The Silver Bear for the Best Short Film is the second place in the short film competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.
| Year | Film | Director | Country | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | ||||||
| 1956 | Rythmetic | data-sort-value="MacLaren" | Canada | |||
| 1957 | Plitvicka jezera | data-sort-value="Holub" | Dragoslav Holub | Yugoslavia | ||
| 1958 | Glas | data-sort-value="Haanstra" | Netherlands | |||
| 1959 | data-sort-value="Knalleidoskop" | Das Knalleidoskop | data-sort-value="Hunger" | Herbert Hunger | West Germany | |
| 1960s | ||||||
| 1960 | Diario | data-sort-value="Berend" | Juan Berend | Argentina | ||
| 1961 | Chimichimito | data-sort-value="Martin" | José Martín | Venezuela | ||
| 1962 | data-sort-value="Grand" | Le grand Magal de Touba | data-sort-value="Senghor" | Senegal | ||
| 1963 | Tori | data-sort-value="Kivikoski" | Finland | |||
| 1964 | Sunday Lark | data-sort-value="Semel" | Sanford Semel | United States | ||
| 1965 | data-sort-value="Zondag" | Een zondag op het eiland van de Grande Jatte | data-sort-value="Weisz" | Netherlands | ||
| 1966 | Rosalie | data-sort-value="Borowczyk" | France | |||
| 1967 | Fleá Ceoil | data-sort-value="Marcus" | Ireland | |||
| 1968 | Krek | data-sort-value="Dovnikovic" | Yugoslavia | |||
| 1969 | Presadjivanje osecanja | data-sort-value="Djurkovic" | Dejan Djurković | Yugoslavia | ||
| 1970s | ||||||
| 1971 | data-sort-value="Continuo" | Il continuo | data-sort-value="Gilic" | Vlatko Gilić | Yugoslavia | |
| 1972 | data-sort-value="Selfish" | The Selfish Giant | data-sort-value="Sander" | Peter Sander | Canada | |
| 1973 | 1501 1/2 | data-sort-value="Price" | Paul B. Price | United States | ||
| 1975 | SSS | data-sort-value="Bedrich" | Czechoslovakia | |||
| 1976 | Trains | data-sort-value="Deschanel" | United States | |||
| 1977 | Etuda o zkousce | data-sort-value="Schorm" | Czechoslovakia | |||
| 1978 | data-sort-value="Vieille" | Une vieille soupière | data-sort-value="Longuet" | Michel Longuet | France | |
| 1979 | Phantom | data-sort-value="Perraudin" | René Perraudin and Uwe Schrader | West Germany | ||
| 1980s | ||||||
| 1980 | Rod Gröth | data-sort-value="Moser-Metius" | Jörg Moser-Metius | West Germany | ||
| 1981 | Ter land, ter zee en in de lucht | data-sort-value="Driessen" | Netherlands | |||
| 1982 | San ge heshang | data-sort-value="Bao" | A Da (Xu Jingda) | China | ||
| 1983 | Was das Leben so verspricht | data-sort-value="Haase" | Egon Haase | West Germany | ||
| 1984 | Yu bang xiang zheng | data-sort-value="Hu" | China | |||
| 1985 | Paradise | data-sort-value="Patel" | Canada | |||
| 1986 | Auguszta etet | data-sort-value="Varga" | Csaba Varga | Hungary | ||
| 1987 | Luxo Jr. | data-sort-value="Lasseter" | United States | |||
| 1988 | Láska na první pohled | data-sort-value="Koutsky" | Pavel Koutský | Czechoslovakia | ||
| 1989 | Údel | data-sort-value="Havettova" | Jaroslava Havettová | Czechoslovakia | ||
| 1990s | ||||||
| 1990 | Ilha das Flores | data-sort-value="Furtado" | Brazil | |||
| 1991 | Posledních 100 let Marx-Leninismu v Cechách | data-sort-value="Koutsky" | Pavel Koutský | Czechoslovakia | ||
| 1993 | At zije mys! | data-sort-value="Koutsky" | Pavel Koutský | Czech Republic | ||
| 1994 | Balthazar | data-sort-value="Fraipont" | Christophe Fraipont | France | ||
| 1996 | Maalaislääkäri | data-sort-value="Lillqvist" | Katariina Lillqvist | Finland | ||
| 1997 | Late at Night | data-sort-value="Jordan" | Stefanie Jordan, Stefanie Saghri and Claudia Zoller | Germany | ||
| 1998 | Cinema Alcázar | data-sort-value="Jaugey" | Nicaragua | |||
| 1999 | Desserts | data-sort-value="Stark" | Jeff Stark | England | [1] [2] | |
| 2000s | ||||||
| 2000 | Média | data-sort-value="Koutsky" | Pavel Koutský | Czech Republic | ||
| 2001 | Jungle Jazz: Public Enemy #1 | data-sort-value="Fitzpatrick" | United States | |||
| 2002 | Bror min | data-sort-value="Jonsson" | Jens Jonsson | Sweden | ||
| 2003 | En ausencia | data-sort-value="Cedron" | Lucía Cedrón | Argentina | ||
| 2004 | Vet! | data-sort-value="Junger" | Karin Junger and Brigit Hillenius | Netherlands | ||
| 2005 | Jam Session | data-sort-value="Plucinska" | Izabela Plucinska | Germany | ||
| 2006 | Gratte-papier | data-sort-value="Martinez" | Guillaume Martinez | France | ||
| 2007 | Mei | data-sort-value="Chen" | Taiwan | |||
| 2008 | Udedh Bun | data-sort-value="Sinha" | India | |||
| 2009 | Jade | data-sort-value="Elliott" | Daniel Elliott | United Kingdom | ||
| 2010s | ||||||
| 2010 | Hayerida | data-sort-value="Miedzinski" | Shai Miedzinski | Israel | ||
| 2011 | Pu-seo-jin bam | data-sort-value="Yang" | Hyo-joo Yang | South Korea | ||
| 2012 | Gurêto rabitto | data-sort-value="Wada" | Atsushi Wada | Japan | ||
| 2013 | data-sort-value="Ruhe" | Die Ruhe bleibt | data-sort-value="Kriekhaus" | Stefan Kriekhaus | Germany | |
| 2014 | Laborat | data-sort-value="Cailleau" | Germany | |||
| 2015 | Bad at Dancing | data-sort-value="Arnow" | United States | |||
| 2016 | A Man Returned | data-sort-value="Fleifel" | Denmark | |||
| 2017 | Ensueño en la Pradera | data-sort-value="Julien" | Mexico | |||
| 2018 | Imfura | data-sort-value="Ishimwe" | Rwanda | |||
| 2019 | Blue Boy | data-sort-value="Abramovich" | Manuel Abramovich | Argentina | ||
| 2020 | Filipiñana | data-sort-value="Manuel" | Rafael Manuel | Philippines | ||
| 2021 | Xia Wu Guo Qu Le Yi Ban | data-sort-value="Dalei" | Zhang Dalei | China | ||
| 2022 | Manhã der Domingo | data-sort-value="Ribeiro" | Bruno Ribeiro | Brazil | ||
| 2023 | Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) | data-sort-value="Thorne" | Germany; Australia | |||