Berlin International Film Festival

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Awards

No Other Land

2025•Award

Harun Abu Aram, a resident of Masafer Yatta, was shot by an Israeli soldier while trying to protect his electric generator, leaving him paralyzed.

No Other Land

2025 • Award

Sans Soleil

1983•Award

A fictitious cameraman named Sandor Krasna reflects on memories and experiences across San Francisco, Iceland, and Guinea-Bissau, exploring the nature of memory.

Sans Soleil

1983 • Award

Fire at Sea

2016•Award

Lampedusa's daily life collides with the migrant crisis's stark realities.

Fire at Sea

2016 • Award

Shoah

1986•Award

Over nine hours, Claude Lanzmann interviews survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators at Holocaust sites across Poland, including extermination camps.

Shoah

1986 • Award

Caesar Must Die

2012•Award

Prisoners explore identity and struggle through Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Caesar Must Die

2012 • Award

The Pearl Button

2015•Award

2,670 miles of coastline define Chile's geography, connecting the stories of indigenous tribes and victims of the Pinochet regime to the ocean's depths.

The Pearl Button

2015 • Award

Dahomey

•Award

Twenty-six royal artifacts from the Kingdom of Dahomey were returned to Benin after being held in a Paris museum for over a century.

Dahomey

Year unknown • Award

On the Adamant

2023•Award

L'Adamant Day Center, a floating facility on the Seine River in Paris, provides therapeutic support for adults with mental disorders through workshops and community engagement.

On the Adamant

2023 • Award

The Cruise

1998•Award

Timothy "Speed" Levitch leads bus tours through New York City, offering rapid-fire narratives and unique observations against the Manhattan skyline.

The Cruise

1998 • Award

Orlando, My Political Biography

2024•Award

Twenty-six contemporary trans and non-binary individuals portray Orlando, the character from Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel, in a reimagining of the story.

Orlando, My Political Biography

2024 • Award

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

1990•Award

A 48-foot memorial quilt displays panels honoring individuals who died from AIDS, featuring personal stories and statistics about the epidemic.

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

1990 • Award

We

2021•Award

The RER B train in Paris features personal stories from residents Sylvain Verdet, Ismael Soumaïla Sissoko, and Nathalie Vidal about urban and suburban life.

2021 • Award

Talking About Trees

2019•Award

Four filmmakers reunite in Khartoum to restore the Halfaia Cinema, a theater founded in 1989 that has fallen into neglect.

Talking About Trees

2019 • Award

The Echo

•Award

Children in the village of El Echo tend to sheep and care for their elders while facing frost and drought throughout the changing seasons.

The Echo

Year unknown • Award

Blindsight

2007•Award

Six blind Tibetan teenagers attempt to climb Lhakpa-Ri, a peak of Mount Everest, guided by Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to summit Everest.

Blindsight

2007 • Award

Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology

2011•Award

Four years of production culminated in a film that intertwines Tiffany Shlain's high-risk pregnancy with her father's battle with brain cancer.

Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology

2011 • Award

Myanmar Diaries

•Award

Following the February 1, 2021 coup, citizens of Myanmar express their struggles against military rule through personal stories and artistic expression.

Myanmar Diaries

Year unknown • Award

Budrus

•Award

A 15-year-old girl inspires her community and draws international attention as her father leads a movement to protect their village from destruction.

Budrus

Year unknown • Award

Faruk

•Award

Over 90 years old, a man becomes the focus of his daughter's film about the demolition of his block of flats in Istanbul.

Faruk

Year unknown • Award

Official Selections

March of the Penguins

2005•Official selection

Emperor penguins travel over 100 kilometers from the ocean to their breeding grounds in Antarctica, facing extreme cold and harsh conditions.

March of the Penguins

2005 • Official selection

Koyaanisqatsi

1983•Official selection

Urban life in the United States contrasts sharply with natural landscapes, revealing the effects of technology on society and the environment through visuals and Philip Glass's music.

Koyaanisqatsi

1983 • Official selection

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

2011•Official selection

Jiro Ono, a master sushi chef at Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo, demonstrates culinary precision while his son Yoshikazu faces the pressures of family legacy.

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

2011 • Official selection

Jagal: The Act of Killing

2013•Official selection

In a country where killers are heroes, death squad leader Anwar Congo and his friends reenact their roles in the 1965–66 Indonesian genocide. “I have not come across a documentary as powerful, surreal, and frightening in a decade.” - Werner Herzog

Jagal: The Act of Killing

2013 • Official selection

Paris Is Burning

1991•Official selection

Over six years, Jennie Livingston filmed the ball culture of New York City, capturing the lives of African American and Latino participants in the 1980s.

Paris Is Burning

1991 • Official selection

I Am Not Your Negro

•Official selection

James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript, "Remember This House," reflects on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.

I Am Not Your Negro

Year unknown • Official selection

Buena Vista Social Club

1999•Official selection

Two nights of concerts at Amsterdam's Royal Theater Carré in April 1998 feature legendary Cuban musicians performing for a global audience.

Buena Vista Social Club

1999 • Official selection

TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay - Away from Keyboard

2013•Official selection

Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, and Gottfrid Svartholm, co-founders of The Pirate Bay, confront legal challenges and pressure from Hollywood studios following their trial.

TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay - Away from Keyboard

2013 • Official selection

No Other Land

2024•Official selection

Harun Abu Aram, a resident of Masafer Yatta, was shot by an Israeli soldier while trying to protect his electric generator, leaving him paralyzed.

No Other Land

2024 • Official selection

The Look of Silence

2015•Official selection

480 public screenings of the film took place across Indonesia on International Human Rights Day in 2014, including a premiere in Jakarta attended by 2,000 people.

The Look of Silence

2015 • Official selection

Roger & Me

1990•Official selection

General Motors reduced its workforce in Flint, Michigan, from 80,000 in 1978 to about 50,000 by 1992 after closing several auto plants.

Roger & Me

1990 • Official selection

Side by Side

2012•Official selection

69 cast members, including directors like James Cameron and Martin Scorsese, discuss the shift from traditional film to digital filmmaking.

Side by Side

2012 • Official selection

Pina

2011•Official selection

Four major dance pieces choreographed by Pina Bausch are performed by her company, Tanztheater Wuppertal, shortly after her death in 2009.

Pina

2011 • Official selection

Marley

2012•Official selection

Bob Marley, born in Nine Mile, Jamaica, rose to fame as a reggae icon through his music with The Wailers and his connection to the Rastafari movement.

Marley

2012 • Official selection

Zero Days

2016•Official selection

Stuxnet, a computer virus discovered in 2010, was designed to sabotage Iran's nuclear program but spread uncontrollably, raising cybersecurity concerns.

Zero Days

2016 • Official selection

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

2005•Official selection

Three months into recording their new album, frontman James Hetfield enters rehab for alcoholism, leaving the band's future uncertain.

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

2005 • Official selection

It Might Get Loud

2009•Official selection

Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White discuss their musical paths and the electric guitar's role in shaping their distinctive styles.

It Might Get Loud

2009 • Official selection

Casting JonBenet

•Official selection

The unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado, continues to influence media narratives and public perception two decades later.

Casting JonBenet

Year unknown • Official selection

Armadillo

2010•Official selection

Five Taliban fighters are killed during a patrol by Danish soldiers in Afghanistan, with graphic scenes of their bodies being pulled from a ditch.

Armadillo

2010 • Official selection

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

2000•Official selection

Three teenage boys were convicted in 1994 for the murders of three children in West Memphis, Arkansas, as part of an alleged satanic ritual.

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

2000 • Official selection

Little Girl

2020•Official selection

Seven-year-old Sasha, assigned male at birth, has known she is a girl since the age of four and faces challenges in transitioning in rural France.

Little Girl

2020 • Official selection

I Am Bolt

2017•Official selection

Nine gold medals were won by Usain Bolt, the fastest man in recorded history, during his Olympic career.

I Am Bolt

2017 • Official selection

Generation Wealth

2018•Official selection

Over 25 years, Lauren Greenfield documents how American culture increasingly equates personal worth with material possessions and appearance.

Generation Wealth

2018 • Official selection

Strong Island

•Official selection

William Ford, a 24-year-old teacher, was murdered in April 1992, and an all-white grand jury in Suffolk County chose not to indict his shooter.

Strong Island

Year unknown • Official selection

Winnebago Man

2009•Official selection

Twenty years after a series of outtakes from a Winnebago sales video went viral, filmmaker Ben Steinbauer tracks down the man behind the infamous clips.

Winnebago Man

2009 • Official selection

Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

2014•Official selection

Noam Chomsky engages in animated conversations about language, politics, and philosophy, illustrated through hand-drawn animation by Michel Gondry.

Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

2014 • Official selection

TINA

2021•Official selection

1.1 million viewers watched the documentary during its premiere on HBO, marking the best ratings for an HBO documentary since 2019.

TINA

2021 • Official selection

The Age of Stupid

2010•Official selection

In 2055, a man reviews archival footage from 2008 while living in a world devastated by climate change, where London is flooded and Sydney is burning.

The Age of Stupid

2010 • Official selection

Biggie & Tupac

2002•Official selection

$25,000 was allegedly offered to a law enforcement officer to kill Biggie Smalls, according to a former Death Row bodyguard in the film.

Biggie & Tupac

2002 • Official selection

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The record, year by year

Every Berlin International Film Festival title we index, 1980 to 2026: 23 awards, 13 nominations and 278 official selections across 40 years.

2026

1 official selection in our catalogue

2025

Award

No Other Land

14 official selections in our catalogue

2024

Award

Orlando, My Political Biography

42 official selections in our catalogue

2023

Award

On the Adamant

35 official selections in our catalogue

2022

20 official selections in our catalogue

2021

Award

Nomination

Courage

3 official selections in our catalogue

2020

8 official selections in our catalogue

2019

Award

Talking About Trees

Nominations

8 official selections in our catalogue

2018

Nomination

System Error

13 official selections in our catalogue

2017

10 official selections in our catalogue

2016

Award

Fire at Sea

Nomination

Mariupolis

12 official selections in our catalogue

2015

Award

The Pearl Button

4 official selections in our catalogue

2014

9 official selections in our catalogue

2013

8 official selections in our catalogue

2012

Award

Caesar Must Die

7 official selections in our catalogue

2011

Award

Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology

6 official selections in our catalogue

2010

7 official selections in our catalogue

2009

8 official selections in our catalogue

2008

4 official selections in our catalogue

2007

Award

Blindsight

3 official selections in our catalogue

2006

2 official selections in our catalogue

2005

6 official selections in our catalogue

2004

3 official selections in our catalogue

2003

2 official selections in our catalogue

2002

2 official selections in our catalogue

2000

3 official selections in our catalogue

1999

3 official selections in our catalogue

1998

Award

The Cruise

1995

1 official selection in our catalogue

1994

1 official selection in our catalogue

1993

1 official selection in our catalogue

1992

2 official selections in our catalogue

1991

2 official selections in our catalogue

1990

Award

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

2 official selections in our catalogue

1988

1 official selection in our catalogue

1987

1 official selection in our catalogue

1986

Award

Shoah

1 official selection in our catalogue

1983

Award

Sans Soleil

2 official selections in our catalogue

1982

1 official selection in our catalogue

1980

2 official selections in our catalogue

How this was compiled. Our editors assembled this record together with Wikidata's structured claims (award received P166, nominated for P1411, official selection P5072), festival names and years drawn from published Wikipedia articles, and our own web research. Some entries were extracted automatically and have not yet been independently corroborated.

It describes the films we index, not the festival: a year showing one award means one award-winning title in our index, not that the festival gave one award. A further 28 entries carry no year and are not shown above.