Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 76th Berlin Film Festival draws to a close on Saturday after 10 days of what its director called "stormy seas" unleashed by a controversy over the war in Gaza, which often overshadowed discussion of the 22 films in competition.

The biggest talk at the Berlin International Film Festival in recent days wasn't about which film would take home the prestigious Golden Bear award, but a remark made on opening day by the festival's jury president, German filmmaker Wim Wenders.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With considerable chutzpah and elan, and in her capacity as producer and UNHCR Goodwill ambassador, Cate Blanchett has achieved a geopolitical film-making coup.