Chinese-Speaking Markets
'Wet Season' & 'The Fever' Win Top Awards At Pingyao Film Festival
Maya Da-Rin's The Fever won best film in the Roberto Rossellini awards, while Anthony Chen’s Wet Season won best film in the Fei Mu Awards.
News from film festivals across Asia Pacific, Africa & Europe, including award winners and programme line-ups.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Maya Da-Rin's The Fever won best film in the Roberto Rossellini awards, while Anthony Chen’s Wet Season won best film in the Fei Mu Awards.
Middle East & North Africa
Vietnamese drama Rom, directed by Tran Thanh Huy, and Iraqi filmmaker Mohanad Hayal’s Haifa Street both won New Currents Awards at this year’s BIFF.
Europe
Special mentions went to The Science Of Fictions, directed by Indonesia’s Yosep Anggi Noen, and Maternal, from Italy’s Maura Delpero.
Middle East & North Africa
Oliver Chan’s Still Human won both the Audience Award and the Critics Award at this year’s edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Italy.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Lina Wang’s A First Farewell and Ivan Salatic’s You Have The Night won the top prizes at this year’s Firebird Awards at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Middle East & North Africa
Wang Xiaoshuai’s So Long, My Son picked up two Silver Bears, for best actress (Yong Mei) and best actor (Wang Jingchun), at this year’s Berlin film festival (February 7-17).
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Zhu Shengze’s Present.Perfect, a documentary about Chinese live streaming, was presented with the Tiger Award at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Sergey Dvortsevoy’s Ayka won the grand prize at this year’s Tokyo Filmex, while Pema Tseden’s Jinpa took the special jury prize.
Festivals
Mikhael Hers’ Amanda took the Grand Prix at this year’s Tokyo film festival, while Lina Wang's A First Farewell won best film in the Asian Future competition.
Europe
Thai director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s Manta Ray won best film in the Orizzonti section of this year’s Venice film festival (August 29-September 8).
Europe
Singaporean filmmaker Yeo Siew Hua’s A Land Imagined has been awarded the Golden Leopard at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
On Happiness Road won the Grand Prize at this year’s Taipei Film Awards, while Dear Ex was the biggest winner overall with four prizes.
Chinese-Speaking Markets
Hong Kong filmmaker Derek Chiu’s No. 1 Chung Ying Street was awarded the Grand Prix at the close of this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival.
Middle East & North Africa
Chinese filmmaker Cai Chengjie’s The Widowed Witch has won the Tiger Award at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Festivals
Raising A Beast, Cat Island take top awards in LPFF Talent Lab, hosted in collaboration with Tribeca Film Institute.
Middle East & North Africa
Best non-fiction feature in the Muhr feature competition went to Ziad Khalthoum’s Taste Of Cement.
Festivals
Turkish filmmaker Semih Kaplanoglu’s Grain was awarded the Tokyo Grand Prix at this year's TIFF, while Italian drama Crater took the Special Jury Prize.
Festivals
Kim Jiseok Awards were presented to Malila: The Farewell Flower from Thai filmmaker Anucha Boonyawatana and The Scythian Lamb from Japan’s Daihachi Yoshida.