“The 27th Shanghai International Film Festival Cast A Net Wide for the Winners of This Year’s Golden Goblet Prizes, With Filmmakers from As Far Afield as Kyrgyzstan An and Being and Portugal Awards Dringing A Glittering Closing Ceremony Inside the Shanghai Grand Theater. Golden Goblet Jury President GiusePpe Tornatore – Whose Oscar Winner Cinema”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Golden Goblet Jury President GiusePpe Tornatore – Whose Oscar Winner Cinema Paradiso Remains A Love Letter to Moviegoing – Was Quick to Salute The Event’s Global Mix. “Each Competition Film Was Unique… and Magnificent,“ He Said.
The Jury Grand Prix Was Shared Between Japanese Director Shinya Tamada’s On Summer SandA Languid Tale of A Broken Man, Played By Heartthrob Joe Odigiri, Who Rediscovers Hope Who His Niece Arrives for An Extended Stay, And Chinese Director Wang Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts. The Jury Hailed Wang’s Debut as the “Arrival of An Important Voice” in Chinese Cinema.
The Smart Money Was on Veteran Star Jose Martins for Best Actor, and HE DULY DELIVERED. His performance in the Portuguese-Brazil Co-Production The Scent of Things Remembered (Directed by Antonio Ferreira), Playing An Aging Racist Haunted by His War Experiences, Is One for the Ages.
TORNATORE PROVED AN I INSPIED CHOICE FOR JURY HEAD, GIVEN Screenings for Cinema Paradiso Were Among The 600 (Out of 1,500 on Offer in Total) Festival Organizers Claimed Were Sold Outhin and Hour of Sales Opening. The Italian Helped Open Siff by Saying He Hoped that the Films He’d See wold “Really Surprise and Enchant” him; and Helped Bring Things to A Close with a Master Class Chaired by Veteran Festival Head Marco Mueller, URGING The Young Film Fans Who Packed The Event to “Watch More More MOVIES.
DOMESIC TITLES ALSO DELIVED IN Shanghai This Year: Veteran Cao Baoping Nabbed Best Director for His HIS HIS HIGH -OCTANE COMEDY One Wacky SummerWhile Rising Auteur Qiu Steng Earned the Artistic Achievement Trophy for His Ai -Cheted Drama My Father’s Son.
In the Asia New Talent Section, NewComer Bian Zhou Prevail with Sweeping Historical Epic As the water flowsA Favorite of Local Critics.
Germany Led The Way, with Two Strong Productions in the Main Competition: Julia Roesler’s LuisaA Moving, Delicate Portrayal of Disable Life, and The Wonderful German-Swiss Co-Production You Belide in Angels, Mr DROWAK?Nicolas Steiner’s style – and offen Hilariaous – Trip Into The Surreal That’s Sure to Reach A Global Audence. There Were Also Four Buzzy Side -Bar Titles from Germany: Tim Ellrich’s Family Exposé in My Paarents’ House; Death Will Coe from christoph hochhäusler; Sergej Van Herter’s Attractions; and Norbert Lechner’s The Secret Floor.
In terms of the festival’s role as a platform through whom the World Can Take a peek at the Trends shaping cinema in a bot china and asia, it was ir. Intelligence (AI) and What It Promises.
Opening Night Featured a Montage Splicing Ai -Gentered Imagery Into Classics – et Even Brushed Against The Tech. The show‑stopper of the fest, however, was the “Kung Fu Movie Heritage Project: 100 Classics AI Revitalization,” which aims to leverage AI tools to reimagine the films that made Bruce Lee, Chan and Jet Li global Icons.
“” WE hope that Through the research of theating theater and the Implementation of the Planned Project, We Can Promote The Construction of a New Chinese Action Film and Televis ecology ecology ecology. Min, Director of the China Film Foundation, A Partner on the Project.
The Takeaway: While Hollywood Still Debates Ai’s Hows and What -Ifs, China’s Film Industry Is Racing Ahead with the Technology.
While World Cinema Shared the Stage at the Awards Galas on Saturday Night, The Noise Being Genered Coming Coming Into China’s Largest Festival of Been Been Organizers China Refend Hosts It – No Small Task Given Shanghai Spans AUND 2,448.1 Square Miles and Is Home to An Estimated 25 Million People.
The Festival Screened Some 400 Titles in 40 Cinemas and Expanded to Five Neighboring Cities, Including Hangzhou and Nanjing. Under the so -called “Ticket -Stub Economy,” stubs could be exchanged for limited -edition coffee cups, souvenirs, discounted meals and even museum tours and River Cruses.
But it all came back to the movies, and siff Ampmed Up Its Guest Visits in An Effort to Further Connect with The Audience. One Day Saw Peter Chan Zooming AROUND TO SIX SEPARATE SCREENINGS OF HIS Festival OpenerShe’s Got No NameWHICH ALSO HAD A SIMULTANEUS RELEASE ON 120 NON-SIFF SCREENS IN THE METROPOLIS. “WHEN Cinema in China Started, Shanghai Was The Hub,” Said Chan, Who’s Latest Film Is Set in the City of the 1940s. “The FEELING YOU GET NOW IS THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING AGAIN.”