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1995 Shanghai International Film Festival
The 2nd Shanghai International Film Festival was held between October 28 and November 12, 1995. The festival marked the 90 year anniversary of the first ever Chinese film, 1905's ''Dingjun Mountain (film), Dingjun Mountain''. 232 films from 46 countries participated in the Festival, 19 of which were officially selections for competition. Swiss director Wolfgang Panzer's ''Broken Silence (1996 film), Broken Silence'' won the Golden Goblet for best film. Jury *Sun Daolin (China) *Lee Hsing (Taiwan) *Jacqueline Andere (Mexico) *Jean Becker (director, actor), Jean Becker (France) *Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland) *Manfred Durniok (Germany) *Stanislav Rostotsky (Russia) In competition Awards Golden Goblet *Best Film - ''Broken Silence (1996 film), Broken Silence'' (dir. Wolfgang Panzer, Switzerland) *Best Director - Erik Clausen for ''Carl, My Childhood Symphony'' (Denmark) *Best Actor - Jean-Pierre Marielle for ''Les Milles (film), Les Milles'' (France) *Best Actress - Guo Keyu for ''Red C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dingjun Mountain (film)
''Dingjun Mountain'' was a 1905 Chinese silent film directed by Ren Qingtai (任慶泰) a.k.a. Ren Jingfeng (任景豐), who was assisted by his cinematographer Liu Zhonglun (劉仲伦). This film, made by Beijing's Fengtai Photography (豐泰照相館),Hu, Jubin (2003). ''Projecting a nation: Chinese national cinema before 1949'', Hong Kong University Press, p 39. constitutes the first Chinese film ever made.Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). "The Fifth Generation" i''Encyclopedia of Chinese Film'' Taylor & Francis, p. 128. . The film consisted of a recording of Peking opera superstar Tan Xinpei dressed in the character Huang Zhong and singing some arie from the Peking opera of the same name. The play is a dramatised account of Battle of Mount Dingjun (219 AD) and based on an episode in the 14th-century historical novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''. The only print was destroyed in a fire in the late 1940s. In popular culture Two films tell the (fictitious) events leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |