German-Turkish director İlker Çatak, whose film Yellow Letters recently won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear, has commented on the recommendations made by Germany’s culture ministry after Berlinale boss Tricia Tuttle was threatened with dismissal.
Tuttle’s leadership came under threat after this year’s edition of the festival was overshadowed at first by criticism of silence regarding political debate and then by several filmmakers using their acceptance speeches during the awards ceremony to make pro-Palestinian statements and speak out about Gaza.
