‘Karst’, ‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’ Win Top Awards At Pingyao International Film Festival
deadline.comYang Suiyi’s Karst won best film in the Fei Mu Awards for up-and-coming Chinese filmmakers at this year’s Pingyao International Film Festival, while Swiss director Ramon Zurcher’s The Sparrow In The Chimney won best film in the Roberto Rossellini Awards for emerging international directors.
The Fei Mu jury praised Karst, about a woman reconnecting with her childhood in Guizhou Province, for “the great fullness, simplicity, subtlety and portrait of a region and a woman.” The award came with a $143,000 (RMB1m) cash prize, half of which is given to the film’s director to develop their next film, and half to the film’s Chinese distributor.
Chinese actor Duan Yihong partly sponsored the award. Also in the Fei Mu awards, Tang Yongkang won best director for Stars And The Moon, while Xu Lei’s Green Wave won the Jury Award and best actor for Xu Chaoying.
Best actress went to Jiang Zhuojun for Betwixt And Between, directed by Zhou Quan. The Fei Mu jury, which considers films in the Hidden Dragons section of the festival, comprised director Miguel Gomes, Cannes Film Festival’s Christian Jeune, critic and filmmaker Mark Peranson, Chinese actress and filmmaker Qin Hailu and Chinese filmmaker Yu Lik-Wai.
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