Poland's Wasilewski wins Silver Bear at Berlinale

Polish director and screenwriter Tomasz Wasilewski won the Silver Bear award for Best Script on Saturday at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival for "United States of Love." “Thank you to the Jury for recognizing us, and thank you also to the audience for such an amazing experience – we only just had the premiere yesterday and we'll never forget that evening," Wasilewski said. “It's amazing, I wrote so as to be able to direct. Now I'll have to do it more often. Thank you!” Set in the beginning of the 1990s, the film portrays four women in a small provincial town. Shot in desaturated colours and with a muted production design, this drama reflects upon the attempts to escape an anti-pleasure, body-hating environment. Wasilewski’s subject is the death throes of a society – and the emotional impoverishment of the individual. Gianfranco Rosi's 'Fire at Sea', a documentary about the refugee crisis won the Golden Bear for Best Film. This year, the Main Competition Jury was chaired by Meryl Streep.