Berlinale 2015 Awards: Jafar Panahi's 'Taxi' Wins the Golden Bear

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As another film festival comes to an end, it’s time to celebrate and commemorate with the announcement of the awards. The 65th Berlin Film Festival just ended (my own mini recap here), and the winners were announced at the Closing Ceremony, including the winner of the coveted Golden Bear for Best Film. That top prize was given to a film called Taxi, directed by and starring Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who drives around Iran in a taxi picking up various passengers. Everyone I talked to who saw it loved it, and so did the jury, lead by Darren Aronofsky. Another fest favorite, Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín’s subversive and harrowing new film El Club, picked up the Silver Bear runner-up prize. View the list of winners below. ›››

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