The Silver Bear for the Best Short Film is the second most prestigious prize awarded in the short films competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Winners
1950s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1956 | Rythmetic | Norman McLaren | Canada |
| 1957 | Plitvicka jezera | Dragoslav Holub | Yugoslavia |
| 1958 | Glas | Bert Haanstra | Netherlands |
| 1959 | Das Knalleidoskop | Herbert Hunger | West Germany |
1960s
1970s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 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
1990s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1990 | Isle of Flowers | 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[1][2] |
2000s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 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
2020s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | Ref |
| 2020 | Filipiñana | Rafael Manuel | Philippines | |
| 2021 | Xia Wu Guo Qu Le Yi Ban | Zhang Dalei | China | |
| 2022 | Sunday Morning | Manhã de Domingo | Bruno Ribeiro | Brazil | |
| 2023 | Dipped in Black | Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) | Matthew Thorne and Derik Lynch | Germany; Australia | |
| 2024 | Remains of the Hot Day | 熱天午後 | Wenqian Zhang | China | [3] |
| 2025 | Ordinary Life | 普通の生活 | Yoriko Mizushiri | Japan, France | [4] |
See also
References
External links
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