Winner of the Berlinale Best First Feature Award, Kurdwin Ayub’s Sonne authentically captures the 'always online' nature of contemporary life with its story of three teens who go viral after filming a music video parody.
DUBAI: Iraqi actress Kurdwin Ayub, a former refugee, won the Best First Feature award at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival on Wednesday for her drama “Sonne.” Ayub’s full-length feature, which she wrote and directed, centers around a Kurdish, Vienna-born teen, Yesmin, who makes a dance video with her non-Muslim friends. The clip of the three girls goes viral
Spanish director Carla Simón has won the Golden Bear, the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, for her second feature Alcarràs , a moving drama about a Catalan farming family facing eviction from their land. She received the prize from .