On the evening of June 23, the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Jubilee Award was announced. Castle of Dreams won Best Picture, Ressa Mir Karimi won Best Director for it, and Between Breaths won the Grand Jury Prize. Taiwanese actor Chang Feng and Iranian actor Hamad Saberi Bedard won best actor, the two starred in "Homesickness" and "Castle of Dreams" respectively, Russian actor Salome Dermolia won best actress for "Between Breaths", Russian film "Brotherhood" won the best screenplay award, and the best cinematography award was won by Jack Pollock, the cinematographer of the Chinese film "Spring Tide".
A total of 15 films from all over the world were shortlisted in the main competition section of this year's film festival, including three Chinese films, namely "Hometown Heart" directed by Qin Hailu; "Spring Tide" directed by Yang Lina and starring Hao Lei and Jin Yanling; and "Desperate for Danger" directed by Gan Jianyu and starring Dapeng, Ou Hao and Li Meng.
This year's Golden Jubilee Jury is led by Turkish director Nuri Bige Ceylon, a frequent visitor to international A-category film festivals whose film "Hibernation" won the Palme d'Or at the 67th Cannes Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at the 56th Cannes Film Festival in 2003 for His work Far Away. As the chairman of the jury of the main competition unit of this year's Golden Jubilee Award, Ceylon said that he is just a newcomer, learning by doing, but also hoping to bring some new atmosphere to the city. For the award, Ceylon said that "this year's best films are like clouds, it is difficult to choose".
Other jury members include Mexican producer Nicholas Celis, Russian director and screenwriter Alexei Germain Jr., Italian director Paolo Genovese, Indian screenwriter Rajkumar Hirani and two Chinese actors, Wang Jingchun and Zhao Tao.
Directed by Reisa Mirkharimi, the winner of Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, Castle of Dreams tells the story of a mother who is seriously ill and hospitalized in an Iranian family, and the father is anxious and has no choice but to take a pair of children with him and realize the fantasy of the castle of dreams for the children. Born in Tehran in 1966, director Ressa has been a director, screenwriter and producer since 1987, with his first directorial work, The Boy and the Soldier, winning awards at the Isfahan, Nantes Continents and Zlin Film Festivals, and his second film, In the Moonlight, which won the Critics' Week award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Best Director and Jury Prize at the Tokyo Film Festival. Subsequently, "It's That Simple" won the St. George's Gold Medal at the Moscow International Film Festival. To date, he has been re-elected director of the Tehran International Film Festival for four consecutive years.
The jury said that "the treatment of details and plot in Castle of Dreams is very profound, and the precise treatment makes the film not lose its coherence and authenticity from beginning to end." Even if the film takes place in a small space and a limited time, the truth of life is revealed in it. ”
The film Between The Breaths won the Grand Jury Prize, and the film director Dito Chinchaze directed his first film in 1990, in 2000 his masterpiece "Lost Killer" was shortlisted for the "One Kind of Attention" section of the Cannes Film Festival, and in 2009, his "Mediator" represented Georgia in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. When receiving the award, Chinchaze also said that he was also a "fan" of Ceylon, the chairman of the jury, and this realistic film was also one of Ceylon's favorite film themes.
Chinese actors Zhao Tao and Yong Mei jointly presented the Best Actor of this year's Golden Jubilee Awards, and this year's Golden Jubilee Awards for Best Actor have two winners, namely Chang Feng in "Homesickness" and Hamad Sabery Beddard in "Castle of Dreams". Chang Feng was born in Harbin in 1923, and in 1949 he went to Taiwan with the National Revolutionary Army. His representative works include "Chasing The Wife threesome", "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" (1991), "If I Am True", etc., the film "Homesickness" as a story about nostalgia, to some extent, also coincides with Chang Feng's personal experience, the film is also Chang Feng's "sealed box work". Hamed Saberi Bedard is an Iranian actor whose masterpieces include "The Unknown Persian Cat" and "Fraud".
Best Actress was won by Salome Demelia for Between Breaths, which tells the story of Serome's Elena, who finally got out of prison and returned home after a long prison sentence. In order to successfully return to society and start a new life, Irina must first win the trust of the people closest to her. The award was presented by Wang Jingchun, who just won best actor at the Berlin Film Festival, and British actor Tom Hiddleston. The jury spoke highly of Salome's performance, saying that she "gradually revealed the fate of the character and her unique personality through delicate performances." Between the breaths, is an outstanding performance! ”
Alexander Ronkin and Pavel Ronkin won the Award for Best Screenplay for the Russian film Brotherhood, based on a true story that tells a dusty history that focuses on the brave and tragic withdrawal of soviet troops through the Sarang Pass, showing the fears, dangers, and complexity of human nature in wartime.
The Best Cinematography Award was won by Jack Pollock, the cinematographer of Spring Tide, and the jury commented that "despite the small shooting space and difficulty of shooting, the cinematographer skillfully used light and shadow and lens to bring the director's ideas to life." Because of the photographer's excellent performance, the audience can be immersed in the scene and feel empathy. ”
This year's Golden Jubilee Award for Artistic Contribution was awarded to "Under the Light of Wooden Birthday", directed by Biju Damo Daran, and the jury's evaluation of the film was that "the emotion conveyed by the film to the story transcends time and space". Under the Light of Wood Birthday depicts how the Dalits ("Untouchables") of India struggle to make a living in the face of the four seasons and the forces of nature. The film also shows how Indian communities, which are still lagging behind in social construction, are coping with the discrimination generated by the caste system.
This year, 5 outstanding works were shortlisted for each of the documentary and animation units. In the end, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia won the best documentary award for the film "Bridge of Time", which tells the story of the early 1960s, when the pioneers of French "real cinema" began to explore a kind of realist film, and Quebec's "direct film" began to attract attention, the Baltic states (present-day Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) witnessed the birth of a new generation of documentary filmmakers who preferred to see the world around them from a romantic perspective.
The Japanese animation work "If I Could Ride the Waves with You" won the Best Animated Film Award. The director of this film, Masaaki Yuasa, has directed "Demon Man", "The Song of dew that announces the dawn", "Spring dawn is short, the girl is forward! and other animated films. The film was released in Japan on June 21 and was voiced by Rina Kawaei, Ryota Katasuma, and Kentaro Ito.
The 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Jubilee Awards Full List:
Best Picture: Castle of Dreams Director: Ressa Mir karimi Country: Iran
Grand Jury Prize: Between breaths Director: Country: Russia
Best Director: Ressa Mir karimi, Castle of Dreams Country: Iran
Best Actor: Chang Feng, "Homesickness", Country: China; Hamed Sabery Beddard, Castle of Dreams Country: Iran
Best Actress: Salome Demelia, "Between the Breaths" Country: Russia
Best Screenplay Award: Brotherhood Screenwriters: Alexander Longin and Pavel Longjin Country: Russia
Best Cinematography: "Spring Tide" Cinematographer: Jack Pollock
Artistic Contribution Award: "Under the Light of The Wooden Birthday" Director: Biju DharmaDaran Country: India
Best Documentary: Bridge of Time Director: Christine Bright, Audreu Stoneness
Best Animated Film: "If I Could Ride the Waves with You" Director: Masaaki Yuasa Country: Japan