American film director Steven Spielberg received the Berlin Film Festival Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement. According to Deadline, Spielberg was presented with the award by U2 frontman Bono, who made a surprise appearance at the ceremony..

“This honor has a special meaning for me because I am a Jewish director. I like to believe that this is a small moment and a much larger, ongoing effort to heal the broken places of history, what the Jews called Tikkun Olam, fixing and restoring the world.. The German people have shown a willingness to read the history of their country, to resist its lessons regarding anti-Semitism, fanaticism and xenophobia, the harbingers of the Holocaust. Other countries, including my own, can learn a lot from the courageous determination of the German people to act to prevent the Nazis from seizing power,” Spielberg said..

[see_also ids\u003d"

He also admitted that he was not sure that he was ready to receive a lifetime achievement award, since his life and work is still ongoing..

" I want to keep working. I want to keep learning, discovering and scaring myself to death and sometimes you too.

"

At the awards ceremony, Spielberg wore the traditional symbol of the Berlinale - a badge in the form of a bear.. This time it is painted blue and yellow as a sign of support for Ukraine..

Over the course of his career, Spielberg directed over 100 feature films and TV series.. He is known as the director of the films " The director received an Oscar three times and was nominated for an award 19 times..

In 2022, Spielberg's film " He calls him "