Following his Academy Award nominated Das Lehrerzimmer (The Teacher’s Lounge), Turkish-German director Ilker Çatak bagged the Golden Bear at this year’s fraught Berlin Film Festival with Gelbe Briefe (Yellow Letters).
It follows Derya (Özgü Namal) and Aziz (Tansu Biçer), who are the talk of the town. The celebrated artist couple from Ankara are an avant-garde theatre hit, with Derya performing the lead role in her husband’s new play.