Award-Winning Documentary Films at the Berlinale
162 documentary films have been recognised at the Berlinale, and 149 of them won at least one award. They are ranked here by wins, then by nominations.
The most awarded are Memories of a Window (4 wins), Mutts (4 wins) and The Body Is a Lonely Place (4 wins). The films span 1950 to 2026.
Genres come from each film's catalogue data, so a film can appear under more than one genre. Every title links to its complete record at all four awards.
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Memories of a Window(2026)4 won · 4 nom.
Mutts(2020)4 won · 4 nom.
4 won · 4 nom.
A Man Returned(2016)3 won · 3 nom.
Direct Action(2024)3 won · 3 nom.
Holding Liat(2025)3 won · 3 nom.
3 won · 3 nom.
3 won · 3 nom.
The Echo(2023)3 won · 3 nom.
Tutu(2026)3 won · 3 nom.
We(2021)3 won · 3 nom.
#Bullyingstory(2019)2 won · 2 nom.
2 won · 2 nom.
2 won · 2 nom.
Alis(2022)2 won · 2 nom.
2 won · 2 nom.
Becoming Who I Was(2017)2 won · 2 nom.
2 won · 2 nom.
Born in Damascus(2022)2 won · 2 nom.- Bouwspelement(1963)2 won · 2 nom.
Canone effimero(2025)2 won · 2 nom.
Colter's Hell(1973)2 won · 2 nom.
Dream of the Wild Horses(1960)2 won · 2 nom.- Etuda o zkoušce(1976)2 won · 2 nom.
Flyaway(1972)2 won · 2 nom.- Gesicht von der Stange?(1961)2 won · 2 nom.
- 2 won · 2 nom.
Hummingbirds(2023)2 won · 2 nom.
In continuo(1971)2 won · 2 nom.- 2 won · 2 nom.
Kind Hearts(2022)2 won · 2 nom.- Kirdi(1964)2 won · 2 nom.
- Knud(1966)2 won · 2 nom.
Koki, Ciao(2025)2 won · 2 nom.- La lunga raccolta(1958)2 won · 2 nom.
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished(2025)2 won · 2 nom.
Maydegol(2024)2 won · 2 nom.
Munakata, the woodcarver(1976)2 won · 2 nom.
Mutzenbacher(2022)2 won · 2 nom.
Neukölln Unlimited(2010)2 won · 2 nom.- Ninnoc(2016)2 won · 2 nom.
2 won · 2 nom.- Out of Love(2010)2 won · 2 nom.
Paris la nuit(1956)2 won · 2 nom.
Prijs de zee(1959)2 won · 2 nom.
Rock Bottom Riser(2021)2 won · 2 nom.
School Number 3(2017)2 won · 2 nom.
Sea Creatures(1974)2 won · 2 nom.
SEE(1975)2 won · 2 nom.
See You Friday, Robinson(2022)2 won · 2 nom.
Shabu(2022)2 won · 2 nom.
Slaves(2009)2 won · 2 nom.
Songs of Love and Hate(2024)2 won · 2 nom.
2 won · 2 nom.- Tausend kleine Zeichen(1957)2 won · 2 nom.
The African Lion(1955)2 won · 2 nom.
The Lakes of Plitvice(1957)2 won · 2 nom.
The Pearl Button(2015)2 won · 2 nom.
2 won · 2 nom.
Thrust(2018)2 won · 2 nom.- Trains(1976)2 won · 2 nom.
- 2 won · 2 nom.
Waking Up in Silence(2023)2 won · 2 nom.
White Riot(2020)2 won · 2 nom.
Wolfe(2017)2 won · 2 nom.
Yeats Country(1965)2 won · 2 nom.
2 won · 2 nom.
Young Wrestlers(2016)2 won · 2 nom.
Big Bill Blues(1957)1 won · 2 nom.- Distant People(1957)1 won · 2 nom.
- 1 won · 1 nom.
A Cop Movie(2021)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.- B Teme(2008)1 won · 1 nom.
Batrachian's Ballad(2016)1 won · 1 nom.
Blue Boy(2019)1 won · 1 nom.
Caesar Must Die(2012)1 won · 1 nom.
Circusboy(2025)1 won · 1 nom.
Dahomey(2024)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Diario(1960)1 won · 1 nom.
Dipped in Black(2023)1 won · 1 nom.- Dreamland of Desire(1961)1 won · 1 nom.
Everything Will Be OK(2022)1 won · 1 nom.
Faja Lobbi(1960)1 won · 1 nom.
Fire at Sea(2016)1 won · 1 nom.- Flaming Poppies(1963)1 won · 1 nom.
Fleá Ceoil(1967)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Germany in Autumn(1978)1 won · 1 nom.
Ghost Hunting(2017)1 won · 1 nom.
Glass(1959)1 won · 1 nom.- Green Magic(1953)1 won · 1 nom.
- Hafenrhythmus(1960)1 won · 1 nom.
Hold Back the Sea(1961)1 won · 1 nom.- 1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Irradiated(2020)1 won · 1 nom.
Isle of Flowers(1989)1 won · 1 nom.
Joy of Man's Desiring(2014)1 won · 1 nom.- Königin im Frauenreich(1958)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Lost Continent(1955)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.- 1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
My Uncle Tudor(2021)1 won · 1 nom.
Myanmar Diaries(2022)1 won · 1 nom.- Nahanni(1962)1 won · 1 nom.
No Other Land(2024)1 won · 1 nom.
No U-Turn(2022)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.- Olympia - Olympia(1972)1 won · 1 nom.
Omarska(2019)1 won · 1 nom.
On the Adamant(2023)1 won · 1 nom.
Playtime(2025)1 won · 1 nom.- Radha and Krishna(1959)1 won · 1 nom.
Reverie in the Meadow(2017)1 won · 1 nom.
Rise(2019)1 won · 1 nom.- River of the Ocean(1963)1 won · 1 nom.
Rude Boy(1980)1 won · 1 nom.
Secrets of Life(1956)1 won · 1 nom.- Signale(1964)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Sunset over America(2025)1 won · 1 nom.
T(2020)1 won · 1 nom.
Talking About Trees(2019)1 won · 1 nom.- 1 won · 1 nom.
- The Ancestors(1962)1 won · 1 nom.
- The Fence(2005)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
The Garden of Stones(1976)1 won · 1 nom.
The Grand Magal of Touba(1962)1 won · 1 nom.
The Illusion(2009)1 won · 1 nom.
The Klezmer Project(2023)1 won · 1 nom.
The Last Paradise(1957)1 won · 1 nom.
The Living Desert(1953)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
The Men Behind the Wall(2018)1 won · 1 nom.
The Story of Time(1951)1 won · 1 nom.
The Vanishing Prairie(1954)1 won · 1 nom.
The Waldheim Waltz(2018)1 won · 1 nom.
This Way of Life(2010)1 won · 1 nom.- 1 won · 1 nom.
- Traumstraße der Welt(1958)1 won · 1 nom.
Umbra(2019)1 won · 1 nom.
Weekend of a Champion(1972)1 won · 1 nom.
White Wilderness(1958)1 won · 1 nom.
Zauber der Natur(1956)1 won · 1 nom.- Austria Gloriosa(1960)1 nom.
Beaver Valley(1950)1 nom.- 1 nom.
- Der gelbe Dom(1951)1 nom.
Goya(1951)1 nom.- Het Gala-Concert(1951)1 nom.
- Kleine Nachtgespenster(1951)1 nom.
1 nom.
Spring Comes to Kashmir(1956)1 nom.- The Long Journey(1956)1 nom.
The Sun of Hittite(1956)1 nom.
The Undefeated(1950)1 nom.
Woodpecker(1955)1 nom.