Here’s my pick of the Top 5 films of the just concluded Berlin Film Festival:

1. Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea) by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy-France): It won the Golden Bear for Best Film. A deeply affecting documentary on Europe’s refugee crisis. The film centres around Lampedusa, Italy, where lakhs of mostly illegal migrants, mainly from Syria and Africa, arrive, en route to Europe. Many are dead or dying from starvation or diesel burns. The film focuses on the rescue operations, as well as the private worlds of the island’s inhabitants, which barely touch each other.