Main Prize of the Berlinale Awarded to Drama About Turkish Couple 'Yellow Leaves'
The winners of the Berlin Film Festival have been announced.
Still from the film "Yellow Leaves"
The "Golden Bear" – the main award – was received by German director of Turkish origin Ilker Çatak. In the drama "Yellow Leaves," the author tells the story of a Turkish couple from the theatrical world in Ankara. Due to their political stance, the artists lose their jobs and find themselves in poverty – they are being pressured into silence, reports Bild.
The film speaks very clearly "in the political language of totalitarianism" and evokes a frightening premonition of a possible political future in other countries as well, said jury chairman Wim Wenders at the awards ceremony.
The "Silver Bear" for Best Acting Performance was awarded to actress Sandra Hüller – she played the main role in the historical drama "Rosa": the role of a woman who, in the 17th century, disguises herself as a man in a remote German village.
The Grand Jury Prize went to the tragedy "Kurtulus" by Turkish director Emin Alper. The film is stylistically reminiscent of a western and tells of the deadly hostility between two rural communities.
The film about dementia "Queen by the Sea" by American director Lance Hammer received two awards – the Jury Prize and the "Silver Bear" for Best Supporting Acting Performance.
The award for Best Directing went to Briton Grant Gee – the author of the film about jazz musician "Everyone's Happy About Bill Evans".
Canadian Geneviève Dulude-De Celles received the "Silver Bear" for Best Screenplay – with the film "Nina Rosa".