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Golden Bear for YELLOW LETTERS! 6 awards for 3 MBB-funded films at the Berlinale
Copyright: Sebastian Semmer/Alamode Film, Sebastian Gabsch
Berlin / Potsdam – The Golden Bear goes to the MBB-funded film YELLOW LETTERS by İlker Çatak. Sandra Hüller wins the Silver Acting Bear for the MBB-funded film ROSE.
The independent juries of the 76th Berlinale also honor MBB-funded films: GELBE BRIEFE by İlker Çatak is awarded the Gilde Film Award. PROSECUTION by Faraz Shariat receives the CICAE Art Cinema Award and the Heiner Carow Prize. The Panorama Audience Award for Best Feature Film also goes to PROSECUTION.
Sarah Duve-Schmid, CEO of MBB:
“We are incredibly pleased that YELLOW LETTERS by İlker Çatak has won the Golden Bear — what a well-deserved success for this outstanding and important film. We bow to the fantastic Sandra Hüller as ROSE! Congratulations as well to Faraz Shariat for the three awards for PROSECUTION. We congratulate the film teams of the MBB-funded films YELLOW LETTERS, ROSE, and PROSECUTION, and all filmmakers at this year’s Berlinale. Many thanks also to Tricia Tuttle and her team for a wonderful festival!”