Berlinale Camera
Carlo Chatrian, Ulrike Ottinger, Mariette Rissenbeek, Yoko Tawada
At the Award Ceremony in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
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Herrmann Zschoche, Sandra Schulberg, Wieland Speck
Berlinale Camera 2019
Three of the 2019 laureates.
Beki Probst
Berlinale Camera 2018
The founder of the European Film Market with the Berlinale Camera in the Gropius Bau.
Joel Coen, Ben Barenholtz, Ethan Coen
Berlinale Camera 2016
The award winner together with the two directors who held the laudatory speech.
Tim Robbins
Berlinale Kamera 2016
The proud awardee.
Claude Chabrol
Berlinale Kamera 2009
Claude Chabrol with his Berlinale Kamera.
Helene Schwarz
Berlinale Camera 2005
The longtime secretary of the German Academy for Film and Television is awarded a Berlinale Camera. In the audience were many of her former protegées.
Erika Rabau, Dieter Kosslick
Berlinale Camera 2004
Erika Rabau revelling, Dieter Kosslick applauding
Gina Lollobrigida, Sydney Pollack, Volker Hassemer
Berlinale 1986 | Erika Rabau © Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek / Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
Every year, by awarding the Berlinale Camera, the Berlinale pays tribute to personalities and institutions that have made a unique contribution to film and to whom the festival feels especially close. This way, the Berlinale expresses its gratitude to those who have become great friends and supporters of the festival.
Great personalities from the history of film such as Isabella Rossellini, Michael Ballhaus, Claude Chabrol, Jodie Foster, Otto Sander, Karlheinz Böhm, Clint Eastwood, Gina Lollobrigida, Sydney Pollack and Curt Siodmak have received the Berlinale Camera. The festival also honours institutions such as the traditional Noack Foundry, which has produced the Bear trophies since the very first Berlinale.
The Trophy
The Berlinale Camera has been awarded since 1986. Until 2003, it was donated by Berlin-based jeweller David Goldberg. From 2004 through 2013, Georg Hornemann Objects, a Dusseldorf-based atelier, sponsored the trophy, which goldsmith Hornemann redesigned for the Berlinale in 2008: Modelled on a real camera, the Berlinale Camera now has 128 finely crafted components. Many of these silver and titanium parts, such as the swivel head and tripod, are movable.