"Starring Tansu Bicer in the role of a playwright and Ozgu Namal as a famous actress, "Yellow Letters" follows the married artists whose relationship is tested as they get caught in the state's crosshairs. The allegory on authoritarian oppression is set in contemporary Turkey, but was shot in Germany, with Berlin and Hamburg taking on the roles of Ankara and Istanbul."
"'Yellow Letters' was decidedly the most political of all 22 works in the main competition, an apt conclusion to an event overshadowed by political debates starting with the festival's opening press conference, when jury president Wim Wenders said that filmmakers "have to stay out of politics." Presenting the award, Wenders referred to the way the film showed a language of empathy that opposed the language of politics."
""This Berlinale took place in a world that feels raw and fractured," said festival director Tricia Tuttle at the opening of the gala on Saturday, immediately referring to the polarized political debates that went viral during the event, including an open letter that criticized the festival's "silence" on Gaza. Tuttle acknowledged that criticism plays an important role in a democracy, and recognized the courage of those who voice their opinions publicly."
Yellow Letters follows married artists, a playwright and a famous actress, whose relationship is tested when they become targets of state repression. The film is an allegory on authoritarian oppression set in contemporary Turkey but filmed in Germany, with Berlin and Hamburg standing in for Ankara and Istanbul. The film won the Berlinale's Golden Bear, and its director Ilker Catak emphasized opposing autocrats rather than clashing among artists. The festival was marked by polarized political debates, including criticism over silence on Gaza. Jury president Wim Wenders and festival director Tricia Tuttle addressed tensions between art, politics, and public criticism.
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