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on the night of pingyao, the 8th pingyao international film festival held an awards ceremony at the film palace small town spring cinema hall to officially announce the awards for various honors. although the results of the awards are highly controversial, one can indeed feel pingyao's persistence in its independent spirit.

in terms of fei mu's honors, the film "karst" by post-95s director yang suiyi won the best film; tang yongkang's "stars and the moon" won the best director; the best actor and actress respectivelyxu chaoying's "a bright future" andjiang zhuojun "little people"; at the same time"a bright future" directed by xu lei also won jury honors.

in terms of roberto rossellini honors, swiss director ramon thurcher won the best film for "the sparrow in the chimney"; french director burris loykan won the best film for "the story of suleiman" director; japanese director sora ono won the jury honor for his film "happy ending".

looking at the list of awards, the most controversial thing is actually fei mu's honor as best film.this kind ofupset situationit will inevitably remind people of the year "mom and seven days"; more importantly, the reputation of "karst" among the media and audiences is not satisfactory. this result may be related to the aesthetic taste of miguel gomez, the current honorary chairman of feimu, but there are actually some fans who like this movie very much. in my opinion, it is also the significance of pingyao to allow us to have a deeper understanding of a new director who is making a film for the first time and has an independent attitude.

list of winners of the 8th pingyao international film festival

【fei mu’s honor】

award words:for his raw power and poetic approach, we award best director honors to director alan tong for "the star and the moon."

award words:in a limited time chapter, she showed a unique undercurrent of energy that was unique to her.

award words:he uniquely and truly portrayed the image of a "chinese father".

award words:darkness is vividly depicted from a humorous perspective.

【roberto rossellini honor】

award words:a dark family drama that is both tender and painful, it depicts the love-hate relationship and family trauma of nine characters through the two days when two sisters' families gather to celebrate their birthdays. it is thrilling and layered. the film takes a common theme of reflection on family ethics and creates a new style and extraordinary depth. the director, director and technical departments cooperated perfectly to create a rare masterpiece.

award words:the director relied on his experience in documentary shooting and his consistent care for vulnerable ethnic groups to create a thriller about the two days of an illegal immigrant who delivers food in paris. the film is fast-paced. through the protagonist's food delivery career and preparation for the immigration interview, the audience can see a paris that is neither a resident nor a tourist. it is a completely different world.

award words:on the surface, it is set in tokyo in the near future, but it is actually a portrayal of today's japanese society. in addition to filming the friendship of high school students with the theme of campus youth growth, it also provides a sensitive and rare observation of the rebellious psychology of contemporary young people and their powerlessness to change the status quo. the five leading actors all acted naturally and harmoniously. it is the first time sora ono has written and directed a feature film, and he has shown his ability to control all aspects of the film.

award words:during a weekend backpacking trip, a 17-year-old girl grew up rapidly while interacting with her father and his old friends. because director dill donaldson wrote and directed a feature film for the first time, he wrote the characters of the three protagonists in a profound and touching way, and also created some ambiguous levels.

【youth jury honor】

award words:the author uses a method that is close to fieldwork to explore the relationship between himself and creation. although it is a documentary, it has a rich plot and character charm that is better than a feature film. the film is original and sincere, presenting a face of contemporary young people who seem confused but are actually full of enthusiasm. this is a valuable and true contemporary character.

【tong ye honor】

"returning to guests" wang chuwei

award words:in a particularly extreme time and space, the director wanted to complete a small reasoning, with several groups of characters constantly matching each other on the timeline. as the director's first feature film, the theme is not new, but his ability to control the script and editing, as well as the control and completion of the performance, already show that he is a well-trained genre film author.

[asia pacific film promotion association award·best first film]

award words:this film depicts the image of a middle-aged woman who stays in the countryside: she is a widow and a mother, and she also takes care of other people around her. she is silent and adrift at the beginning of the film, and it is not until the end that she finds her direction. her dream is a reflection of her reality, but she chooses to treat it as a real dream simply because she does not have any freedom of choice regarding the future. the director uses his unique audio-visual skills to allow tianzhen to travel between dreams and reality to find her own way out. the female lead is not a professional actress, but a local villager, which also gives the film another layer of meaning that intersects with reality.

【cinema selection honor】

award words:the cinephilia choice honors is dedicated to encouraging the creation of new chinese-speaking directors, focusing on the feature films of the most cinephile and innovative young directors. the director of this film shoulders the persistent pursuit of exploring ci, dialectically thinking about the mentality of the predecessors from ancient poetry and urban geography, integrating text and images, the resonance of time and space, and providing an exploratory spirit of traditional modernity, virtual and real imagination.

best short film:《Life Is Snow》zhang yaoyuan

award words:this film cleverly and accurately depicts the difficult integration between japanese orphans and japanese society after returning home. the performance is delicate and tense, and the rhythm of the film is clear and smooth. it is a rare masterpiece.

special award for short film:"summer in the recycling yard" chen haowei

byd·best student short film:"soldiers catching thieves" chen yingqi

award words:the film uses the self-identity of an elementary school girl as the starting point of the narrative, moving the struggle between legal principles and human relationships from the adult world to the elementary school campus. the imaging techniques are light and skillful, and the characters are agile, making the short film present a textual energy that is both rebellious and empathetic.

award words:this work focuses on a father's hesitation when abandoning his son. the intense internal conflicts are contained in restrained and restrained expressions, and at the same time, the emotions of the characters are released based on the exquisite performance without leaving any trace and the extremely accurate detailed design. between rewinding and rewinding, you can get a glimpse of the young director's more sophisticated technical control and film completion.

[the 8th pingyao international film festival · honor list]