Native Film Takes Two Prestigious Prizes at Berlin Film Festival

Author:
ICT Staff
Updated:
Sep 12, 2018
Original:
Feb 24, 2011

Andrew Okpeaha MacLean's On the Ice, which already impressed audiences when it showed at Sundance, has won the award for Best First Feature at the Berlinale film festival. The prize of 50,000 Euros goes to director MacLean and producer Cara Marcou. On the Ice has also won the Crystal Bear for Best film awarded by the Generation 14plus Youth Jury.

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