Malayalam film 'Ottal' has been named the
best children's film at the Berlin International
Film Festival and honoured with the Crystal
Bear award in the 'Generation KPlus' section. The film, directed by Jayaraj
Rajasekharan Nair, is about the story of an old fisherman and his grandson. The
movie is an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's short story 'Vanaka'.
Jayaraj is known for adapting literary
classic into films. He has earlier made films based on Shakespeare's works
such as "Othello" and
"Antony and Cleopatra". "GENERATION K+ Crystal Bears announced!
Best Film: Ottal," a post on the official Twitter account of Berlinale
read.
This is the third year in a row that Indian
films have triumphed. Earlier winners were "Killa" 2014 and
"Dhanak"
2015. "Ottal" bagged the National
Award for best film on Environment Conservation/Preservation and it set a
record at 20th International Film Festival Of Kerala by sweeping all the top
awards.
The members of the Children's Jury in
Generation Kplus were Fabian Behrendt, Mathilda Fastabend, Felix Fuentes-Hare,
Julian Leisle, Lilia Channary Noack, Mette Maren Schmahl, Fritzi
Schneider-Reuter, Moritz Suubenbach, Sophie Tischmann, Tamino Kohne and Irma
Weiche.
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