The Golden Bear, the Berlin International Film Festival‘s top prize, was awarded on Saturday to the political drama “Yellow Letters,” by German director Ilker Catak. His previous film, “The Teachers’ Lounge” (2023) was nominated for an Oscar.
Starring Tansu Bicer in the role of a playwright and Ozgu Namal as a famous actress, “Yellow Letters” follows the married artists whose relationship is tested as they get caught in the state’s crosshairs.
The allegory on authoritarian oppression is set in contemporary Turkey, but was shot in Germany, with Berlin and Hamburg taking on the roles of Ankara and Istanbul.
“Yellow Letters” was decidedly the most political of all…