The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (also Jury Grand Prix, Grand Prize of the Jury) is an award given by the jury at the
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
to one of the feature films in competition. It is the runner-up to the
Golden Bear
The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin.
History
The win ...
prize and is considered the second most prestigious prize at the festival.
[Ehlert, Matthias ; Reden, Sven von: ''Film ab: Das Berlinale-Lexikon Buchstaben''. In: Welt am Sonntag, 5. Februar 2006, Kultur, S. 60]
The award was first introduced at the
15th Berlin International Film Festival
The 15th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June to 6 July 1965. The festival started selecting the jury members on its own rather than countries sending designated representatives. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Fren ...
in 1965. The prize was also formerly known as the Special Jury Prize. In 2014 at the
64th Berlin International Film Festival, its title was officially changed to "Grand Jury Prize".
Winners
; Notes
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# Denotes Ex-aequo win
Notes
External links
Berlinale website
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Grand Jury Prize
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...
German film awards