The 2019
Shanghai International Film Festival
The Shanghai International Film Festival (, French: ''Festival international du film de Shanghai''), abbreviated SIFF, is one of the largest film festivals in East Asia.
"China's biggest film festival" according to the Hollywood Reporter. Nex ...
was the 22nd such festival devoted to international cinema held in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
, China.
International Jury
The members of the jury for the Golden Goblet Award were:
* President:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Nuri Bilge Ceylan (, born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish photographer, filmmaker and actor best known for the Palme d'Or winning ''Winter Sleep (film), Winter Sleep'' (2014).
Early life
Ceylan was born in Istanbul on 26 January 1959. His interes ...
(Turkish director)
*
Paolo Genovese
Paolo Genovese (born 20 August 1966) is an Italian director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Rome, after graduating in Economics and Business Genovese started his career at McCann Erickson, directing over one hundred commercials and w ...
(Italian director)
*
Zhao Tao
Zhao Tao (born 28 January 1977) is a Chinese actress. She works in China and occasionally Europe, and has appeared in 10 films and several shorts since starting her career in 1999. She is best known for her collaborations with her husband, di ...
(Chinese actress)
*
Aleksey German Jr. (Russian director)
*
Nicolas Celis (Mexican producer )
*
Wang Jingchun
Wang Jingchun (; born 12 February 1973) is a Chinese actor.
Awards
He won the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2013 for his performance in Ning Ying's film ''To Live and Die in Ordos''. In 2019, he won the Silver ...
(Chinese actor)
Documentary Film Jury:
* President:
Viktor Kossakovsky
Viktor Kossakovsky (russian: Виктор Косаковский; born 19 July 1961) is a Russian documentary filmmaker.
Early life
Kossakovsky was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, at the time Leningrad, U.S.S.R. He began his film career in ...
(Russian director)
* Zhou Hao (Chinese director of ''
The Chinese Mayor
''The Chinese Mayor'' (), original title ''Datong'' (大同), is a 2015 documentary that follows Datong mayor Geng Yanbo's efforts to transform one of the China's most polluted cities into a cultural destination, in large part by displacing 500,0 ...
'')
* Isabelle Arrate Fernandez (Danish producer of ''
5 Broken Camera'')
Animation Jury:
* President:
Tomm Moore
Thomas "Tomm" Moore (born 7 January 1977) is an Irish filmmaker, animator, illustrator and comics artist. He co-founded Cartoon Saloon with Nora Twomey and Paul Young, an animation studio and production company based in Kilkenny, Ireland. His ...
(Irish director)
Short Film Jury:
* President: Raul Garcia (American director of ''Extraordinary Tales'')
In Competition
Drama
Documentary
Animation
Short Film
Live Action
Animated
Award Winners
Golden Goblet Awards
* Best Feature Film: ''
Castle of Dreams'' (Iran)
* Jury Grand Prix: ''Inhale-Exhale'', Georgia/Russia/Sweden
* Best Director:
Reza Mirakarimi for ''
Castle of Dreams''
* Best Actor: (tie)
Chang Feng
Chang Feng (6 April 1923 – 6 February 2022) was a Chinese actor based in Taiwan. He died on 6 February 2022, at the age of 98.Hamed Behdad
Hamed Behdad ( fa, حامد بهداد; born November 17, 1973) is an Iranian actor and singer. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writer ...
for ''
Castle of Dreams''
* Best Actress: Salome Demuria for ''Inhale-Exhale''
* Best Screenplay: Aleksander Lungin &
Pavel Lungin
Pavel Semyonovich Lungin (russian: Па́вел Семёнович Лунги́н; born 12 July 1949) is a Russian film director. He is sometimes credited as Pavel Loungine (as in the American release of ''Tycoon''). Lungin was awarded the distin ...
for ''Brotherhood'' (Russia)
* Best Cinematography: Jake Pollock for ''Spring Tide''
* Outstanding Artistic Achievement: ''
Trees Under the Sun'' (India)
* Best Documentary: ''
Bridge of Time''
* Best Animated Movie: ''Ride Your Wave'' (Japan)
* Best Animated Short: La Noria (Spain)
* Best Live Action Short: ''Nowhere To Put''(China)
Asian New Talent Awards
* Best Film: ''To Live To Sing''
* Best Director: Yuko Hakota for ''Blue Hour''
* Best Script Writer: Yusuf Radjamuda for ''
Mountain Song''
* Best Cinematographer:
* Best Actor:
* Best Actress:
Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards
Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards are awards presented to action film genre. The "Jackie Chan Action Movie Week" was originally presented during the Shanghai International Film Festival since 2015, but in 2019 it moved to a new date and venue in Sha ...
Moved away from SIFF to become its own event on July 21, 2019.
Notable Attendees
Notable attendees of the festival include
William Feng,
Ng See-yuen
Ng See-yuen ( zh, , t=吳思遠; born 6 June 1944) is a Hong Kong film producer, director, screenwriter and businessman.
He has been active in the Hong Kong film industry since 1970, particularly in action films. He was one of the first filmm ...
,
TIFF
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director Takeo Hisamatsu and
CFF director
Thierry Fremaux and
Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Michelle Seyfried ( ; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress. Born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, she began modeling at age 11 and ventured into acting at 15, with recurring roles as Lucy Montgomery on the CBS soap opera ...
.
References
External links
Official Site
Shanghai International Film Festival
2019 film festivals
2019 festivals in Asia
21st century in Shanghai
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