The golden bear for Iranian film about capital punishment

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof himself was not in place to oppose the finest of the film festival, as he has been banned from Iran's exit ban.

The golden bear was instead received by his daughter Baran Rasoulof, who also has a role in the film.

-I am overwhelmed and happy for this award, but at the same time sad that the filmmaker could not be here tonight. So, on behalf of the entire film team, I say: This is for him, she said from the stage.

In "There is no evil", Mohammad Rasoulof explores the death penalty in Iran by depicting what moral dilemmas people have been appointed to execute executions face.

The jury's chairman, the British actor Jeremy Irons, has described the film as "four stories that show how an authoritarian regime draws ordinary people into inhumanity".

The Silver Bear, the grand prize of the jury, was awarded "Never rarely sometimes always" by the American director Eliza Hittman. The film, which revolves around a teenage girl who is forced to travel from Pennsylvania to New York to perform an abortion, has been hailed by critics and was one of the big favorites for the film festival.

South Korean Hong Sangsoo was also honored with a Silver Bear, in the best direction, for his film "The woman who ran".