of Heaven before making his next planned film The Devil. "But", he says, "now I feel ready to finish the trilogy". In 2012, his documentary film Polluting Paradise was screened in the Special Screenings section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. His 2014 film The Cut has been selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. In 2017, Akin's film In the Fade was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes that year, Diane Kruger won the Best Actress award. The film was subsequently selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist. In the Fade won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Awards 1998 Bavarian Film Awards, Best New Director 2004 Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival 2004 European Film Awards, Best Film, Audience Award 2007 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Golden Orange Award, Best Director 2007 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Director 2007 LUX Prize for European Cinema awarded by European Parliament 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Best Screenplay 2010 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his contribution in depicting the problems of Turkish-Germans. 2018 Golden Globe Award, Best Foreign Language Film Filmography Collaborations References Bibliography Barbara Kosta, "Transcultural Exchanges: Fatih Akin's Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)," in Martinson, Steven D. / Schulz, Renate A. (Eds./hg.), Transcultural German Studies / Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Building Bridges / Brücken bauen'' (Bern etc., Peter Lang, 2008) (Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik, Reihe A: Kongressberichte, 94), External links Fatih Akin Bibliography (via UC Berkeley) Rocking Istanbul A talk with Daniel Bax on the film "Crossing the Bridge", tour guides and Vikings, music divas and the responsibilities of critical acclaim at signandsight.com 1973 births Living people Best Director German Film Award winners Best Director Golden Orange Award winners Directors of Golden Bear winners European Film Award for Best Screenwriter winners Film people from Hamburg German people of Turkish descent Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany University of Fine Arts of Hamburg alumni Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay winners