The Golden Bear for "Taxi" by Iranian Jafar Panahi, the film director dissident is crowned at the Berlin Film Festival. Jafar Panahi was not there to receive her award, it is forbidden to travel abroad. His film, he once again turned illegally.
Through his taxi passengers, Jafar Panahi with love and humor captures the soul of Iranians.
"Rather than letting destroy his mind and give up, rather than being overwhelmed by anger and frustration, Jafar Panahi wrote a love letter to the movies," said jury president, US director Darren Aronofsky, considering that his film was "filled with the love he has for his art, his community, his country and his audience."
The jury also rewarded the Eastern European cinema. Two Silver Bear for best director: the first to Malgorzata Szumowska for "Body," the story of a medical examiner and his anorexic daughter:
"I am completely shocked, but in a good way, says Malgorzata Szumowska is rare for Polish cinema to have a prize at the Berlinale."
The second Silver Bear goes to Romanian Radu Jude for "Aferim" a road movie in black and white history in Eastern Europe from 1835.
"The Berlinale has launched a political signal, says Wolfgang Spindler our special correspondent in Berlin. With a Golden Bear for Iranian Panahi, the international jury showed its solidarity with a director who is struggling in his own country against censorship, against the prohibition of work and travel. "
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