The Berlin Film Festival’s top honour went to Director Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary film Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea), about the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
It won the Golden Bear prize for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival on SaturdayFebruary 20,2016
Director Gianfranco Rosi paid tribute to those who risked their lives to escape war and poverty, and to the people of Lampedusa who welcomed them
“Of course now at this moment my deeper thoughts go to all the people that never arrived to Lampudusa on these journeys of hope,” Rosi said in his acceptance speech on stage at Berlin’s cinema palace for the glittering awards ceremony.
Director Gianfranco Rosi, who won the top prize for another documentary in Venice in 2013, in this film shows daily life on the small island, mostly through the eyes of a young boy named Samuele who makes slingshots to shoot at birds and cactuses
The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize went to Smrt u Sarajevu (Death in Sarajevo) and its director Danis Tanovic.
The Best Director award went to France’s Mia Hansen-Love for her film L’Avenir (Things to Come).
The Best Actor award went to Majd Mastoura for his role in the Tunisian film Inhebbek Hedi while Trine Dyrholm took Best Actress for her role in the Danish film Kollektivet (The Commune).
Actor Majd Mastoura holds up the Silver Bear for Best Actor as he stands with jury president and actress Meryl Streep during the awards ceremony of the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin
The cinematography award went to Mark Lee Ping-Bing for the camerawork in the Chinese film Chang Jiang Tu (Crosscurrent) directed by Yang Chao.
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