Berlinale 2026 winners

Golden Bear Jury Prize
YELLOW LETTERS by İlker Çatak
Co-produced by Nadir Öperli (ACE Turkey), Carole Scotta (ACE France)

Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
SALVATION by Emin Alper
Produced by Nadir Öperli (ACE Turkey)
Co-produced by Miléna Poylo (ACE France), Stienette Bosklopper (ACE The Netherlands), Yorgos Tsourgiannis (ACE Greece)

Best Director
EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS by Grant Gee
Produced by Janine Marmot (ACE United Kingdom), Alan Maher (ACE Ireland)

Best Leading Performance
Sandra Hüller for ROSE by Markus Schleinzer
Produced by Johannes Schubert (ACE Austria), Karsten Stöter (ACE Germany)

Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Geneviève Dulude-de Celles for NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles
Co-produced by Nikolay Mutafchiev (ACE Bulgaria)

Perspectives GWFF First Feature Award Special Mention
FOREST HIGH by Manon Coubia
Co-produced by Charlotte Vincent (ACE France)

Generation Crystal Bear for Best Film Special Mention
A FAMILY by Mees Peijnenburg
Produced by Iris Otten (ACE The Netherlands)

Generation Special Mention Kplus
ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu
Produced by Radu Stancu (ACE Romania)

Teddy Award for Best Film
IVÁN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa
Produced by Emilia Fort (ACE Spain), Jan Krüger (ACE Germany)