the golden bear went to spanish director carla simon's drama alcarras, centred on a family of catalanrs engaged in their last harvest before their farm is taken over by developers. it's a political story. there's more families of farmers that cultivate the land every day. the director believes her triumph in berlin now means herfilm will gain an international profile. this is really amazing because it is a smaller story about farmers and my family are farmers in a small village and it's so local. all in all it was a good year for women in berlin. two of the three best film prizes went to movies directed by women while both gender neutral acting awards went to women. thank you so much. i'm so overwhelmed and honoured. as did the prize for best director. berlin was a festival that seemed to please. despite the challenges, it came through as a vibrant forum for international cinema. i mean look at this, this is crazy. it's such an international festival with all people unite with their passion for movies and for cinema, i think there is nothing better than that. if you have so many diffe