Article 3GPEA Romanian film about fear of sexual intimacy wins Golden Bear at Berlin film festival

Romanian film about fear of sexual intimacy wins Golden Bear at Berlin film festival

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Surprise win for Touch Me Not means Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs has to settle for best director prize

Touch Me Not, a Romanian film about fear of intimacy and achieving sexual liberation was the unexpected winner of the Golden Bear, the Berlin film festival's top award at the festival's concluding ceremony on Saturday.

Directed by Adina Pintilie, Touch Me Not was picked ahead of 18 other films, including Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs and Utoya July 22, by a jury headed by German director Tom Tykwer, best known for Run Lola Run. Based around an English woman's attempt to overcome her intimacy issues, and ranging across everything from disability to sex clubs, Touch Me Not blends fiction and documentary and is Pintilie's first feature film.

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