2013 – Robert Wieckiewicz (Poland) for Walesa: Man of Hope 2012 – Denis Lavant (France) for Holy Motors 2011 – Maged El Kedwany (Egypt) for 678 2010 – Youssouf Djaoro (Chad) for A Screaming Man 2009 – Filippo Timi (Italy) for Vincere 2008 – Michael Fassbender (Ireland) for Hunger 2007 – Sam Riley (United Kingdom) for Control 2006 – Jürgen Vogel (Germany) for The Free Will 1989 – Jörg Gudzuhn (GDR) for Fallada, letztes Kapitel 1987 – Avtandil Makharadze (Georgia) for Monanieba 1971 – Ezzatollah Entezami (Iran) for The Cow Best Actress 2021 – Michelle Fairley (Ireland) for Nobody Has to Know 2019 – Debbie Honeywood (UK) for Sorry We Missed You 2018 – Zhao Tao (China) for Ash Is Purest White 2017 – Jowita Budnik (Poland) and Eliane Umuhire (Rwanda) for Birds Are Singing in Kigali 2016 – Rebecca Hall (UK) for Christine 2015 – Lizzie Brocheré (France) for Full Contact 2014 – Geraldine Chaplin (United States) for Sand Dollars 2013 – Nadeshda Brennicke (Germany) for 2012 – Ulla Skoog (Sweden) for The Last Sentence 2011 – Olivia Colman (UK) for Tyrannosaur 2010 – Liana Liberato (USA) for Trust 2009 – Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Italy) for Vincere 2008 – Preity Zinta (India) for Heaven on Earth 2007 – Yu Nan (China) for Tuya's Marriage 2006 – Viktoriya Isakova, Darya Moroz, Anna Ukolova (Russia) for The Spot 2005 – Inka Friedrich, Nadja Uhl (Germany) for Summer in Berlin 2003 – Ludivine Sagnier (France) for Little Lili Best Performance 2022 – Vicky Krieps (Luxembourg) for Corsage 2020 – Yakusho Koji (Japan) for Under the Open Sky Best Cinematography 2022 – Maria von Hausswolff (Iceland) for Godland 2021 – Kasper Tuxen (Denmark) for The Worst Person in the World 2020 – Tobie Marier Robitaille (Canada) for Night of the Kings 2019 – Vladimír Smutný (Czech Republic) for The Painted Bird Best Screenplay 2022 – Alice Diop, Amrita David, and Marie NDiaye (France) for Saint Omer 2021 – Alexandre Koberidze (Georgia) for What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? 2020 – Christos Nikou and Stavros Raptis (Greece) for Apples 2019 – Pema Tseden (China) for Balloon Best Art Direction 2022 – Marcela Gómez and Daniel Rincon (Colombia) for The Kings of the World 2021 – Sergey Fevralev (Russia) for Captain Volkonogov Escaped 2020 – Jagna Dobesz (Poland) for Sweat Lifetime Achievement Awards Winners of the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award include Steven