Berlinale Suspends Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize After Nazi Accusations Against Festival’s Founder Director
International Film Festival has suspended one of its major prizes after accusations of Nazi collaboration were made against its namesake, Alfred Bauer, who was the festival’s first director from 1951 to 1976.published a story yesterday alleging that Bauer held a previously unknown “high-ranking position in the Nazi film bureaucracy,” citing unnamed sources.
In response, Berlin released a statement this morning stating that it would suspend the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize “with immediate affect.” The award was presented annually to a film in the festival program that “opens new perspectives on cinematic art.” Last year it went to German pic
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