Golden Bear

{{Short description|Highest prize awarded at the Berlin International Film Festival}}

{{Other uses}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Golden Bear

| subheader = {{native name|de|Goldener Bär}}

| current_awards =

| image = Dag Johan Haugerud with Golden Bear-1.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = 2025 recipient: Dag Johan Haugerud

| awarded_for =

| presenter = Berlin International Film Festival

| country = Germany

| location = Berlin

| year = 1951

| winner = Dreams (Sex Love) by Dag Johan Haugerud

| website = {{URL|https://www.berlinale.de}}

}}

The Golden Bear ({{langx|de|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,{{Cite news |date=2024-06-04 |title=Where was African joy at Cannes or African humour at Sundance? The big film festivals need to look beyond stereotypes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/04/where-was-african-joy-at-cannes-or-african-humour-at-sundance-the-big-film-festivals-need-to-look-beyond-stereotypes |access-date=2024-08-28 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=2023-05-30 |title=No Documentary Triple Crown, But Cannes Gives Big Platform To Nonfiction Cinema |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/cannes-2023-documentaries-follow-up-1235383047/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Deadline}} the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin.

History

The winners of the first Berlin International Film Festival in 1951 were determined by a West German panel, with five winners of the Golden Bear, divided by categories and genres.{{Cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1951/04_jury_1951/04_Jury_1951.html|title = Juries 1951}}

Between 1952 and 1955, the winners of the Golden Bear were determined by the audience members.

In 1956, the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films formally accredited the festival, and since then, the Golden Bear has been awarded by an international jury.{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1952/04_jury_1952/04_Jury_1952.html|title=- Berlinale – Archive – Annual Archives – 1952 – Juries}}

The award

The statuette shows a bear standing on its hind legs and is based on the 1932 design by German sculptor Renée Sintenis of Berlin's heraldic mascot that later became the symbol of the festival. It has been manufactured since either the first{{cite web|url=https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/culture/berlinale-2020-ten-fascinating-facts|title=Eventful Berlinale|date=February 19, 2020|website=deutschland.de|access-date=April 9, 2020}} or third{{cite web | last=François | first=Emmanuelle | title=The woman behind the Bär | website=Exberliner | date=2 March 2018 | url=https://www.exberliner.com/politics/renee-sintenis/ | access-date=23 September 2022}} edition by art foundry Hermann Noack.{{cite web | title=Making of the bear: Berlin International Film Festival trophy | website=Daily Sabah | date=7 February 2022 | url=https://www.dailysabah.com/gallery/making-of-the-bear-berlin-international-film-festival-trophy/images?gallery_image=81729 | access-date=25 February 2023}}

The original award was redesigned in a larger version in 1960,{{cite web|title=Große kleine Tiere| url=https://www.cicero.de/kultur/berlinale-baer-renee-sintenis-grosse-kleine-tiere/48275|work=Cicero|language=de|access-date=April 9, 2019}} with the left arm of the bear raised as opposed to the right in the former model.{{cite book|last=English|first=James F.| date=2008 |title=The Economy of Prestige: prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vY3UOFDA2sAC&q=Goldener+B%C3%A4r+Renee+Sintenis+1960&pg=PA167|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|publisher=Harvard University Press|pages=167–168|isbn=978-0-674-03043-5}}

{{As of|2010}}, the bear is {{cvt|20|cm}} high and is fixed onto a base where the winning name is engraved.{{cite news|last=Günther| first=Ulrich| date=February 19, 2010| title=Berlinale Cineasten blicken auf den Bären|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/berlinale-2010/berlinale-cineasten-blicken-auf-den-baeren-1942246.html|work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung| language=de |access-date=April 9, 2019}} The figurine consists of a bronze core, which is then plated with a layer of gold. The total weight of the award is {{cvt|4|kg}}.{{cite web|date=February 8, 2010|title=In pictures| url=https://www.novinite.com/inpictures/2652/Three+golden+%27Berlinale%27+bears+seen+at+Noack+casting+company+in+Berlin%2C+Germany%2C+08+February+2010.+Every+bear+weighs+some+four+kilograms+and+consists+of+a+bronze+core%2C+which+is+then+either+plated+with|work=Novinite| access-date=April 9, 2019}}

Winners

Below is a list of all Golden Bear winners since 1951:{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/awards-juries/awards.html/a=golden-bear-feature-length-film/y=1951,2024/o=desc/p=1/rp=40 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=www.berlinale.de |language=en}}File:Gene kelly.jpg won for Invitation to the Dance (1956)]]

File:Ingmar Bergman (1966).jpg won for Wild Strawberries (1958)]]

File:PierPaoloPasolini.jpg won for The Canterbury Tales (1972)]]

File:Satyajit Ray in New York (cropped) (cropped).jpg won for Distant Thunder (1973)]]

File:PER51895 061.jpg won for Veronika Voss (1982)]]

File:John Cassavetes Johnny Staccato 1959.jpg won for Love Streams (1983)]]

File:Ang Lee - Festival (trim crop).jpg won twice for The Wedding Banquet in 1993 and for Sense and Sensibility in 1996.]]

File:Hayao Miyazaki cropped 3 Hayao Miyazaki 201211.jpg won for Spirited Away (2002)]]

File:Asghar Farhadi, Viennale 2009.jpg won for A Separation (2011)]]

File:Adina Pintilie-9078.jpg with the Golden Bear for Touch Me Not in 2018]]

File:Carla Simón Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film 2022 Nr 5.JPG with the Golden Bear for Alcarràs in 2022]]

File:Nicolas Philibert with Golden Bear, Berlinale 2023-1.jpg with the Golden Bear for On the Adamant in 2023]]

File:Mati Diop with Golden Bear of Berlinale 2024-1.jpg with the Golden Bear for Dahomey in 2024]]

=== 1950s ===

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:5%;"| Director

!scope="col" style="width:3%;"| Production Country

rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1951

| {{sort|Four in a Jeep|Four in a Jeep}} (Drama)

| {{sort|Vier im Jeep|Die Vier im Jeep}}

| {{sortname|Leopold|Lindtberg}}

| {{flagicon|Switzerland}}

{{sort|Without Leaving an Address|Without Leaving an Address}} (Comedy)

| {{sort|...Sans laisser d'adresse|...Sans laisser d'adresse}}

| {{sortname|Jean-Paul|Le Chanois}}

| {{flagicon|France}}

colspan="2" | {{sort|In Beaver Valley|In Beaver Valley}} (Documentary)

| {{sortname|James|Algar}}

| {{flagicon|United States}}

{{sort|Justice Is Done|Justice Is Done}} (Thriller & Adventure)

| {{sort|Justice est faite|Justice est faite}}

| {{sortname|André|Cayatte}}

| {{flagicon|France}}

colspan="2" | {{sort|Cinderella|Cinderella}} (Music Film)

| {{sortname|Wilfred|Jackson}}

| {{flagicon|United States}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1952

| {{sort|One Summer of Happiness|One Summer of Happiness}}

| {{sort|Hon dansade en sommar|Hon dansade en sommar}}

| {{sortname|Arne|Mattsson}}

| {{flagicon|Sweden}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1953

| {{sort|Wages of Fear|The Wages of Fear}}

| {{sort|salaire de la peur|Le salaire de la peur}}

| {{sortname|Henri-Georges|Clouzot}}

| {{flagicon|France}} / {{flagicon|Italy}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1954

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Hobson's Choice|Hobson's Choice}}

| {{sortname|David|Lean}}

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1955

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Ratten|Die Ratten}}

| {{sortname|Robert|Siodmak}}

| {{flagicon|West Germany}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1956

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Invitation to the Dance|Invitation to the Dance}}

| {{sortname|Gene|Kelly}}

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|United States}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1957

| colspan="2" | {{sort|12 Angry Men|12 Angry Men}}

| {{sortname|Sidney|Lumet}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1958

| {{sort|Wild Strawberries|Wild Strawberries}}

| {{sort|Smultronstället|Smultronstället}}

| {{sortname|Ingmar|Bergman}}

| {{flagicon|Sweden}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1959

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Cousins|Les Cousins}}

| {{sortname|Claude|Chabrol}}

| {{flagicon|France}}

= 1960s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:5%;"| Director

!scope="col" style="width:3%;"| Production Country

style="text-align:center;" | 1960

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Lazarillo de Tormes|El Lazarillo de Tormes}}

| {{sortname|César Fernández|Ardavín}}

| {{flagicon|Spain}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1961

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Notte|La Notte}}

| {{sortname|Michelangelo|Antonioni}}

| {{flagicon|Italy}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1962

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Kind of Loving|A Kind of Loving}}

| {{sortname|John|Schlesinger}}

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1963

| {{sort|Bushido, Samurai Saga|Bushido, Samurai Saga}}

| {{sort|Bushidō zankoku monogatari|武士道残酷物語}}

| {{sortname|Tadashi|Imai}}

| {{flagicon|Japan}}

{{sort|To Bed or Not to Bed|To Bed or Not to Bed}}

| {{sort|diavolo|Il diavolo}}

| {{sortname|Gian Luigi|Polidoro}}

| {{flagicon|Italy}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1964

| {{sort|Dry Summer|Dry Summer}}

| {{sort|Susuz yaz|Susuz yaz}}

| {{sortname|Metin|Erksan}}

| {{flagicon|Turkey}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1965

| {{sort|Alphaville|Alphaville}}

| {{sort|Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution|Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution}}

| {{sortname|Jean-Luc|Godard}}

| {{flagicon|France}} / {{flagicon|Italy}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1966

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Cul-de-sac|Cul-de-Sac}}

| {{sortname|Roman|Polanski}}

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1967

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Départ|Le Départ}}

| {{sortname|Jerzy|Skolimowski}}

| {{flagicon|Belgium}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1968

| {{sort|Who Saw Him Die?|Who Saw Him Die?}}

| {{sort|Ole dole doff|Ole dole doff}}

| {{sortname|Jan|Troell}}

| {{flagicon|Sweden}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1969

| {{sort|Early Works|Early Works}}

| {{sort|Rani radovi|Rani radovi}}

| {{sortname|Želimir|Žilnik}}

| {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}}

= 1970s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:5%;"| Director

!scope="col" style="width:3%;"| Production Country

style="text-align:center;" | 1970

! colspan="4" style="background-color:#EFD; padding-left:10%" data-sort-value="ω" | No awards given because of the controversy surrounding Michael Verhoeven's anti-war film o.k.{{cite web |title=Berlinale 1970: Prize Winners |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1970/02_programm_1970/02_programm_1970.html |access-date=March 7, 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}{{efn|which led to the resignation of the international jury before the end of the festival.}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1971

| {{sort|Garden of the Finzi-Continis|The Garden of the Finzi-Continis}}

| {{sort|giardino dei Finzi Contini|Il giardino dei Finzi Contini}}

| {{sortname|Vittorio|De Sica}}

| {{flagicon|West Germany}} / {{flagicon|Italy}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1972

| {{sort|Canterbury Tales|The Canterbury Tales}}

| {{sort|racconti di Canterbury|I racconti di Canterbury}}

| {{sortname|Pier Paolo|Pasolini}}

| {{flagicon|Italy}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1973

| {{sort|Distant Thunder|Distant Thunder}}

| {{sort|Ashani Sanket|অশনি সংকেত}}

| {{sortname|Satyajit|Ray}}

| {{flagicon|India}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1974

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz|The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz}}

| {{sortname|Ted|Kotcheff}}

| {{flagicon|Canada}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1975

| {{sort|Adoption|Adoption}}

| {{sort|Örökbefogadás|Örökbefogadás}}

| {{sortname|Márta|Mészáros}}

| {{flagicon|Hungary}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1976

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson|Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson}}

| {{sortname|Robert|Altman}}

| {{flagicon|United States}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1977

| {{sort|Ascent|The Ascent}}

| {{sort|Voskhozhdeniye|Восхождение}}

| {{sortname|Larisa|Shepitko}}

| {{flagicon|Soviet Union}}

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1978

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Ascensor|Ascensor}}

| {{sortname|Tomás|Muñoz|nolink=1}}

| rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|Spain}}

colspan="2" | {{sort|truchas|Las truchas}}

| {{sortname|José Luis|García Sánchez}}

{{sort|Cinderella|What Max Said}}

| {{sort|palabras de Max|Las palabras de Max}}

| {{sortname|Emilio|Martínez-Lázaro}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1979

| colspan="2" | {{sort|David|David}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Lilienthal}}

| {{flagicon|West Germany}}

= 1980s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:5%;"| Director

!scope="col" style="width:3%;"| Production Country

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1980

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Heartland|Heartland}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Pearce|Richard Pearce (film director)}}

| {{flagicon|United States}}

{{sort|Palermo or Wolfsburg|Palermo or Wolfsburg}}

| {{sort|Palermo oder Wolfsburg|Palermo oder Wolfsburg}}

| {{sortname|Werner|Schroeter}}

| {{flagicon|West Germany}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1981

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Deprisa, deprisa|Deprisa, deprisa}}

| {{sortname|Carlos|Saura}}

| {{flagicon|Spain}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1982

| {{sort|Veronika Voss|Veronika Voss}}

| {{sort|Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss|Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss}}

| {{sortname|Rainer Werner|Fassbinder}}

| {{flagicon|West Germany}}

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1983

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Ascendancy|Ascendancy}}

| {{sortname|Edward|Bennett|Edward Bennett (director)}}

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}

colspan="2" | {{sort|colmena|La colmena}}

| {{sortname|Mario|Camus}}

| {{flagicon|Spain}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1984

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Love Streams|Love Streams}}

| {{sortname|John|Cassavetes}}

| {{flagicon|United States}}

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1985

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Wetherby|Wetherby}}

| {{sortname|David|Hare|David Hare (dramatist)}}

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}

{{sort|Woman and the Stranger|The Woman and the Stranger}}

| {{sort|Frau und der Fremde|Die Frau und der Fremde}}

| {{sortname|Rainer|Simon}}

| {{flagicon|East Germany}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1986

|{{sort|Stammheim|Stammheim}}

|Stammheim – Die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht

| {{sortname|Reinhard|Hauff}}

| {{flagicon|West Germany}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1987

| {{sort|Theme|The Theme}}

| {{sort|Tema|Teмa}}

| {{sortname|Gleb|Panfilov}}

| {{flagicon|Soviet Union}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1988

| {{sort|Red Sorghum|Red Sorghum}}

| {{sort|Hóng gāoliáng|红高粱}}

| {{sortname|Zhang|Yimou||Zhang, Yimou}}

| {{flagicon|China}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1989

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Rain Man|Rain Man}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Levinson}}

| {{flagicon|United States}}

= 1990s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:5%;"| Director

!scope="col" style="width:3%;"| Production Country

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1990

| {{sort|Larks on a String|Larks on a String}}

| {{sort|Skřivánci na niti|Skřivánci na niti}}

| {{sortname|Jiří|Menzel}}

| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}}

colspan="2" | {{sort|Music Box|Music Box}}

| Costa-Gavras

| {{flagicon|United States}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1991

| {{sort|House of Smiles|The House of Smiles}}

| {{sort|casa del sorriso|La casa del sorriso}}

| {{sortname|Marco|Ferreri}}

| {{flagicon|Italy}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1992

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Grand Canyon|Grand Canyon}}

| {{sortname|Lawrence|Kasdan}}

| {{flagicon|United States}}

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1993

| {{sort|Wedding Banquet|The Wedding Banquet}}

| {{sort|Xǐyàn|喜宴}}

| {{sortname|Ang|Lee}}

| {{flagicon|Taiwan}} / {{flagicon|United States}}

{{sort|Woman Sesame Oil Maker|Woman Sesame Oil Maker}}

| {{sort|Xiāng hún nǚ|香魂女}}

| {{sortname|Xie|Fei|Xie Fei (director)

|Xie, Fei}}

| {{flagicon|China}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1994

| colspan="2" | {{sort|In the Name of the Father|In the Name of the Father}}

| {{sortname|Jim|Sheridan}}

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} / {{flagicon|Ireland}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1995

| {{sort|Bait|The Bait}}

| {{sort|L'appât|L'appât}}

| {{sortname|Bertrand|Tavernier}}

| {{flagicon|France}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1996

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Sense and Sensibility|Sense and Sensibility}}

| {{sortname|Ang|Lee}}

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|United States}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1997

| colspan="2" | {{sort|People vs. Larry Flynt|The People vs. Larry Flynt}}

| {{sortname|Miloš|Forman}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1998

| {{sort|Central Station|Central Station}}

| {{sort|Central do Brasil|Central do Brasil}}

| {{sortname|Walter|Salles}}

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} / {{flagicon|France}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1999

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Thin Red Line|The Thin Red Line}}

| {{sortname|Terrence|Malick}}

| {{flagicon|United States}}

= 2000s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:5%;"| Director

!scope="col" style="width:3%;"| Production Country

style="text-align:center;" | 2000

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Magnolia|Magnolia}}

| {{sortname|Paul Thomas|Anderson}}

| {{flagicon|United States}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2001

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Intimacy|Intimacy}}

| {{sortname|Patrice|Chéreau}}

| {{flagicon|France}}

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2002

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Bloody Sunday|Bloody Sunday}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Greengrass}}

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} / {{flagicon|Ireland}}

{{sort|Spirited Away|Spirited Away}}

| {{sort|Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi|千と千尋の神隠し}}

| {{sortname|Hayao|Miyazaki}}

| {{flagicon|Japan}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2003

| colspan="2" | {{sort|In This World|In This World}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Winterbottom}}

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2004

| {{sort|Head-On|Head-On}}

| {{sort|Gegen die Wand|Gegen die Wand}}

| {{sortname|Fatih|Akin}}

| {{flagicon|Germany}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2005

| colspan="2" | {{sort|U-Carmen eKhayelitsha|U-Carmen eKhayelitsha}}

| {{sortname|Mark|Dornford-May}}

| {{flagicon|South Africa}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2006

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Grbavica|Grbavica}}

| {{sortname|Jasmila|Žbanić}}

| {{flagicon|Bosnia}} / {{flagicon|Herzegovina}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2007

| {{sort|Tuya's Marriage|Tuya's Marriage}}

| {{sort|túyǎ de hūnshì|图雅的婚事}}

| {{sortname|Wang|Quan'an||Wang, Quan'an}}

| {{flagicon|China}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2008

| {{sort|Elite Squad|Elite Squad}}

| {{sort|Tropa de Elite|Tropa de Elite}}

| {{sortname|José|Padilha}}

| {{flagicon|Brazil}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2009

| {{sort|Milk of Sorrow|The Milk of Sorrow}}

| {{sort|teta asustada|La teta asustada}}

| {{sortname|Claudia|Llosa}}

| {{flagicon|Spain}} / {{flagicon|Peru}}

= 2010s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:5%;"| Director

!scope="col" style="width:3%;"| Production Country

style="text-align:center;" | 2010

| {{sort|Honey|Honey}}

| {{sort|Bal|Bal}}

| {{sortname|Semih|Kaplanoğlu}}

| {{flagicon|Turkey}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2011

| {{sort|Separation|A Separation}}

| {{sort|Jodaí-e Nadér az Simín|جدایی نادر از سیمین}}

| {{sortname|Asghar|Farhadi}}

| {{flagicon|Iran}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2012

| {{sort|Caesar Must Die|Caesar Must Die}}

| {{sort|Cesare deve morire|Cesare deve morire}}

| {{sortname|Paolo and Vittorio|Taviani}}

| {{flagicon|Italy}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2013

| {{sort|Child's Pose|Child's Pose}}

| {{sort|Poziția copilului|Poziția copilului}}

| {{sortname|Călin Peter|Netzer}}

| {{flagicon|Romania}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2014

| {{sort|Black Coal, Thin Ice|Black Coal, Thin Ice}}

| {{sort|Báirì Yànhuǒ|白日焰火}}

| {{sortname|Diao|Yinan||Diao, Yinan}}

| {{flagicon|China}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2015

| {{sort|Taxi|Taxi}}

| {{sort|Taxi|تاکسی}}

| {{sortname|Jafar|Panahi}}

| {{flagicon|Iran}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2016

| {{sort|Fire at Sea|Fire at Sea}}

| {{sort|Fuocoammare|Fuocoammare}}

| {{sortname|Gianfranco|Rosi|Gianfranco Rosi (director)}}

| {{flagicon|Italy}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| {{sort|On Body and Soul|On Body and Soul}}

| {{sort|Testről és lélekről|Testről és lélekről}}

| {{sortname|Ildikó|Enyedi}}

| {{flagicon|Hungary}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2018

| {{sort|Touch Me Not|Touch Me Not}}

| {{sort|Nu mă atinge-mă|Nu mă atinge-mă}}

| {{sortname|Adina|Pintilie}}

| {{flagicon|Romania}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2019

| {{sort|Synonyms|Synonyms}}

| {{sort|Synonymes|Synonymes}}

| {{sortname|Nadav|Lapid}}

| {{flagicon|France}} / {{flagicon|Israel}}

= 2020s =

class="wikitable unsortable"

!scope="col" style="width:1%;" | Year

!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:5%;"| Director

!scope="col" style="width:3%;"| Production Country

style="text-align:center;" | 2020

| {{sort|There Is No Evil|There Is No Evil}}

| {{sort|Sheytan vojud nadarad|شیطان وجود ندارد}}

| {{sortname|Mohammad|Rasoulof}}

| {{flagicon|Iran}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2021

| {{sort|Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn|Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn}}

| {{sort|Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc|Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc}}

| {{sortname|Radu|Jude}}

| {{flagicon|Romania}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2022

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Alcarràs|Alcarràs}}

| {{sortname|Carla|Simón}}

| {{flagicon|Spain}} / {{flagicon|Italy}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2023

| {{sort|On the Adamant|On the Adamant}}

| {{sort|On the Adamant|Sur l'Adamant}}

| {{sortname|Nicolas|Philibert}}

| {{flagicon|France}} / {{flagicon|Japan}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2024

| colspan="2" | {{sort|Dahomey|Dahomey}}

| {{sortname|Mati|Diop}}

| {{flagicon|France}} / {{flagicon|Senegal}} / {{flagicon|Benin}}

2025

|Dreams (Sex Love)

|Drømmer

|Dag Johan Haugerud

|{{flagicon|Norway}}

Multiple winners

As of 2025, Ang Lee is the only filmmaker to win the award twice, for The Wedding Banquet in 1993 and for Sense and Sensibility in 1996.

See also

Notes

References

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