# Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution

The Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (German: Silberner Bär für eine herausragende künstlerische Leistungis) 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.

## Winners
### 1980s

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

### 1990s

| Year | Recipient | English Title | Original Title |
| 1990 | Heiner Carow | Coming Out | 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 | eXistenZ |

### 2000s

| Year | Recipient | Craft | English Title | Original Title |
| 2000 | Ensemble Cast | Acting | Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women [de] | 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 | Om jag vänder mig om |
| 2005 | Tsai Ming-liang | Artistic Contribution | The Wayward Cloud | 天邊一朵雲 |
| 2006 | Jürgen Vogel | Artistic Contribution | The Free Will | Der freie Wille |
| 2007 | Ensemble Cast | Acting | The Good Shepherd | The Good Shepherd |
| 2008 | Jonny Greenwood | Score | There Will Be Blood | There Will Be Blood |
| 2009 | György Kovács, Gábor ifj. Erdélyi and Tamás Székely | Sound Design | Katalin Varga | Katalin Varga |

### 2010s

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

### 2020s

| Year | Recipient | Craft | English Title | Original Title |
| 2020 | Jürgen Jürges | Cinematography | DAU. Natasha | 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 | Everything Will Be Ok |
| 2023 | Hélène Louvart | Cinematography | Disco Boy | Disco Boy |
| 2024 | Martin Gschlacht | Cinematography | The Devil’s Bath | Des Teufels Bad |
| 2025 | Lucile Hadžihalilović and creative ensemble | Artistic Contribution | The Ice Tower | La Tour de glace |