Turkish film tops the 60th Berlinale

A film from Turkey has scooped the Golden Bear award for Best Film of the 60th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival.

Honey, the third part of Turkish filmmaker Semih Kaplanoglu's reverse-order trilogy, competed with 20 films at the 2010 Berlinale.

The film recounts the story of a six-year-old boy who goes in search of his bee-keeper father, who has gone missing.

This year's best director title went to Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski for his political thriller The Ghost Writer.

The Silver Bear award was received by The Ghost Writer producer Alan Sarde, as the 76-year-old Oscar-winning director is under house arrest for sexual charges.

Polanski completed the film while in jail and under house arrest.

The complete list of the 60th Berlinale winners, announced on February 20, is as follows.

Golden Bear for Best Film:
Bal (Honey), Semih Kaplanoglu, Turkey

Silver Bear - The Jury Grand Prix:
If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle, Florin Serban, Romania

Silver Bear - Best Director:
Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer

Silver Bear - Best Actress:
Shinobu Terajima in Caterpillar, Koji Wakamatsu, Japan

Silver Bear - Best Actor:
Grigori Dobrygin for How I Ended This Summer, Alexei Popogrebsky, Russia
and
Sergei Puskepalis for How I Ended This Summer, Alexei Popogrebsky, Russia

Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Achievement in the Category Camera:
Pavel Kostomarov for How I Ended This Summer, Alexei Popogrebsky, Russia

Silver Bear - Best Script:
Wang Quan'an and Na Jin for Apart Together by Wang Quan'an, China

Alfred Bauer Prize:
Awarded in memory of the Festival founder for a work of particular innovation.

If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle, Florin Serban, Romania

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119155§ionid=3510212.