'Yellow Letters,' directed by German filmmaker Ilker Catak, has taken home the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin Film Festival 2026. The political drama tells the story of a Turkish director and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the end, political cinema won out. At the closing ceremony of a Berlin Film Festival blighted by controversy and discourse over ...

“I look forward to working with you again,” Michelle Yeoh told Anora filmmaker Sean Baker this evening at the Berlin Film Festival as she accepted the German festival’s honorary Golden Bear. Baker — ...

Workers mount the bear logo at the venue entrance of the "Berlinale Palast" for the upcoming Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen BERLIN ...

“Yellow Letters,” directed by German filmmaker Ilker Catak, won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear for best film Saturday, at a ceremony reflecting the controversy over Gaza that has dogged this ...

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BERLIN — A surprising and touching Afghan political rom-com that is said to feature the first ever on-screen kiss in an Afghan movie opens the 76th Berlin Film Festival Thursday. Set in a Kabul ...

Hollywood legend praises Berlin's support for emerging artists Festival director Tuttle emphasizes emotional impact of opening film Red carpet attendees make political statements BERLIN, Feb 12 ...

BERLIN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Australian director Warwick Thornton said on Tuesday that his new Western drama "Wolfram" marks another step in Aboriginal filmmakers reclaiming their narrative on the big ...

Amid political tensions at the Berlin fest, the new initiative aims to build a long-term infrastructure for German-Israeli co-productions across film, television and theater. By Scott Roxborough ...