With close of the 76th annual Berlin Film Festival, Ilker Çatak’s "Gelbe Briefe (Yellow Letters)" has won the top prize of Golden Bear for Best Film. The fifth feature film from the German-Turkish director following his Oscar-nominated "The Teachers' Lounge", "Yellow Letters" follows an actress and her arts professor husband in Turkey whose lives are upended due to political persecution by their authoritarian government. Grant Lee took Best Director for "Everybody Digs Bill Evans", the bio-drama about the legendary jazz pianist. Sandra Hüller received the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance for her role in "Rose", a period drama about a woman disguised as a male soldier and the Best Supporting Performance prize was shared by Anna Calder-Marshall and Tom Courtenay who co-star in "Queen at Sea" as a long-married couple who are struggling due to the wife's dementia.
Here are the winners of the 2026 Berlin Film Festival:
Golden Bear: "Gelbe Briefe (Yellow Letters)"
Best Director: Grant Gee, "Everybody Digs Bill Evans"
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, "Nina Roza"
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: "Salvation"
Silver Bear Jury Prize: "Queen At Sea"
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance: Sandra Hüller, "Rose"
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance: Anna Calder-Marshall and Tom Courtenay, "Queen at Sea"
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: "Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird)"
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