Berlin Film Festival awards
The British film “In This World,” about two Afghan refugees, won the top award at the Berlin Film Festival, while Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman of “The Hours” shared the best actress prize.
The 53rd annual Berlinale, one of Europe’s top three film festivals, named Sam Rockwell best actor for playing U.S. game show mogul Chuck Barris in “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.”
The Golden Bear for best film reflected the central theme of this year’s festival, the thorny topic of migration. “In This World,” directed by Michael Winterbottom, followed the fate of two Afghans in a Pakistan refugee camp who seek a new life in the West. Their journey to London is long and hazardous.
Winterbottom said he had been compelled to make the film, one of 22 competing in Berlin, because of a growing hostility toward immigrants throughout Europe.
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