Chinese thriller "Black Coal, Thin Ice" wins Berlin Fest (video) February 17, 2014 - 12:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Berlin International Film Festival announced 2014 winners. Chinese thriller "Black Coal, Thin Ice" grabbed Golden Bear Best Film, while Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" picked up Silver Bear for Jury Grand Prix. "Black Coal" cast member Liao Fan additionally won Best Actor, AceShowbiz reported. "Black Coal" follows an overweight detective on the trail of a serial killer. "It's really hard to believe this dream has come true," director Diao Yinan said as he was stunned by his win. Last year's big winner was Romanian film "Child's Pose". Best Actress, meanwhile, went to Japanese star Haru Kuroki for "The Little House". Richard Linklater managed to take home Best Director for "Boyhood". The film is also the winner for Prize of The Guild of German Art House Cinemas. As for Audience Award, it is awarded to Ethiopian movie "Difret". The 64th Berlin International Film Festival ran for 11 days from February 6 to 16. Around 400 films have been screened at the event, with 23 of them in the competition category. On Friday, Feb 14 British director Ken Loach was presented with an Honorary Golden Bear. Photo: Berlinale Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |