From 2025, the Winners of Three Berlinale Awards Qualify for the Oscars®

From next year, the winner of the TEDDY AWARD – BEST DOCUMENTARY/ESSAY FILM will also be entitled to enter the competition for an Oscar®. This is the third award presented at the Berlinale to qualify the winning film to be submitted for the Academy Award®/Oscar® longlist alongside the Golden Bear for Best Short Film and the Berlinale Documentary Award.

The TEDDY AWARD, the first queer prize at an A festival, has been presented during the Berlinale since 1987. It is awarded in different categories to films from all sections that address LGBTQIA* topics as part of a broader social context and thus contribute to greater tolerance, acceptance, solidarity and equality in society.

The Golden Bear for Best Short Film has been awarded since 1956 to works that create new focal points in the cinema landscape. A three-person jury selects the winner from around 20 films in the competition.

With the Berlinale Documentary Award, the festival has been emphasising its strong commitment to the documentary form since 2017. Each year, a total of 18 productions compete for the prize.

Feature-length films can be submitted for the 75th Berlin International Film Festival until October 30 and short films until November 13, 2024.