On the evening of June 23, the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Jubilee Award was announced. The Iranian film "Castle of Dreams" won the Best Picture Award and the Best Director Award, the actor of the film, Hamed Sabery Badard, together with the Chinese actor Chang Feng who starred in "Homesickness", won the Best Actor Award, and the Georgian actor Salome Demelia won the Best Actress Award for "Between Breaths".
When the 96-year-old Chang Feng took the stage to receive the award, the audience all stood up and applauded warmly, paying tribute to his awe and love for the acting career and film art in his more than 70 years of acting career. He also became the oldest "Best Actor" at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Chang Feng has played supporting roles in many TV series, and mainland audiences are most familiar with his role as "Zhang Sanfeng" in Ma Jingtao's 1994 version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", and in 2008, the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award. As the oldest film emperor in the Chinese film industry, "Hometown Heart" is the first film starring Chang Feng in more than 20 years. It is understood that the film will also be the "sealed box work" of Chang Feng's acting career. With a coherent, complete and delicate performance with a deep sense of concreteness, he interpreted the characters' solemn attitude towards their hometown and life, and deeply touched the audience and the jury.
In an interview with the media, Chang Feng said: "I am old, my body is not good, and it is not convenient to walk, but when I read the script, I like it, or Qin Hailu directed and wrote it myself, so I had no choice but to sell my old life and accept it." Who knows how lucky I am to get the prize, this is something I can't imagine. ”
This year's Golden Jubilee Awards gathered masterpieces from all over the world, and the Iranian film "Castle of Dreams" became the biggest winner, winning the Best Picture Award, the Best Director Award, and the Best Actor Award. The film is based on the lives of ordinary people in Iran and focuses on family conflicts. The jury said: "The treatment of details in Castle of Dreams is very deep and precise, so that the film has not lost 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. ”
Co-produced by Georgia, Russia and Sweden, "Between Breaths" won the Grand Jury Prize and the Best Actress Award. In the film, Actor Salome Demelia from Georgia plays a poor man who tries to reintegrate into his family and society after being released from prison but suffers repeated setbacks. The jury praised her for gradually showing the fate of the character and the unique character personality, "between the breaths, it is an outstanding performance".
In addition, the Russian film "Brotherhood" won the Best Screenplay Award, the Chinese film "Spring Tide" won the Best Cinematography Award, and the Indian film "Under the Light of Mu Birthday" won the Artistic Contribution Award. The Award for Best Animated Film belongs to the new work "If You Can Ride the Waves with You", and the Latvian- Lithuanian-Estonian co-production "Bridge of Time" won the Best Documentary Award.
In 2019, Chinese filmmakers will not only launch a number of elaborate gift works such as "The Climber", but also adhere to the consistent original intention and mission of new Chinese filmmakers. At the ceremony, the three micro-films of "The Birth of a Film", "A Filmmaker's Dream to the Movie" and "The Future Has Come and Pass on the Torch" ran through the ceremony, just as the theme of this year's Golden Jubilee Awards Ceremony was "Image Recording Era, Golden Juil Behind the Scenes is King", in order to pay high respect to the dedication of countless film behind-the-scenes workers, inspire Chinese filmmakers not to forget their original intentions, and create more high-quality film works for the audience.
The 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Jubilee Award winners
Best Picture
Castle of Dream, Iran
Grand Jury Prize
Between Breaths by Inhale-Exhale
Georgia/Russia/Sweden Georgia/Russia/Sweden
Best Director
Reza Mirakarimi
Best Actor
Chang Feng
The Return, China
Hamed Saberi Behdad
Castle of Dreams, Iran
Best Actress
Salome Demuria
Best Screenplay
Alexander Longjin Pavel Longjin Aleksander Lungin, Pavel Lungin
Brotherhood (Russia) Brotherhood, Russia
Best Cinematography
Jack Pollock Jake Pollock
Spring Tide, China
Artistic Contribution Award
Trees Under the Sun, India
Best Cartoon
Ride Your Wave, Japan
Best Documentary
Bridge of Time
Latvia/Lithuania/Estonia Latvia/Lithuania/Estonia
Best Live Action Short Film
Nowhere To Put (China)
Best Animated Short Film
The Wheel of Terror (Spain) by La Noria (Spain)