İlker Çatak’s Yellow Letters and Emin Alper’s Salvation both won headline honours at the Berlin film festival and show dissenting cinema is thriving in the face of Erdoğan’s repression ‘I want calm…

The film "Yellow Letters" by German-Turkish director Ilker Çatak won the Golden Bear at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. A political drama that follows a couple...

Political Turkish-German cinema triumphed with main awards for Çatak and Emin Alper. Palestinian director Abdallah Alkhatib caused shouts of protest in the hall.

Der Film "Gelbe Briefe" ist bei der Berlinale mit dem Goldenen Bären ausgezeichnet worden. İlker Çatak ist damit der erste deutsche Regisseur seit mehr als 20 Jahren, dessen Film die Auszeichnung erhä

Set in Turkey and filmed on location in Germany with no attempt to hide the artifice, the trenchantly honest and terrifically acted new film from The Teachers’ Lounge director Ilker Çatak might be the most important film yet made about Donald Trump’s America. Though it obviously has more specific ties to Turkey’s authoritarian President Recep […]

German-Turkish director İlker Çatak, whose “Yellow Letters” recently won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear, has weighed in on the recommendations made by Germany’s culture ministry after it Berlinale chief Tricia Tuttle came under fire earlier this week Tuttle’s leadership came under threat after the 2026 edition of the festival was overshadowed by political debate, with […]

German director and screenwriter of Turkish origin, Ilker Çatak, has been awarded the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 76th Berlinale for his work 'Yellow Letters'.

Slovenia was represented in the competitive program Perspektive and the short film program, but did not receive any major awards.

Series from such creative heavyweights as Ken Burns, Ruben Ostlund and Fernando Meirelles galvanize the most powerful edition to date of the Berlinale Series Market, its TV forum and market. More projects from top talent hitting the BSM include “The Granddaughter,” from İlker Çatak (“Yellow Letters”), whose “Yellow Letters” has emerged as an early Berlin […]

İlker Çatak's "Yellow Letters" tells the story of a Turkish artist couple who come under state scrutiny. The film won the Golden Bear this year for it. Rightly so.

İlker Çatak's political drama 'Gelbe Briefe' (Yellow Letters) was awarded the main prize at the Berlin Film Festival, which faced criticism for not taking a stance on the Gaza situation.

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The Berlin International Film Festival, known as the Berlinale, continues its tradition of highlighting political themes in cinema, featuring discussions and films that address current global issues.