Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution

• Name — Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution • Subheader — Silberner Bär/Herausragende künstlerische Leistung • Awarded For — Outstanding Artistic Contribution • Presenter — Berlin International Film Festival • Country — Germany • Year — 1956 • Holder — Anna Fitch and Banker White Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird) (2026) • Website — http: www.berlinale.de/ The Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Silberner Bär für eine herausragende künstlerische Leistung) is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in crafting. Usually awarded to crew members, such as cinematographers, production designers, costume designers or editors.

• Illustration — Woody Allen won for Love and Death (1975). • Illustration — Masahiro Shinoda won for Gonza the Spearman (1986). • Illustration — Andrzej Wajda won for Holy Week (1996). • Illustration — Alain Resnais won for Same Old Song (1998). • Illustration — David Cronenberg won for Existenz (1999). • Illustration — Tsai Ming-liang won for The Wayward Cloud (2005). • Illustration — Jonny Greenwood won for the score of There Will Be Blood (2008). • Illustration — Hélène Louvart won for the cinematography of Disco Boy (2023). • Illustration — Lucile Hadžihalilović won for The Ice Tower (2025).

• Year — Recipient — Craft — English title — Original title — Ref. Reference • 1956 — André Michel — Artistic Contribution — La Sorcière

• Year — Recipient — Craft — English title — Original title — Ref. Reference • 1972 — Peter Ustinov — Artistic Contribution — Hammersmith Is Out • 1975 — Woody Allen — Love and Death • 1976 — László Lugossy — Man Without a Name — Azonosítás • 1978 — Octavio Cortázar — The Teacher — El brigadista • Jerzy Kawalerowicz — Death of a President — Śmierć prezydenta

• Year — Recipient — Craft — English title — Original title — Ref. Reference • 1985 — Tage Danielsson — Artistic Contribution — Ronia, the Robber's Daughter — Ronja Rövardotter • 1986 — Masahiro Shinoda — Gonza the Spearman — 近松門左衛門 鑓の権三 • 1987 — Randa Haines — Children of a Lesser God • 1988 — Miguel Pereira — Verónico Cruz — Verónico Cruz: La deuda interna • 1989 — Kaipo Cohen and Gila Almagor — Aviya's Summer — הקיץ של אביה

• Year — Recipient — English title — Original title — Ref. Reference • 1990 — Heiner Carow — Coming Out • 1992 — Pilar Miró — Prince of Shadows — Beltenebros • 1993 — Temur Babluani — The Sun of the Sleepless — უძინართა მზე • 1994 — Semyon Aranovich — The Year of the Dog — Год собаки • 1996 — Andrzej Wajda — Holy Week — Wielki tydzień • 1997 — Raúl Ruiz — Genealogies of a Crime — Généalogies d'un crime • 1998 — Alain Resnais — Same Old Song — On connaît la chanson • 1999 — David Cronenberg — eXistenZ

• Year — Recipient — Craft — English title — Original title — Ref. Reference • 2000 — Ensemble Cast — Acting — Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women — Paradiso – Sieben Tage mit sieben Frauen • 2001 — Raúl Pérez Cubero — Cinematography — You're the One — Una historia de entonces • 2002 — Female Ensemble Cast — Acting — 8 Women — 8 femmes • 2003 — Li Yang — Artistic Contribution — Blind Shaft — 盲井 • 2004 — Ensemble Cast — Acting — Daybreak (2003 film) — Om jag vänder mig om • 2005 — Tsai Ming-liang — Artistic Contribution — The Wayward Cloud — 天邊一朵雲 • 2006 — Jürgen Vogel — The Free Will — Der freie Wille • 2007 — Ensemble Cast — Acting — The Good Shepherd • 2008 — Jonny Greenwood — Score — There Will Be Blood • 2009 — György Kovács, Gábor ifj. Erdélyi and Tamás Székely — Sound Design — Katalin Varga

• Year — Recipient — Craft — English title — Original title — Ref. Reference • 2010 — Pavel Kostomarov — Cinematography — How I Ended This Summer — Как я провёл этим летом • 2011 — Barbara Enriquez — Production Design — The Prize — El premio • Wojciech Staroń — Cinematography • 2012 — Lutz Reitemeier — White Deer Plain — 白鹿原 • 2013 — Aziz Zhambakiyev — Harmony Lessons — Асланның сабақтары • 2014 — Zeng Jian — Blind Massage — 推拿 • 2015 — Sturla Brandth Grøvlen — Victoria • Serhiy Mykhalchuk and Evgeniy Privin — Under Electric Clouds — Под электрическими облаками • 2016 — Mark Lee Ping Bin — Crosscurrent — 长江图 • 2017 — Dana Bunescu — Editing — Ana, mon amour • 2018 — Elena Okopnaya — Costumes and Production Design — Dovlatov — Довлатов • 2019 — Rasmus Videbæk — Cinematography — Out Stealing Horses — Ut og stjæle hester

• Year — Recipient — Craft — English title — Original title — Ref. Reference • 2020 — Jürgen Jürges — Cinematography — DAU. Natasha • 2021 — Yibrán Asuad — Editing — A Cop Movie — Una película de policías • 2022 — Rithy Panh and Sarit Mang — Artistic Contribution — Everything Will Be Ok • 2023 — Hélène Louvart — Cinematography — Disco Boy • 2024 — Martin Gschlacht — The Devil’s Bath — Des Teufels Bad • 2025 — Lucile Hadžihalilović and creative ensemble — Artistic Contribution — The Ice Tower — La Tour de glace • 2026 — Anna Fitch and Banker White — Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird)