The main prize for the German director’s political drama, Yön lapsi was left without a prize

German Ilker Catakin directed political drama film Yellow letters has won the Golden Bear main prize at the Berlin Film Festival, reports the news agencies AFP and Reuters.

Film festival awards late Saturday night.

The film is about a Turkish director and his actress wife. A couple loses their jobs because of their political opinions.

President of the jury Wim Wendersin according to him, the film is a “scary harbinger” of such a near future, which according to him could possibly happen in Western countries as well.

You got the silver bear Emin Alper from his movie Liberationwhich takes place Yellow letters like to Turkey. In his speech, Alper thanked the powerful figures of the Turkish opposition and also expressed his support for the Iranians and the Palestinians living in Gaza.

Competed in the main series of the film festival Hanna Bergholmin guided by Child of the night was left without a prize.

Movie party was criticized this year especially for its way of dealing with the Gaza crisis.

The conversation already started at the opening ceremony on February 12when Wenders urged to stay away from politics.

An Indian writer and civic activist announced as one of the main performers of the film festival on Friday Arundhati Roy announced that he was canceling his appearance in Berlin due to the comments made by the jury. Roy said he found Wenders’ words “unreasonable”.

In addition, dozens of professionals in the film industry, including Actors Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton signed an open letter disapproving of the jury’s choice of words.

Director of the film festival Tricia Tuttle has denied the allegations against the festival.