65th Berlin International Film Festival

Jafar Panahi's 'Taxi' wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival (Photos)

Jafar Panahi, the Iranian dissident director who is banned from making films by the Iranian state has won this year's Berlinale Golden Bear for his film "Taxi."

In his film, that was described as a masterpiece by the critics, the Iranian director stars as a taxi driver engaging his passengers in dialogue as he drives them through the streets of Tehran.

Aferim! of Radu Jude wins silver bear for Best Director at Berlinale 2015

Director Radu Jude received the Silver Bear for "Aferim!", at the Berlinale 2015 Film Festival, on Saturday evening.

Photo: (c) Luo Huanhuan / Xinhua Flux

"If I knew I would win such a prize, I would have been more serious when shooting it," Radu Jude said on the Berlinale stage.

Defiant Iranian director sends banned film to Berlin fest

Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi's latest picture defying an official ban, "Taxi", will premiere Friday at the 65th Berlin film festival, marking a new chapter of his career in the shadows.
      
The 54-year-old's work is celebrated in the world's arthouses but outlawed in Iran where the regime considers his gritty, socially critical productions to be subversive.

Berlinale Film Festival: The main line-up

Isabel Coixet's 'Nobody Wants the Night' has been announced as the opening film of the 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival, that is scheduled to take place from 5 to 15 February 2015.

American film director Darren Aronofsky has been announced as the President of the Jury and German film director Wim Wenders is scheduled to be presented with the Honorary Golden Bear.