Refugees documentary in frame for Berlin film fest prizes

"Fire at Sea", a harrowing documentary about Europe's refugee crisis, looked the favourite to clinch the Berlin film festival's Golden Bear top prize Saturday from a jury led by Meryl Streep. Italian director Gianfranco Rosi's picture led critics' polls in British trade magazine Screen and the Berlin daily Tagesspiegel among 18 contenders at Europe's first major cinema showcase of the year. Points for audacity and ambition went to Lav Diaz's eight-hour-long historical epic, "A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery," which drew cheers from an exhausted audience at its premiere.

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