# Silver Bear for Best Short Film

The Silver Bear for the Best Short Film is the second most prestigious prize awarded in the short films competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.

## Winners
### 1950s

| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1956 | Rythmetic | Rythmetic | Norman McLaren | Canada |
| 1957 | Plitvicka jezera | Plitvicka jezera | Dragoslav Holub | Yugoslavia |
| 1958 | Glas | Glas | Bert Haanstra | Netherlands |
| 1959 | Das Knalleidoskop | Das Knalleidoskop | Herbert Hunger | West Germany |

### 1960s

| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1960 | Diario | Diario | Juan Berend | Argentina |
| 1961 | Chimichimito | Chimichimito | José Martín | Venezuela |
| 1962 | Le grand Magal de Touba | Le grand Magal de Touba | Blaise Senghor | Senegal |
| 1963 | Tori | Tori | Erkko Kivikoski | Finland |
| 1964 | Sunday Lark | Sunday Lark | Sanford Semel | United States |
| 1965 | Een zondag op het eiland van de Grande Jatte | Een zondag op het eiland van de Grande Jatte | Frans Weisz | Netherlands |
| 1966 | Rosalie | Rosalie | Walerian Borowczyk | France |
| 1967 | Fleá Ceoil | Fleá Ceoil | Louis Marcus | Ireland |
| 1968 | Krek | Krek | Borivoj Dovniković-Bordo | Yugoslavia |
| 1969 | Presadjivanje osecanja | Presadjivanje osecanja | Dejan Djurković | Yugoslavia |

### 1970s

| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1971 | Il continuo | Il continuo | Vlatko Gilić | Yugoslavia |
| 1972 | The Selfish Giant | The Selfish Giant | Peter Sander | Canada |
| 1973 | 1501 1/2 | 1501 1/2 | Paul B. Price | United States |
| 1975 | SSS | SSS | Václav Bedřich | Czechoslovakia |
| 1976 | Trains | Trains | Caleb Deschanel | United States |
| 1977 | Etuda o zkousce | Etuda o zkousce | Evald Schorm | Czechoslovakia |
| 1978 | Une vieille soupière | Une vieille soupière | Michel Longuet | France |
| 1979 | Phantom | Phantom | René Perraudin and Uwe Schrader | West Germany |

### 1980s

| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1980 | Rod Gröth | Rod Gröth | Jörg Moser-Metius | West Germany |
| 1981 | Ter land, ter zee en in de lucht | Ter land, ter zee en in de lucht | Paul Driessen | Netherlands |
| 1982 | Three Monks | 三个和尚 | A Da | China |
| 1983 | Was das Leben so verspricht | Was das Leben so verspricht | Egon Haase | West Germany |
| 1984 | The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam | 鹬蚌相争 | Hu Jinqing | China |
| 1985 | Paradise | Paradise | Ishu Patel | Canada |
| 1986 | Auguszta etet | Auguszta etet | Csaba Varga | Hungary |
| 1987 | Luxo Jr. | Luxo Jr. | John Lasseter | United States |
| 1988 | Láska na první pohled | Láska na první pohled | Pavel Koutský | Czechoslovakia |
| 1989 | Údel | Údel | Jaroslava Havettová | Czechoslovakia |

### 1990s

| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1990 | Isle of Flowers | Ilha das Flores | Jorge Furtado | Brazil |
| 1991 | Posledních 100 let Marx-Leninismu v Cechách | Posledních 100 let Marx-Leninismu v Cechách | Pavel Koutský | Czechoslovakia |
| 1993 | At zije mys! | At zije mys! | Pavel Koutský | Czech Republic |
| 1994 | Balthazar | Balthazar | Christophe Fraipont | France |
| 1996 | Maalaislääkäri | Maalaislääkäri | Katariina Lillqvist | Finland |
| 1997 | Late at Night | Late at Night | Stefanie Jordan, Stefanie Saghri and Claudia Zoller | Germany |
| 1998 | Cinema Alcázar | Cinema Alcázar | Florence Jaugey | Nicaragua |
| 1999 | Desserts | Desserts | Jeff Stark | England |

### 2000s

| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 2000 | Média | Média | Pavel Koutský | Czech Republic |
| 2001 | Jungle Jazz: Public Enemy #1 | Jungle Jazz: Public Enemy #1 | Frank Fitzpatrick | United States |
| 2002 | Bror min | Bror min | Jens Jonsson | Sweden |
| 2003 | En ausencia | En ausencia | Lucía Cedrón | Argentina |
| 2004 | Vet! | Vet! | Karin Junger and Brigit Hillenius | Netherlands |
| 2005 | Jam Session | Jam Session | Izabela Plucinska | Germany |
| 2006 | Gratte-papier | Gratte-papier | Guillaume Martinez | France |
| 2007 | Mei | Mei | Arvin Chen | Taiwan |
| 2008 | Udedh Bun | Udedh Bun | Siddharth Sinha | India |
| 2009 | Jade | Jade | Daniel Elliott | United Kingdom |

### 2010s

| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 2010 | Hayerida | Hayerida | Shai Miedzinski | Israel |
| 2011 | Pu-seo-jin bam | Pu-seo-jin bam | Hyo-joo Yang | South Korea |
| 2012 | Gurêto rabitto | Gurêto rabitto | Atsushi Wada | Japan |
| 2013 | Die Ruhe bleibt | Die Ruhe bleibt | Stefan Kriekhaus | Germany |
| 2014 | Laborat | Laborat | Guillaume Cailleau | Germany |
| 2015 | Bad at Dancing | Bad at Dancing | Joanna Arnow | United States |
| 2016 | A Man Returned | A Man Returned | Mahdi Fleifel | Denmark |
| 2017 | Ensueño en la Pradera | Ensueño en la Pradera | Esteban Arrangoiz Julien | Mexico |
| 2018 | Imfura | Imfura | Samuel Ishimwe | Rwanda |
| 2019 | Blue Boy | Blue Boy | Manuel Abramovich | Argentina |

### 2020s

| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 2020 | Filipiñana | Filipiñana | Rafael Manuel | Philippines |
| 2021 | Xia Wu Guo Qu Le Yi Ban | Xia Wu Guo Qu Le Yi Ban | Zhang Dalei | China |
| 2022 | Sunday Morning | Manhã de Domingo | Bruno Ribeiro | Brazil |
| 2023 | Dipped in Black | Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) | Matthew Thorne and Derik Lynch | Germany; Australia |
| 2024 | Remains of the Hot Day | 熱天午後 | Wenqian Zhang | China |
| 2025 | Ordinary Life | 普通の生活 | Yoriko Mizushiri | Japan, France |