Turkish Movie Wins Top Prize at Berlin Festival

Lifestyle | February 21, 2010, Sunday // 13:26
Turkish Movie Wins Top Prize at Berlin Festival: Turkish Movie Wins Top Prize at Berlin Festival Turkish director Hasan Semih Kaplanoglu poses with the Golden Bear for the Best Film for the movie 'Honey' during the press conference after the closing ceremony of the 60th Berlinale International Film Festival. Photo by BGNES

The Turkish film, Bal (Honey), was the surprise winner of the prestigious Golden Bear award for best picture at the annual Berlin Film Fest.

Directed by Semih Kaplanoglu, the movie tells the story of a six-year-old boy who ventures into the woods to find his missing father, a beekeeper.

Roman Polanski won the Silver Bear for Best Director for his new political thriller, “The Ghost Writer.”

Polanski could not accept the award in person because he is under house arrest, facing extradition to the US over a conviction for having sex with a minor in 1977. His producer, Alain Sarde, said he would be "very happy" with the honor, BBC reports.

The runner-up prize was awarded to the Romanian film, Eu Cand Vreau Sa Fluier, Fluier (If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle), a harsh prison drama about a teenager who makes a prison break to stop his mother taking his brother away to Italy.

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