'Nader and Simin' Wins Berlin Film Festival's Top Prize (Berlin)

10:55 AM PST 2/19/2011 by Scott Roxborough

BERLIN –The Berlin Film Festival's red carpet could well have been painted green, the Iranian color of freedom, as Nader and Simin, A Separation from Iranian director Asghar Farhadi won the 2011 Golden Bear for best film. The ensemble cast of Nader and Simin took both the best actor and best actress Silver Bears, beating out higher-profile competition including Coriolanus stars Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave, and Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Irons, who appeared in J.C. Chandor's financial meltdown drama Margin Call.