the berlin international film festival golden bear went to spanish director carla simone. i have filled out cars that tells the story of a family of peach farmers fighting for their future in spain. because foolish has more from the bad enough. berlin is a lucky place for carla seaman in 2017. she won the barely not his best 1st feature award. 5 years later, she triumphantly returns with her follow up. feel mike out at us claiming the golden bear for best picture. i think i consider myself like a little this please of really money. this is julio or if him home, i think maybe i should just move here because every time we come something a raising happens, her movie is about her real home. the town of al got at us in catalonia, it tells the story of a family of peach farmers threatened to be kicked off the land they have been cultivating for generations. milton captain menton captain took home the prize for best leading performance in robbie. corn us versus george w bush. she portrays a german turkish mother fighting to get her innocent. son freed from guantanamo. i would ded

the spanish director, carla simone film al, caught us, took the top prize. the golden bear. and the film tells the story of a family of peach farmers who are fighting for their future in spain. the festivals, gender neutral acting award, went to the german turkish, comedian melton captain in her 1st dramatic wolf. this year's berlin knowledge took place with a red carpet and it took place in science cinemas, which was a relief to film lovers. you had to watch everything virtually last year, but it still wasn't quite the same celebration of film that we know from pre pandemic. top oh our reporters got roxborough. he is at the barrel annella right there by the red carpet for scott. good evening to use. the golden bear. went to our cart. us. is this the film that you think deserved the top award? i ever? yes, this time i took to definitely agree with the jury. i thought this was the best film at this year's festival. a congress is. it's really a bittersweet a drama family drama about a group. as you said, a peach farmers are living in catalonia, a bit based on the, the director

as you said, a peach farmers are living in catalonia, a bit based on the director, carla simone. so own family because she comes from a family of peach farmers in the area. but what she did here with this film is cast, complete a non professionals, non actors, to play this family. and basically the entire film is set over a summer or the last harvest or that their family is going through because they are going to be evicted from their farm to make way for a growing organizations in the area. so very sort of poignant social drama. um, but also perhaps because of its setting perhaps because of siemens, a delicate touch with their characters. and it's also a quite heart warming as well. it was really one of the most powerful and most emotional films. i think that was shown by it at the belly now this year, you know, we're used to the berlin ali, i'm presenting us with surprises when it comes to the winners. were there any big surprises this year? why i was surprised and delighted to see that a metal m a captain, one of the best performance for her 1st dramatic role met. and captain

he abused nichol farley has more from the belin, our berlin is a lucky place for carla simone. in 2017. she won the barely not his best 1st feature award. 5 years later, she triumphantly returns with her. follow up, phil, mike added as claiming the golden bear for best picture. i think i consider myself like lulu this place of really manly. this is truly our film hall. i think maybe i should just move here because every time we come something a raising happens. her movie is about her real home, the town of al qaeda's in catalonia. it tells the story of a family of peach farmers threatened to be kicked off the land they have been cultivating for generations. milton captain mentioned captain to comb the prize for best leading performance in robbie. a corn us versus george w bush. she portrays a german turkish mother finding to get her innocent son freed from guantanamo. i would dedicate this award to her robbie corners and all the mothers whose love is stronger than border. thank you so much. love is also at the center of clear denise movie, both sides of the blade, which are in

so carla simone is really a director who's doing good work and who we need to be paying attention to. and we'll be paying attention to, especially now, which is one this price of the golden bear. and this was an in person event in the midst of a pandemic. i know you've been reporting on bananas for a number of years. how different was this years? well, i think the main difference this year was that i really didn't expect it to happen . and so just a few days before it did. i mean, i'd say about half the people i know in berlin had all me kron is leading up to this best of all. so you're normally the movie stars at the festival, are the big attraction or the focus this year. i'd say the big star was the logistics that it's not that often that you as a culture generalist, feel like, wow i've, i've been part of this is feet this triumph of logistics, but it took so much just to make this festival work. i mean, we had to prove that we were vaccinated prove that we were tested daily where f f, p to are, and 95 masks in the theater. 50 percent capacity, big distance between us, even on the

i'm so excited it's, i'll caught us at a spanish film from a carla simone. fantastic, i happy so i'm so excited about this film a color simone, a. her film a caught us which is a story of a peach farming family in catalonia, on has one of the golden bare. it was my absolute favorite film this year, and i never pick the same film as the jury. so i'm absolutely over the moon about this. i also am a seaman a her and she made her debut here in berlin just 5 years ago with her 1st film. the summer of 1993, which one the 1st the very 1st feature award. so for her to come back to us 5 years later, when the top prize here is nothing short of a standing really wow graduations to a one that you'll be hearing a lot more of carla simone. what scott, why did you not think that this was going to win the golden beer? well, just because i liked it i, it tends to be the case at any time. i love a film, the jury hates it and vice versa. so i never bat on the a golden bear because i'm always wrong. but this year i happened to be in sync with a m nitro milan, i guess a, he and

awards its top price to 2022 berlin ali golden bear goes to the movie. iris in spanish director carla simons, film about struggling land almost takes top on ah, i'm really mohammed, welcome to the program. german chancellor, olaf schultz and u. s. president joe biden have called on russia to take real steps towards de escalation on ukraine's border. offer a phone call to discuss the crisis on europe's eastern flank. now russia announced that it's pulling back some of its forces from the border. but the united states and nato say there are no signs of any russian troop withdrawal yet. and while fears of russian invasion of ukraine on when state is not materialized, united states and its allies maintain that the threat remains high. well, d w 's washington bureau chief, ines paul is following all the latest developments. now the u. s. president spoke to german chancellor, olaf sholtes a short while ago. what more do we know about that conversation? oh, john chancellor schwartz, andrew as president biden see little progress in the border area. he loves ukraine . both politicians agreed that the

the golden bear for best film went to spanish director carla simone. her drama, i'll cut us accounts the struggles of peach farmers in her home village. another woman filmmaker, clay the need to come this year silver bare as best director. her film starring julia been ross tells the story of a love triangle. the silver bell for best screenplay went to layla stealer for her political drama revere corners versus george w bush film that also took the award for best leading performance. comedian melton compton and the role of a courageous mother. i will dedicate this award to her abbey a corners and all the mothers whose love is stronger than border. thank you so much . thank you. mm. the film would melton captain, revolves around a nearly forgotten story of a terrible injustice. the case of move to corners, a turkish citizen born and raised in germany, wrongly accused of being an islamist terrorist. he spent 5 years in the u. s. detention center in guantanamo bay, years of trauma for him and his family, back in brain and germany. this is the aspect that g

the golden bear for best film went to spanish director carla simone. her drama, i'll cut us accounts the struggles of peach farmers in her home village. another woman filmmaker clare denise. to come this your silver bare as best director. her film starting julia panache tells the story of a love triangle. the silver bare for best screenplay went to layla sheila for her political drama for be a corners, missus george w bush, a film that also took the award for best leading performance. comedian melton compton, in the role of a courageous mother. i would dedicate this war to yeah, robbie, a corners and all the mothers whose love is stronger than border. thank you so much . thank you. mm. the soon with milton tutton revolves around a newly forgotten story of a terrible injustice. the case of move to corners. a turkish citizen born and raised in germany, wrongly accused of being an islamist terrorist. he spent 5 years in the u. s. detention center in guantanamo bay, years of trauma for him and his family back in brain and germany. this is the aspect that g

the berlin international film festival has announced this year's winter spanish director carla simone's film alcott. us took the top prize, the golden bear. now it tells the story of a family of peach farmers fighting for their future in spain. the festivals, gender neutral acting award, went to the german turkish comedian milton captain. in her 1st dramatic ro is yours, barely nala took place with a red carpet and it took place in cinemas, a relief to film lovers. you had to watch everything virtually last year, but not quite the same celebration of film that we've seen in pre pandemic times. as we said, the berlin international film festival, just announcing the award winners. our reporter scott roxborough. he is at the belin. all he's there on the red carpet. so scott, let's talk about the golden beer award for our caught us. talk to me about this film. yeah, i mean, i love this film i. it was my favorite film of the bell in allah. and i think i've told you before, i never get this right. i never have a film as the jury. so it's incredible that they've actually agreed with me for onc

this film by carla simone. every one who saw it came away saying this was the strongest film at this year's festival. competition. she's a director who really handles very challenging, subject matter with a lot of sensitivity. and it's a story that's very close to her. and her own biography takes place in her home town. it's about peach farmers. her own uncles grew peaches in this town. so it's, it's a story that's close to her. what she did for this movie is she cast non actors. these are real people, so to speak and, and they're playing this family who is harvesting their. they love their land and they're spending their last summer on their land before they're evicted, to make way for i knew urban ization projects are really some challenging subject matter. similarly to another film that was a big success of hers at valley nala, a few years back, which is about a child who's orphaned by aids. so this is a director at 36 year old director from spain who was really capable of taking on these very tough topics w

i'll cara, spanish director, carla simone's film about struggling farming family in catalonia, takes the top ah, i'm good. how else as well come to the program? france has announced that it will withdraw its troops from marley, ending a 9 year mission against islamist militants relations between france and the western african nation. have deteriorated since the ruling military hunter in bomber co postponed elections and announced it will stay in power for another 4 years french president manuel mccall justified the decision to pull out us. we cannot remain militarily involved alongside molly and authorities with who we don't share a strategy or you have a hidden agenda. that's the situation we're facing in molly and a joint statement together with its european partners and canada, france said anti terror operations. and molly was seized by june. the issue is likely to dominate arrest summit between the african union and the european union in brussels to day. did up use jack park has more the strained relations between france and molly. after a 2nd military coup in may 2021 which foll

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