Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s ‘Taxi’ wins Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear
BERLIN – Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi” has won the top Golden Bear prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Panahi has been unable to leave Iran after his conviction on charges of “making propaganda” against the country’s ruling system. Authorities imposed a 20-year filmmaking ban on Panahi in 2010, but he has continued to make movies.
The grand jury prize, which comes with a runner-up Silver Bear, went Saturday to Chilean director Pablo Larrain for his movie “The Club.”
The best actor and best actress awards went to Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling, who play a couple in British director Andrew Haigh’s drama “45 Years.”
The jury awarded two best director honours: to Romania’s Radu Jude for “Aferim!” and to Malgorzata Szumowska of Poland for “Body.”
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