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 was revealed that the founding director of the festival Alfred Bauer had been an active high-ranking Nazi closely involved in a propaganda organisation set up by Joseph Goebbels.[1][2] The award was presented by the international jury under the title “The Silver Bear – 70th Berlinale”, for that year edition of the festival.[3]
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | ||||
| Awarded as "Alfred Bauer Prize" | ||||
| 1987 (37th) |
Mauvais Sang | Léos Carax | France | |
| 1989 (39th) |
The Servant | Слуга | Vadim Abdrashitov | Soviet Union |
| 1990s | ||||
| 1990 (40th) |
The Guard | Караул | Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Soviet Union |
| 1992 (42nd) |
Infinitas | Бесконечность | Marlen Khutsiev | Russia |
| 1994 (44th) |
Hwa-Om-Kyung | Jang Sun-woo | South Korea | |
| 1996 (46th) |
Strangled Lives | Vite strozzate | Ricky Tognazzi | Italy, France |
| 1997 (47th) |
Romeo + Juliet | Baz Luhrmann | United States | |
| 1998 (48th) |
Hold You Tight | 愈快樂愈墮落 | Stanley Kwan | Hong Kong |
| 1999 (49th) |
Karnaval | Thomas Vincent | France | |
| 2000s | ||||
| 2000 (50th) |
Boy's Choir | Dokuritsu shônen gasshô-dan | Akira Ogata | Japan |
| 2001 (51st) |
La Ciénaga | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina, Spain | |
| 2002 (52nd) |
Baader | Christopher Roth | Germany | |
| 2003 (53rd) |
Hero | 英雄 | Zhang Yimou | Hong Kong, China |
| 2004 (54th) |
Maria Full of Grace | María, llena eres de gracia | Joshua Marston | United States, Colombia |
| 2005 (55th) |
The Wayward Cloud | 天邊一朵雲 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan, France |
| 2006 (56th) |
The Minder | El Custodio | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Germany, France |
| 2007 (57th) |
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK | 싸이보그지만 괜찮아 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| 2008 (58th) |
Lake Tahoe | Fernando Eimbcke | Mexico | |
| 2009 (59th) |
Giant | Gigante | Adrián Biniez | Uruguay, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands |
| Tatarak | Andrzej Wajda | Poland | ||
| 2010s | ||||
| 2010 (60th) |
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle | Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier | Florin Șerban | Romania, Sweden |
| 2011 (61st) |
If Not Us, Who? | Wer wenn nicht wir | Andres Veiel | Germany |
| 2012 (62nd) |
Tabu | Miguel Gomes | Portugal, Germany, Brazil, France | |
| 2013 (63rd) |
Vic and Flo Saw a Bear | Vic et Flo ont vu un ours | Denis Côté | Canada |
| 2014 (64th) |
Life of Riley | Aimer, boire et chanter | Alain Resnais | France |
| 2015 (65th) |
Ixcanul | Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala, France | |
| 2016 (66th) |
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery | Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis | Lav Diaz | Philippines, Singapore |
| 2017 (67th) |
Spoor | Pokot | Agnieszka Holland | Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovak Republic |
| 2018 (68th) |
The Heiresses | Las herederas | Marcelo Martinessi | Paraguay, Uruguay, Germany, Brazil, Norway, France |
| 2019 (69th) |
System Crasher | Systemsprenger | Nora Fingscheidt | Germany |
| 2020s | ||||
| Awarded as "The Silver Bear – 70th Berlinale" | ||||
| 2020 (70th) |
Delete History | Effacer l'historique | Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kervern | France, Belgium |
