Berlinale 2026 announces Panorama, Generation and independent jury awards
Just hours before the closing ceremony where the Golden Bear will be awarded, the Berlin International Film Festival has announced the prizes for its parallel sections and the honors granted by independent juries. In Panorama, the audience award for fiction went to Prosecution / Staatsschutz by German director Faraz Shariat, while in documentary the top prize was awarded to Traces, by Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk. In Generation, the standout title was Chicas Tristes (Sad Girlz) by Mexican filmmaker Fernanda Tovar, which won both the Youth Jury’s Crystal Bear and the International Jury’s Grand Prix. Among the independent recognitions, the Ecumenical Jury awarded Moscas (Flies) by Fernando Eimbcke in the main competition, while international critics (FIPRESCI) honored Soumsoum, la nuit des astres by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. At the Teddy Awards, the top prize went to Iván & Hadoum by Ian de la Rosa. The full list underscores the strong showing of titles like Prosecution / Staatsschutz, which appeared across multiple awards, and sets the tone ahead of the festival’s top honor announcement.
PREMIOS DEL PÚBLICO DE LA SECCIÓN PANORAMA
Películas de Ficción
Primer Puesto
Prosecution / Staatsschutz, Alemania, de Faraz Shariat
Segundo puesto
Vier minus drei (Four Minus Three), Austria, Alemania, de Adrian Goiginger
Tercer Puesto
Mouse, Estados Unidos, de Kelly O’Sullivan y Alex Thompson
Documentales
Primero Puesto
Traces, Ucrania, Polonia, de Alisa Kovalenko y Marysia Nikitiuk
Segundo Puesto
The Other Side of the Sun, Bélgica, Francia, Arabia Saudita, de Tawfik Sabouni
Tercer Puesto
Bucks Harbor, Estados Unidos, de Pete Muller
PREMIOS DE LA SECCIÓN GENERATION
Jurado de la Juventud Generation 14plus
Crystal Bear – Mejor Film
Chicas Tristes (Sad Girlz), de Fernanda Tovar (México)
Mención Especial
A Family, de Mees Peijnenburg
Crystal Bear – Mejor Corto
Memories of a Window, de Mehraneh Salimian, Amin Pakparvar
Mención Especial
Allá en el cielo (Nobody Knows the World), de Roddy Dextre
Jurado Internacional – Generation
Grand Prix
Chicas Tristes (Sad Girlz), de Fernanda Tovar
Mención Especial Generation 14plus
Matapanki, de Diego “Mapache” Fuentes
Mejor Corto
The Thread, de Fenn O’Meally
PREMIOS DE JURADOS INDEPENDIENTES
JURADO ECUMENICO
Competencia Oficial
Moscas (Flies), de Fernando Eimbcke
Panorama
Bucks Harbor, de Pete Muller
Forum
River Dreams, de Kristina Mikhailova
PREMIO FIPRESCI DE LA CRÍTICA INTERNACIONAL
Competencia Oficial
Soumsoum, la nuit des astres (Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars), de Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Perspectives
Animol, de Ashley Walters
Panorama
Narciso, de Marcelo Martinessi
Forum
AnyMart, de Yusuke Iwasaki
PREMIOS TEDDY
Mejor Largometraje
Iván & Hadoum, de Ian de la Rosa
Mejor Documental / Ensayo
Barbara Forever, de Brydie O’Connor
Mejor Cortometraje
TAXI MOTO, de Gaël Kamilindi
Premio del Jurado
Der Heimatlose (Trial of Hein), de Kai Stänicke
Premio Especial: Céline Sciamma
PREMIO CICAE
Panorama
Prosecution / Staatsschutz,de Faraz Shariat
Forum
De capul nostru (On Our Own), de Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
GUILD FILM PRIZE
Yellow Letters / Gelbe Briefe, de İlker Çatak
Mención Especial:
The Loneliest Man in Town, de Tizza Covi y Rainer Frimme
PREMIO CALIGARI
If Pigeons Turned to Gold, de Pepa Lubojacki
PEACE FILM PRIZE
TUTU, de Sam Pollard
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD
What Will I Become?, de Lexie Bean y Logan Rozos
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
Prosecution / Staatsschutz, de Faraz Shariat
PRIZE OF AG KINO – GILDE – CINEMA VISION 14PLUS
What Will I Become?, de Lexie Bean y Logan Rozos
Mención Especial
Sunny Dancer, de George Jaques
