documentary “Fuocoammare” Italian Gianfranco Rosi on the drama of migrants who risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean to Europe won on Saturday the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin Festival.
“E spero that this film will serve to raise awareness of people do not can continue to die at sea to escape a tragedy , “Rosi said upon receiving the award.
the filmmaker, who won the Golden Lion at Venice in 2013 with” Sacro GRA “, thanked the organizers of the Berlinale having the courage to select two –a documentary genre often relegated as retail– among the 18 films competing for the coveted bears Berliners.
“ Fuocoammare” (literally “fire in the sea”) was widely applauded and his triumph seemed purchased in advance, being plebiscite by the international press before meeting the record.
No voices in “off” or comments, tells the daily life of the inhabitants of the Italian island of Lampedusa and thousands of undocumented immigrants arriving by boat, risking and sometimes losing their lives.
refugees and stars
the refugee crisis flew from start to finish this traditionally very political festival since its inception during the cold war and had selected several films on the subject.
Director Dieter Kosslick Berlinale had anticipated months before he wanted to add his voice to the campaign festival of solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of migrants who continue to come to Europe from the Middle East and north Africa.
the phenomenon generated heated debate in Germany and the rest of Europe, where in recent months grew discontent in the opinion of the deliberate policy of open arms of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
the American actor George Clooney present for the presentation of the Coen brothers’ comedy “Hail, Caesar!” -which opened the event week pasada– paid tribute after meeting with Merkel “to all volunteers” to help refugees in Germany.
But the star of Hollywood he was upset when a reporter asked him what had made him particularly. “That question seems very strange,” he replied.
Latin America won several awards
The Silver Bear for Best director went to French director Mia Hansen-Love for his film “L’Avenir” about a philosophy professor who begins a new life after her husband leaves her. The Grand Jury Prize rewarded “Death in Sarajevo” Bosnian Danis Tanovic.
The Danish Trine Dyrholm won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in “Kollektivet” (The community) Danish Thomas Vinterberg, set in the 1970s.
the Silver Bear for Best Actor rewarded for its part the performance of the Tunisian Majd Mastoura in “Hédi,” the first Arab film in competition at the Berlinale in two decades on a story of love and liberation after the revolution of 2010 in Tunisia.
Completely absent this year’s official selection of films in competition for the Golden Bear, Latin America however was not the empty-handed from the German capital by several awards harvested in parallel films Chile, Argentina and Mexico sections.
the young Chilean cinema was the best part. the film “you’ll never be alone,” Alex Anwandter, won the Special jury Prize for “Teddy” that reward outside the Berlinale films with homosexual themes.
the film “Rare” on a lesbian couple Chilean Pepa San Martin, won –also with a denunciation of the Crystal Bear intoleracia– international jury of the Generation Kplus section.
in the section Generation 14plus, the film “plants” by Chilean Roberto Doveris won a Grand jury Prize and a Special Mention International youth jury. The film tells the story of a girl who must take care of a brother in a vegetative state.
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