The film, which received at the festival "Golden Bear", tells of a young Israeli who is trying to break away from their homeland and become a real Frenchman.

#BestFilm has been awarded to Synonymes by the Golden Bear for SaBdBenSaïd and #MichelMerkt. Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/66Pln7MDX6

- Berlinale (@berlinale) February 16, 2019

The best director according to the jury of the film festival became Angela Shanelek (the film “I was at home, but ...”).

The film Francois Ozon "By the grace of God" was awarded the Grand Prix of the event.

On February 7, the Berlin Film Festival opened in the German capital with the drama "Kindness of strangers" by the Danish director Lone Schörfig.