Political Drama ‘Yellow Letters’ Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival
The New York Times • • entertainment
Key Points:
- "Yellow Letters," directed by Ilker Catak, won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, highlighting political repression in contemporary Turkey through the story of a theater actress and an academic.
- The film uniquely uses Berlin and Hamburg as stand-ins for Ankara and Istanbul, respectively, and follows Catak’s previous Oscar-nominated work, "The Teachers’ Lounge."
- Jury president Wim Wenders praised the film for its powerful depiction of totalitarianism, calling it a "terrifying premonition" relevant to many countries.
- The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize was awarded to "Salvation," a thriller about a rural Turkish community’s feud, inspired by a 2009 massacre in Mardin, Turkey.
- The festival jury included
