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Bosnian film Grbavica takes the Golden Bear
Monday 20 February 2006Directed by Sarajevan Jasmila Zbanic, 'Grbavica' highlights the issue of the rape of 20,000 women during the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian war.
The low-budget film tells the story of a Muslim woman who tries to conceal her past in order to protect her teenage daughter.
"War in Bosnia was over some 13 years ago and yet war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic [former Bosnian Serb leader and army commander] still live in Europe freely," said Zbanic.
"They've not been captured for organising the rape of 20,000 women in Bosnia. This is Europe and no one is interested in capturing them," she added.
Two films were awarded the Silver Bear Jury Prizes: Iranian film 'Offside', about a girl who has to disguise herself as a boy to watch a football match in Tehran; and 'En Soap' ('A Soap') centred around a Danish woman and her relationship with a transsexual.
The Silver Bear for Best Director went to British directors Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross for their film, 'Road to Guantanamo'.
It tells the true story of three British Muslims, caught in Afghanistan, who are held without charge for two years at Guantanamo Bay.
"Obviously if Guantanamo closes that would be a great thing," said Winterbottom, dedicating his award to the three men who inspired his film.
"Before Guantanamo existed no one could have believed that the Americans would set up a prison in Cuba...(and) would keep them without trial for four years."
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