Tonight, the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Jubilee Award Ceremony was held at the Shanghai Grand Theatre. British actor Tom Hiddleston, who is called "Jittersen" by Chinese audiences, came, Mira Jovovich, an actor who became famous in the film world for "Resident Evil", Wang Jingchun and Wing Mei, winners of the Best Actor and Actress Award at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival, Shang Changrong, a famous Peking Opera performance artist, Li Shaohong, president of the China Film Directors Association and director of the film "Liberation", Wu Jing, the promotion ambassador of this Shanghai International Film Festival and the star of the movie "The Climber", came... There is also the jury of the Golden Jubilee Awards, led by Turkish director Nuri Bige Ceylon. Star-studded, just to witness the 22nd glory of the Golden Jubilee Awards.
Pictured: Stills from "Under the Light of The Wooden Birthday" Official Picture
This year, a total of 2555 works from all over the world registered to compete in the four units of this year's Golden Jubilee Award, and 15 works were successfully shortlisted for the final selection of the main competition unit. After careful observation and sincere exchanges, the 7 judges of the main competition unit made a solemn selection. The Indian film "Under the Light of Wooden Birthday" won the "Artistic Contribution Award"; Bao Xuanming won the "Best Cinematography Award" for his outstanding lens language in "Spring Tide"; Alexander Longjin and Pavel Longjin won the "Best Screenplay Award" for "Brotherhood"; Salome Demelia won the "Best Actress" trophy for her outstanding performance in "Between Breaths"...
Pictured: "Between the Breaths" stills Official picture
96-year-old Chang Feng, the oldest "Best Actor"
Tonight, Chang Feng took the trophy of "Best Actor" from Zhao Tao and Yong Mei. The 96-year-old Chang Feng, older than the two awardees combined, became the oldest "Best Actor" in the history of the Shanghai International Film Festival and even the International A-category Film Festival. However, the old man is energetic both on stage and offstage, and his performance in the movie "Hometown Heart" is coherent, complete and deeply concrete, interpreting the character's solemn attitude towards hometown and life.
Pictured: "Homesickness" Stills Official Picture
During the filming of the film, one of the heaviest scenes was filmed until two o'clock in the morning, but Chang Feng did not go to bed immediately after returning to the hotel after filming, but drank a little wine. Because of the completion of this play, he was relieved. This awe and love for the performance career won warm applause from the scene. After winning the award, the 96-year-old Chang Feng came backstage with the trophy and said: "'Teacher Qin Hailu' had to let me act in this play, I can't do it physically, it's not convenient to walk, I said then I'll read the script first." At first glance, I liked the script very much, and I liked the role even more, so I had to take it 'helplessly' and desperately acted it. Who knows, there is such a lucky, today to get this award. The words did not fall, the humor and sincerity of the old man once again touched the scene media, and the applause sounded again.
The movie "Hometown Heart" is Chang Feng's "box sealing work", and he deeply touched the audience with the emotion of "in his lifetime, don't lose it and don't forget". A bottle of golden jubilee trophy, the affirmation of delicate and moving performance, but also a high respect for this performing artist who has devoted himself to the performing arts career for more than 70 years.
The Iranian film Castle of Dreams won three awards
While the Georgian/Russian/Swedish film Between the Breaths also won the Jury Prize and the Best Actress Award, tonight's biggest winner was none other than the Iranian film Castle of Dreams. In addition to Iranian actor Hamed Saberi Bedard sharing the honor of the "Best Actor Award" with Chang Feng for his imaginative performance in the film and unexpected detail handling, director Resa Mir Kalimi won the "Best Director Award" and "Best Picture" with his excellent control of every detail - whether it is picture, sound, dialogue, rhythm, or the psychology or action of the characters, winning the "Best Director Award" and "Best Picture" two of the heaviest Golden Jubilee Trophies. The jury gave the director and the film itself a fairly high rating, believing that the film's treatment of details was very profound and precise, "from beginning to end without losing its coherence and authenticity." Even if the film takes place in a small space and a limited time, the truth of life is revealed in it. ”
After the award ceremony, the award-winning film "Castle of Dreams" was screened on the spot, which also became the closing film of the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival.
Pictured: Stills from Castle of Dreams Official Picture
Pay tribute to the background, do not forget the original heart to pursue the future
This year coincides with the 70th anniversary of New China, and Chinese films that walk with the times have left too many memorable silver screen legends in the memory of generations of audiences, and together with those classic pictures engraved in the minds of the audience, there are unforgettable movie songs. Singer Tan Weiwei brought a group of classic Chinese film songs to the scene, paying tribute to the "flowing golden years" in the memory of light and shadow.
Caption: The Climber poster Official image
In 2019, Chinese filmmakers will not only launch a number of elaborate gift works such as "The Climber", but also adhere to the original intention and mission of new Chinese filmmakers: that is, continuous climbing and transcendence, unremitting inheritance and innovation. At the ceremony, three micro-films, "The Birth of a Film", "A Filmmaker's Dream to the Movie", and "The Future Has Come, Passing on the Torch", ran through the whole process, and paid high tribute to the workers behind the film again and again. Just like the theme poster of this year's film festival" "Creation of Vientiane, Behind the Scenes is king", and just as the theme of tonight's Golden Jubilee Award Ceremony "Video Recording Era, Golden Jujue Behind the Scenes is King", it is touching and inspiring. Not forgetting the original intention, inheriting the classics, paying tribute to the behind-the-scenes, and chasing the dream of the future, the Shanghai International Film Festival believes that it will continue to contribute to promoting China's transition from a "film power" to a "film power", and build a platform for exchanges and cooperation for filmmakers around the world. (Chief reporter of Xinmin Evening News, Sun Jiayin)
Comment now| the future is here
With the announcement of the Golden Jubilee Awards one by one, this year's Shanghai International Film Festival has entered the end. But the end of the curtain means a new beginning.
When our screen exceeds 60,000 pieces, when our annual box office exceeds 60 billion yuan, when we become the backbone of the world film industry, the Shanghai International Film Festival with the positioning of "basing on Asia, paying attention to The Chinese language, and supporting newcomers", how to open this dream road with a more open attitude in the coming days?
At this year's film festival, our newly launched "SIFF ASIA" structure will boost the interaction of the Asian film industry, and the newly upgraded "Belt and Road Film Festival Alliance" will make this "circle of friends" bigger and bigger. At the same time, the Shanghai International Film Festival has formed a six-level ladder-type newcomer cultivation system of "short video exploration, Golden Jue short film, venture capital training camp, film project venture capital, Asian Newcomer Award, and Golden Jue Award", and the future is not the future tense, but the time.
Related links | the golden jubilee award winners
Best Picture: Castle of Dreams (Iran)
Grand Jury Prize: Between Breaths (Georgia/Russia/Sweden)
Best Director Award: Castle of Dreams (Iran) by Ressa Mir karimi
Best Actor: "Homesickness" (China) Chang Feng, "Castle of Dreams" (Iran) Hamed Saberi Bedard
Best Actress: Between Breaths (Georgia/Russia/Sweden) Salome Demelia
Best Screenplay Award: "Brotherhood" (Russia) Pavel Longkin
Best Cinematography Award: "Spring Tide" (China) Bao Xuanming
Artistic Contribution Award: Under the Light of a Wooden Birthday (India)