvin Chen | Taiwan |
| 2008 | Udedh Bun | Siddharth Sinha | India |
| 2009 | Jade | Daniel Elliott | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | |||
| 2010 | Hayerida | Shai Miedzinski | Israel |
| 2011 | Pu-seo-jin bam | Hyo-joo Yang | South Korea |
| 2012 | Gurêto rabitto | Atsushi Wada | Japan |
| 2013 | Die Ruhe bleibt | Stefan Kriekhaus | Germany |
| 2014 | Laborat | Guillaume Cailleau | Germany |
| 2015 | Bad at Dancing | Joanna Arnow | United States |
| 2016 | A Man Returned | Mahdi Fleifel | Denmark |
| 2017 | Ensueño en la Pradera | Esteban Arrangoiz Julien | Mexico |
| 2018 | Imfura | Samuel Ishimwe | Rwanda |
| 2019 | Blue Boy | Manuel Abramovich | Argentina |
| 2020 | Filipiñana | Rafael Manuel | Philippines |
| 2021 | Xia Wu Guo Qu Le Yi Ban | Zhang Dalei | China |
| 2022 | Manhã der Domingo | Bruno Ribeiro | Brazil |
| 2023 | Dipped in Black | Matthew Thorne and Derik Lynch | Germany; Australia |
The 56th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 19 February 2006. The festival opened with Snow Cake by Marc Evans. Digitally restored version of Sam Peckinpah's 1972 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid served as the closing film. British actress Charlotte Rampling was selected as the head of the jury. The Golden Bear was awarded to Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams directed by Jasmila Žbanić.
George Sluizer was a French-born Dutch filmmaker whose credits included features as well as documentary films.
The Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europe's "Big Three" film festivals alongside the Venice Film Festival held in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival held in France. Furthermore, it is one of the "Big Five", the most prestigious film festivals in the world. The festival regularly draws tens of thousands of visitors each year.
The 5th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June to 5 July 1955. This year's festival did not give any official jury prizes, instead awards were given by audience voting. This continued until the FIAPF granted Berlin "A-Status" in 1956. The Golden Bear was awarded to Die Ratten by audience vote.
The 6th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June to 3 July 1956. The FIAPF granted the festival the "A status" during this year, which was previously only reserved for Cannes and Venice. The awards for the first time, were given by an international jury.
The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June – 7 July 1959. The festival welcomed the cinematic movement known as the New Wave and screened the work of directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda and François Truffaut. The Golden Bear was awarded to the French film Les Cousins directed by Claude Chabrol.
The 14th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 7 July 1964.
The 55th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10–20, 2005. Man to Man by Régis Wargnier served as opening night film. The festival closed with Kinsey by Bill Condon. The Golden Bear was awarded to South African film U-Carmen eKhayelitsha directed by Mark Dornford-May.
The 54th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5–15 February 2004. The festival opened with out of competition film Cold Mountain by Anthony Minghella. 25 Degrees in Winter by Stéphane Vuillet served as the closing film. The Golden Bear was awarded to German-Turkish film Head-On directed by Fatih Akın.
The 53rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6–16, 2003. The festival opened with musical film Chicago by Rob Marshall and closed with Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, both films played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to British film In This World directed by Michael Winterbottom.
The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 February 2015, with American film director Darren Aronofsky as the President of the Jury. German film director Wim Wenders was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The first seven films of the festival were announced on 15 December 2014. Isabel Coixet's Nobody Wants the Night was announced as the opening film.
The Golden Bear for the Best Short Film is the most important award in the short film competition of the Berlin International Film Festival.
The 66th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2016, with American actress Meryl Streep as the President of the Jury. The Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement was presented to German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus. Hail, Caesar!, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, was selected to open the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian documentary Fire at Sea, directed by Gianfranco Rosi, which also serves as closing night film.
The 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 18 February 2017 with Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven as President of the Jury. Django, directed by Etienne Comar, opened the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Hungarian film On Body and Soul directed by Ildikó Enyedi, which also served as closing film of the festival.
Berlinale Talents, formerly Berlinale Talent Campus, is the talent development programme of the Berlin International Film Festival. An annual summit and networking platform for 200 outstanding creatives from the fields of film and drama series, the events take place in February at the three venues of HAU Hebbel am Ufer Theatre in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Berlinale Talents is organized and directed by Florian Weghorn and Nikola Joetze as project manager.
The 68th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 15 to 25 February 2018. German filmmaker Tom Tykwer served as Jury President. American film director Wes Anderson's animated film Isle of Dogs opened the festival, becoming first animated film to open the fest. The Romanian film Touch Me Not directed by Adina Pintilie won the Golden Bear, which also served as the closing night film.
The 69th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 7 to 17 February 2019. French actress Juliette Binoche served as the Jury President. Lone Scherfig's drama film The Kindness of Strangers opened the festival. The Golden Bear was won by Israeli-French drama Synonyms directed by Nadav Lapid, which also served as the closing film of the festival.
The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 20 February to 1 March 2020. It was the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival heads, business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian. The festival opened with the opening gala presented by actor Samuel Finzi followed by the world premiere of the film My Salinger Year which was selected for the Berlinale Special section. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Iranian film There Is No Evil, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof.
The 71st annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 1 to 5 March 2021 as a virtual festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An in-person event has also been tentatively scheduled for June, pending the resolution of the COVID-19 issue.
The 72nd annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, took place from 10 to 20 February 2022 in person. On 15 December 2021 the first film of the festival was announced. The festival opened with François Ozon's drama film Peter von Kant. Isabelle Huppert was awarded Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement on 15 February 2022 at the Berlinale Palast award ceremony. Her film by Laurent Larivière, À propos de Joan was also screened.