Berlinale 2015 summarized Automatic translate

BERLIN. On February 15, the names of the winners of the 2015 Berlinale were announced in the German capital. The Grand Prix of the film festival - statuettes “Golden Bear” was awarded the picture “Taxi” by Iranian director Jafar Panahi.

Note that in 2010 Jafar Panahi was arrested and sentenced to six years in prison for anti-government activities and participation in rallies against the official results of the 2009 elections. The director was also forbidden to leave Iran and engage in cinematic activities in the country for 20 years.

At the award ceremony, the head of the judiciary, Darren Aronofsky, said: “It is believed that the restrictions are useful for the artist - meanwhile, they can break his personality. Our winner did not break. "

The Berlinale’s traditional prize, “The Silver Bear,” awarded for outstanding artistic achievement, received the film “Under Electric Clouds” by Russian director Alexei German Jr. In particular, the operators Sergey Mikhalchuk and Evgeny Privin became the owners of the statuettes. By the way, a similar award was awarded to the German cameraman Sturl Brandt for his work on the film Victoria

The Russian film “Under Electric Clouds” tells the story of life in the future, as in 2017 the whole world lives in anticipation of a great war. Each character of the picture has its own life, but they all belong to those who are secretly called "superfluous people." This is a story of overcoming and struggle for life.

The Berlinale International Film Festival has been held annually in the German capital since 1951. Over the years, the owners of the “Silver Bear” from Russia were Semen Aranovich as the director of the film “Year of the Dog” (1994) and Pavel Kostomarov as the operator of the film “How I Spent This Summer” (2010)

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