The Silver Bear Jury Prize () is an award presented annually at the
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europ ...
since 2021. It is chosen by the jury from the films in main competition at the festival. It is considered the third most prestigious prize after the
Golden Bear
The Golden Bear () 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, the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic an ...
and the
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, respectively.
History
The prize was introduced to replace the
Alfred Bauer Prize
The Alfred Bauer Prize was an annual film award, presented by the Berlin International Film Festival, as part of its Silver Bear series of awards, to a film that "opens new perspectives on cinematic art". The prize was suspended in 2020 after it ...
, which was suspended in 2020 after it was revealed that its namesake Alfred Bauer, the founding director of the festival, had been an active high-ranking Nazi closely involved in a propaganda organisation set up by
Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazism, Nazi politician and philologist who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief Propaganda in Nazi Germany, propagandist for the Nazi Party, and ...
. In its place, the international jury presented the "Silver Bear – 70th Berlinale" at the
2020 Festival. The new Silver Bear Jury Prize was first presented at the
2021 Festival,
where Maria Speth was its inaugural winner.
Winners
2020s
References
External links
Berlinale website
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Jury Prize
Awards established in 2021
German film awards