Steven Spielberg receives Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
The filmmaker received the honorary Golden Bear in Berlin for his life’s work and gave an emotional speech.
Steven Spielberg receives Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
The filmmaker received the honorary Golden Bear in Berlin for his life’s work and used the moment to defend a cause that is very important to him.
Steven Spielberg receives Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
Spielberg said he owed a lot to German cinema. Directors such as Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Ernst Lubitsch, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Margarethe von Trotta, Wim Wenders, Wolfang Petersen, Volker Schlöndorff and Tom Tykwer are just some of the names that have inspired the filmmaker.
Steven Spielberg receives Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
»In a way, my work is also at home in Germany,» said the Jewish director, adding »It takes great efforts to heal the wounds.»
Steven Spielberg receives Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
Spielberg also recalled the phrase that the opposite of justification is not injustice, but forgetting »You can only heal historical wounds by remembering».
Steven Spielberg receives Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
That is why the director created the Shoah Foundation, to collect documents and testimonies about the atrocities of the genocide of the Jewish people around the world. Thus, in his speech he spoke about the enormous change that has taken place in Germany » Germany has done a lot to overcome xenophobia, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. Many countries could learn from Germany’s determination to ensure that these things do not happen again».
Steven Spielberg receives Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
Steven Spielberg was accompanied by his wife Kate Capshaw, whom he thanked during the speech and with whom he was very close.
Steven Spielberg receives Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
U2 singer, Bono, also accompanied Steven Spielberg on his special day and dedicated some emotional words to him » Steven Spielberg is the soul of cinema. He has spent decades digging up the past to see what it means for the present».
Steven Spielberg receives Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
The award ceremony was followed by a screening of the director’s latest project, nominated for an Oscar for best film »Tha Fabelmans».
Steven Spielberg receives Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
The film is an autobiographical story about the childhood and youth of a son of Jewish parents in the United States in the 1950s and about the young man’s beginnings as a filmmaker.
