Yellow Letters wins Berlin Golden Bear at film festival overshadowed by Gaza row

Wim Wenders said German director İlker Çatak’s Turkey-set film tackling creeping authoritarianism gave jury ‘chills’ Yellow Letters, a drama set in Turkey about creeping authoritarianism, has won the Golden Bear top prize at the Berlin film festival, after a 10-day event overshadowed by a row over politics in cinema. The film by German director İlker Çatak, born in Berlin to Turkish immigrants, tells the story of two luminaries of the Ankara theatre scene whose marriage comes under severe str...

By Deborah Cole

'Yellow Letters' wins Berlinale's top prize as political tensions overshadow the film festival

The political drama by Oscar nominee Ilker Catak took the top award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Turkish-language drama "Yellow Letters" wins Berlin Film Festival's top prize

Turkish-German director Ilker Catak's film "Yellow ⁠Letters" – a ​drama about what happens to a ​marriage under extraordinary political pressure – was awarded the Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear ​top ‌prize on Saturday ⁠night.

By FRANCE 24