Documentary Fire at Sea wins Golden Bear in 66th Berlinale

Italian director Gianfranco Rosi (front) speaks as he receives the Golden Bear for Best Film for the film Fire at Sea during the awards ceremony of the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Feb 20, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

The Italian documentary film Fire at Sea won the Golden Bear, the top jury prize awarded to the best film, in the 66th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday.

In the documentary film Fire at Sea, Italian director Gianfranco Rosi captured with camera the daily life of the Italian island of Lampedusa where refugees and islanders live together but in two completely different worlds.

In the past 20 years, large numbers of refugees from North Africa and other places got there by boat, hoping to enter the European continent.