Iranian film wins Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival

This year's winner of the Golden Bear award is a drama entitled Nader and Simin: A Separation, directed by Ashgar Farhadi.

When collecting his award, Farhadi honored his colleague, Jafar Panahi, who has been jailed by the Iranian government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12045248

Jafar Panahi, Panahi is a "past winner of the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion award. His most recent film is Offside, which won the 2006 Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear award."   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8656881.stm


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