Other winners included Barbarian Invasion and The Conscience.
Chinese director Geng Jun’s Manchurian Tiger won the best feature award at the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff), which ran June 11-20.
The first film from Geng since his Sundance award winner Free And Easy revolves around a truck driver, his wife, his girlfriend, a business man and a poet, who are all caught up in a chain of calamities connected to an unpaid debt and a black dog.
Barbarian Invasion, which sees pioneering Malaysian New Wave director Tan Chui Mui appear in front of the camera, won the jury grand prize.
Chinese director Geng Jun’s Manchurian Tiger won the best feature award at the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff), which ran June 11-20.
The first film from Geng since his Sundance award winner Free And Easy revolves around a truck driver, his wife, his girlfriend, a business man and a poet, who are all caught up in a chain of calamities connected to an unpaid debt and a black dog.
Barbarian Invasion, which sees pioneering Malaysian New Wave director Tan Chui Mui appear in front of the camera, won the jury grand prize.
- 6/21/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Siff Young is jointly organised with the Cannes Marche.
Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff) announced the five directors who have been selected for Siff Young, a new talent support programme jointly organised by the Cannes Marche du Film, during the festival’s opening weekend.
Four of the filmmakers – Han Shuai, Liang Ming, Rao Xiaozhi and Wang Jing – attended the June 12 event in person, which was held as a forum with a live audience at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The fifth is Hong Kong-based Derek Tsang who was unable to come in person due to pandemic travel restrictions.
The directors were...
Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff) announced the five directors who have been selected for Siff Young, a new talent support programme jointly organised by the Cannes Marche du Film, during the festival’s opening weekend.
Four of the filmmakers – Han Shuai, Liang Ming, Rao Xiaozhi and Wang Jing – attended the June 12 event in person, which was held as a forum with a live audience at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The fifth is Hong Kong-based Derek Tsang who was unable to come in person due to pandemic travel restrictions.
The directors were...
- 6/14/2021
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
The feature film category consists of 13 international titles, all world premieres.
The 24th Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff), which runs from June 11-20, has unveiled the competition titles for its long-standing Golden Goblet Awards.
The feature film category consists of 13 international titles, all world premieres, vying for eight awards. These include three from China: The Chanting Willows by Dai Wei, The Grace Ends by Wu Di, and Manchurian Tiger by Geng Jun.
The only other Asian title is Barbarian Invasion by Malaysian filmmaker Tan Chui Mui who also appears in the film as the lead actress. The rest of the...
The 24th Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff), which runs from June 11-20, has unveiled the competition titles for its long-standing Golden Goblet Awards.
The feature film category consists of 13 international titles, all world premieres, vying for eight awards. These include three from China: The Chanting Willows by Dai Wei, The Grace Ends by Wu Di, and Manchurian Tiger by Geng Jun.
The only other Asian title is Barbarian Invasion by Malaysian filmmaker Tan Chui Mui who also appears in the film as the lead actress. The rest of the...
- 6/4/2021
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
The Shanghai International Film Festival, China’s longest-running major cinema event, is set to return with a sizable in-person edition in June.
The festival, which shifted to a curtailed online offering last year amid the pandemic, unveiled both its 2021 international competition jury and full selection this week.
The jury will be led by Chinese producer Huang Jianxi as president, with the rest of the panel made up by Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen, Chinese actor-director Deng Chao, Chinese actor Song Jia, former Venice festival chief Marco Mueller and China-based French producer Natacha Devillers. Unlike in most years, there are no established ...
The festival, which shifted to a curtailed online offering last year amid the pandemic, unveiled both its 2021 international competition jury and full selection this week.
The jury will be led by Chinese producer Huang Jianxi as president, with the rest of the panel made up by Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen, Chinese actor-director Deng Chao, Chinese actor Song Jia, former Venice festival chief Marco Mueller and China-based French producer Natacha Devillers. Unlike in most years, there are no established ...
The Shanghai International Film Festival, China’s longest-running major cinema event, is set to return with a sizable in-person edition in June.
The festival, which shifted to a curtailed online offering last year amid the pandemic, unveiled both its 2021 international competition jury and full selection this week.
The jury will be led by Chinese producer Huang Jianxi as president, with the rest of the panel made up by Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen, Chinese actor-director Deng Chao, Chinese actor Song Jia, former Venice festival chief Marco Mueller and China-based French producer Natacha Devillers. Unlike in most years, there are no established ...
The festival, which shifted to a curtailed online offering last year amid the pandemic, unveiled both its 2021 international competition jury and full selection this week.
The jury will be led by Chinese producer Huang Jianxi as president, with the rest of the panel made up by Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen, Chinese actor-director Deng Chao, Chinese actor Song Jia, former Venice festival chief Marco Mueller and China-based French producer Natacha Devillers. Unlike in most years, there are no established ...
After shifting last year to an online format, the Shanghai International Film Festival will return for its 24th edition later this month. The festival will play as an in-person event, while the market sections will be hybrids of in-person and online activities.
The TV festival runs from June 6, while the film festival runs from June 11-20. A prize ceremony for its Golden Goblet awards will be held on June 19.
The jury that will select the competition winners includes: Chinese producer Huang Jianxi as president; Singapore filmmaker Anthony Chen; Chinese director and actor Deng Chao; Italian film festival selector Marco Mueller; Shanghai-based French producer Natacha Devillers; and Chinese actor Song Jia.
Organizers said that the festival was being in the spirit of “strong recovery and leading momentum of Chinese films in the world, with three-fold focuses on Asia, attention to China and support for new talent.
Main Competition
“Amateurs”
Dir. Iwona Siekierzynska (Poland)
“Barbarian Invasion”
Dir.
The TV festival runs from June 6, while the film festival runs from June 11-20. A prize ceremony for its Golden Goblet awards will be held on June 19.
The jury that will select the competition winners includes: Chinese producer Huang Jianxi as president; Singapore filmmaker Anthony Chen; Chinese director and actor Deng Chao; Italian film festival selector Marco Mueller; Shanghai-based French producer Natacha Devillers; and Chinese actor Song Jia.
Organizers said that the festival was being in the spirit of “strong recovery and leading momentum of Chinese films in the world, with three-fold focuses on Asia, attention to China and support for new talent.
Main Competition
“Amateurs”
Dir. Iwona Siekierzynska (Poland)
“Barbarian Invasion”
Dir.
- 6/3/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Arthouse Film Foundation (Aff), India is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the discovery and development of independent films, artists and audiences. It supports research, practice and education in the field of filmmaking as a tool to practice arts and culture across Indian sub-continent, a.k.a South Asia. The Foundation seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film, media, and audiovisual artists from India and South Asia, and to introduce audiences to their new work. As a facilitator, catalyst and provocateur in the field, Aff strives to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships.
Keeping up with our long term moto to discover and support young independent filmmakers, Arthouse Film Foundation had started organising Arthouse Asia Film Festival, since 2016. The festival is dedicated to high quality international standard films, where every year 10 fiction feature films...
Keeping up with our long term moto to discover and support young independent filmmakers, Arthouse Film Foundation had started organising Arthouse Asia Film Festival, since 2016. The festival is dedicated to high quality international standard films, where every year 10 fiction feature films...
- 9/23/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Tracking an independent film crew on a difficult field research trip in Southwest China, Sixth Generation writer-director Zhang Ming’s “The Pluto Moment” ponders the relationship between life and death, nature and society, art and commercialism. Unlike many films about filmmaking, which lend themselves to a kind of meta self-awareness, this deceptively simple yet quietly revelatory drama features engaging characters and offers wryly ironic comments on the unpredictable nature of film production.
Since debuting with “In Expectation” in 1996, Zhang has made films suffused with enigmas, revolving around disappearances, sudden breakups, and other inexplicable human behavior, often showing fog enveloping Wushan, the landmark of his birthplace, to evoke a sense of mystery. Here, he uses blindness as a metaphor for the unknown, with which his protagonists grapple, while also symbolizing the director’s own struggle as he spent years trying to get this project off the ground.
The film’s mordant...
Since debuting with “In Expectation” in 1996, Zhang has made films suffused with enigmas, revolving around disappearances, sudden breakups, and other inexplicable human behavior, often showing fog enveloping Wushan, the landmark of his birthplace, to evoke a sense of mystery. Here, he uses blindness as a metaphor for the unknown, with which his protagonists grapple, while also symbolizing the director’s own struggle as he spent years trying to get this project off the ground.
The film’s mordant...
- 5/23/2018
- by Maggie Lee
- Variety Film + TV
Event is designed to help European producers develop co-productions with China.
The European Film Market (Efm) and Bridging The Dragon are jointly hosting the inaugural Sino-European Production Seminar in Berlin on February 17.
Speakers confirmed for the event include Ben Zhang of Alibaba Pictures’ international division; producers Fang Li, Natacha Devillers and Charles Lei; Sisi Wu of Jetavana Entertainment; WeYing’s Luke Xiang and Ben Erwei Ji of Reach Glory Media & Entertainment.
Aimed at European producers who are developing feature film projects with China, the one-day conference will host sessions on how to approach the Chinese film market and practical aspects of working with Chinese film industry professionals.
Subjects covered by the sessions include dealing with Sarft and Chinese censorship; marketing and distribution in the internet age; Chinese audiences today and tomorrow; and the packaging and financing structure of Chinese films and co-productions.
Bridging The Dragon is an association that aims to connect European and Chinese film professionals...
The European Film Market (Efm) and Bridging The Dragon are jointly hosting the inaugural Sino-European Production Seminar in Berlin on February 17.
Speakers confirmed for the event include Ben Zhang of Alibaba Pictures’ international division; producers Fang Li, Natacha Devillers and Charles Lei; Sisi Wu of Jetavana Entertainment; WeYing’s Luke Xiang and Ben Erwei Ji of Reach Glory Media & Entertainment.
Aimed at European producers who are developing feature film projects with China, the one-day conference will host sessions on how to approach the Chinese film market and practical aspects of working with Chinese film industry professionals.
Subjects covered by the sessions include dealing with Sarft and Chinese censorship; marketing and distribution in the internet age; Chinese audiences today and tomorrow; and the packaging and financing structure of Chinese films and co-productions.
Bridging The Dragon is an association that aims to connect European and Chinese film professionals...
- 2/13/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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