Shanghai International Film Festival
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The Shanghai International Film Festival (Chinese: 上海国际电影节), abbreviated SIFF, one of the largest film festivals in East Asia.[1]
The SIFF is one of Asia's only two A-list film festival, the other is Tokyo International Film Festival.[2] The first festival was held from October 7 to 14, 1993, and was held biennially until 2001. In 2003 there was no festival due to the SARS outbreak.[3]
It awards several "Golden Goblet" Awards (Chinese: 金爵; pinyin: Jin Jue) for best film, best director, best actor/actress, and other categories, as well as a "Special Jury Award."
The 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival was held from June 14-June 22 and was chaired by Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai.
[edit] Golden Cup (Best Film) winners
| Year | Film | Director | Country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Hill of No Return | Wang T'ung | Taiwan |
| 1995 | Broken Silence | Wolfgang Panzer | Switzerland |
| 1997 | The Woodlanders | Phil Agland | United Kingdom |
| 1999 | Propaganda | Sinan Cetin | Turkey |
| 2001 | Antitrust | Peter Howitt | U.S. |
| 2002 | Life Show | Huo Jianqi | China |
| 2004 | Tradition of Lover Killing | Khosro Masumi | Iran |
| 2005 | Photo Album of the Village | Mitsuhiro Mihara | Japan |
| 2006 | Four Minutes | Chris Kraus | Germany |
| 2007 | According to Plan | Franzisca Meletzky | Germany |
| 2008 | Mukha | Vladimir Kott | Russia |
| 2009 | Original | Alexander Brøndsted Antonio Tublen |
Sweden/Denmark |
[edit] References
- ^ "Singapore films shine at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival". Channel News Asia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/352942/1/.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
- ^ Chuck Berry. "10 Years Young: The Shanghai International Film Festival". Sense of Cinema. http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/festivals/07/45/shanghai-iff-2007.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
- ^ Jones, Arthur (2004-06-13). "Fest welcomes banned Beijing Acad helmers". Variety. http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=1061&articleid=VR1117906348&cs=1&query=%22Shanghai+Film+Festival%22. Retrieved on 2008-12-22.
[edit] External links
- Shanghai International Film Festival official site
- IMDb entry
- Article about Shanghai International Film Festival
- Article about Shanghai International Film Festival
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