Official awards of the 76th Berlinale International Film Festival 2026
Official awards of the 76th Berlinale International Film Festival have been announced and “Yellow Letters” directed by İlker Çatak won the Golden Bear Award 2026.
According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, the closing ceremony of the 76th Berlinale International Film Festival was held at 18:00 on February 21, 2026, at the Berlinale Palast in the city of Berlin, Germany, and the winners of various competition, including; the Main Competition, Perspectives (GWFF Best First Feature Award), the Berlinale Documentary Award as well as the Berlinale Shorts prizes were introduced and the prestigious Golden Bear award for the best film and other awards of this film event were awarded to the winners.
The Prizes of the International Jury
The members of the 2026 International Jury, The members of the jury of the Main Competition of this prestigious and first-class world cinema event are: Director, writer and photographer Wim Wenders (Germany) President of the Jury, director and producer Min Bahadur Bham (Nepal), actor Bae Doona (South Korea), director, producer and archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur (India), director, screenwriter and producer Reinaldo Marcus Green (USA), director, screenwriter and producer HIKARI (Japan) and producer Ewa Puszczyńska (Poland), award the following prizes:
Golden Bear for Best Film
Golden Bear for Best Film, to: “Gelbe Briefe” (Yellow Letters) directed by İlker Çatak, Produced by: Ingo Fliess (Germany, France, Turkey)
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, to: “Kurtuluş” (Salvation) directed by Emin Alper (Turkey, France, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Saudi Arabia)
Silver Bear Jury Prize
Silver Bear Jury Prize, to: “Queen at Sea” directed by Lance Hammer (United Kingdom, USA)
Silver Bear for Best Director
Silver Bear for Best Director to: Grant Gee for the film “Everybody Digs Bill Evans” (Ireland, United Kingdom)
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance, to: Sandra Hüller in: “Rose” by Markus Schleinzer (Austria, Germany)
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance, to: Anna Calder-Marshall & Tom Courtenay in:
“Queen at Sea” by Lance Hammer (United Kingdom, USA)
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay, to: Geneviève Dulude-de Celles for the film “Nina Roza”
directed by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles (Canada, Italy, Bulgaria, Belgium)
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for the creative ensemble of: “Yo” (Love is a Rebellious Bird) directed by Anna Fitch, Banker White (USA).
278 films from 80 countries
Presided by Tricia Tuttle, the 76th Berlinale International Film Festival was held, 278 films from directors from 80 countries in consisting of Competition sections such as Main Competition, Perspectives Competition, Generations Competition, Panorama, Forum, Shorts, Documentary, and the non-competition category including Special Screening, and Classic Cinema Screening were held in Berlin, Germany, from February 12 to 22, 2026.
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