BERLINALE, THE FESTIVAL OF CRISES, HAS CONCLUDED
İlker Çatak Wins Golden Bear, Emin Alper Wins Silver Bear
At the Berlin Film Festival, İlker Çatak won the festival’s top prize, the Golden Bear, with his film “Yellow Letters” while Emin Alper was awarded the Silver Bear for his film Salvation (Kurtuluş). In his speech, which sent greetings to Rojava, Gaza, Iran, and Silivri, Alper commemorated Gezi prisoners Çiğdem Mater, Tayfun Kahraman, Mine Özerden, Can Atalay, and Osman Kavala, saying, “You are not alone.” He also sent a message of “You are not alone” to Selahattin Demirtaş, Ekrem İmamoğlu, and imprisoned mayors.
