‘Alcarràs’ Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival

Second prize went to prolific South Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo for “The Novelist’s Film,” a nuanced, conversational drama focusing on a series of encounters between a writer interested in making a movie. Hong had won the best director award at the Berlinale (known as the festival in Germany) just two years ago. The special jury …

‘Alcarràs’ Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival

Second prize went to prolific South Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo for “The Novelist’s Film,” a nuanced, conversational drama focusing on a series of encounters between a writer interested in making a movie. Hong had won the best director award at the Berlinale (known as the festival in Germany) just two years ago. The special jury …