2019 Shanghai International Film Festival

2019 Shanghai International Film Festival

Location	Shanghai, China

The 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival was the 22nd such festival devoted to international cinema held in Shanghai, China. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

International Jury

The members of the jury for the Golden Goblet Award were: ^[5]

• President: Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkish director)
• Paolo Genovese (Italian director)
• Zhao Tao (Chinese actress)
• Aleksey German Jr. (Russian director)
• Nicolas Celis (Mexican producer )
• Wang Jingchun (Chinese actor)

Documentary Film Jury:

• President: Viktor Kossakovsky (Russian director)
• Zhou Hao (Chinese director of The Chinese Mayor )
• Isabelle Arrate Fernandez (Danish producer of 5 Broken Camera )

Animation Jury:

• President: Tomm Moore (Irish director)

Short Film Jury:

• President: Raul Garcia (American director of Extraordinary Tales)

In Competition

Drama

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English title	Director(s)	Production country	Notes
Brotherhood	Pavel Lungin	Russia
Castle of Dreams	Reza Mirkarimi	Iran
Escape From Town ( Chicuarotes)	Gael García Bernal	Mexico
God Helps My Friends (Il Grande Spirito)	Sergio Rubini	Italy
Between Breaths (Inhale-Exhale)	Dito Tsintsadze	Georgia/ Russia/ Sweden
Lane 4 (Raia 4)	Emiliano Cunha	Brazil
A Serenade	Rikiya Imaizumi	Japan
Many Happy Returns	Carlos A. Morelli	Germany
Dream Ballet (Pacarrete)	Allan Deberton	Brazil
Homesickness	Qin Hailu	China
Rosa	Katja Colja	Italy / Slovenia
Guardian of Light and Shadow	Yermek Tursunov	Kazakhstan
Spring Tide	Yang Lina	China
Trees Under the Sun	Dr. Biju	India
Dangerous/Vortex	Jacky Gan	China

Documentary

English title	Director(s)	Production country	Notes
Bridges of Time	Kristīne Briede, Audrius Stonys	Latvia / Lithuania / Estonia
The Fourth Kingdom	Adán Aliaga, Àlex Lora	Spain
It's All Good	Tuki Jencquel	Venezuela / Germany
Fire of Silence	Federico Arteaga	Columbia
Dali's Voice/The Sound of Dali	Zhang Yang	China

Animation

English title	Director(s)	Country	Notes
Dilili in Paris	Michel Ocelot	France
Lotte and the Lost Dragons	Janno Põldma	Estonia
Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon	Rasmus A. Sivertsen	Norway
Ride Your Wave	Masaaki Yuasa	Japan
Spycies	Zhiyi Zhang, Guillaume Ivernel	China

Short Film

Live Action

English title	Director(s)	Production country	Notes
A Brief Dream	Geng De	China
Dissect	Siavash Shahabi	Iran
Harbor	Paul Marques Duarte	France
Gretel's Trick	Milena Aboyan	Germany
mother	Pariched Sen	Nepal
Nowhere to Place	Han Jingzhi	China
Three Days of Klava	Ivan Grigolyunas	Russia
Dream of Lock (The Nightmare)	Liu Jingyu	China
Homecoming	Zhou Yiran	China
Videotape	Sandra Concepcion Reynoso Estrada	Mexico

Animated

English title	Director(s)	Production country	Notes
Harvest (Qiushi)	SUN Lijun	China
King of the Brood	ZHANG Zige	China
Ferris Wheel	Carlos Baena	Spain
Cat Adventures (Teofrastus)	Sergei Kibus	Estonia
Counterclockwise (Widdershins)	Simon P. Biggs	United Kingdom

Award Winners

Golden Goblet Awards

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• Best Feature Film: Castle of Dreams (Iran)
• Jury Grand Prix: Inhale-Exhale, Georgia/Russia/Sweden
• Best Director: Reza Mirakarimi for Castle of Dreams
• Best Actor: (tie) Chang Feng for The Return and Hamed Behdad for Castle of Dreams
• Best Actress: Salome Demuria for Inhale-Exhale
• Best Screenplay: Aleksander Lungin & Pavel Lungin for Brotherhood (Russia)
• Best Cinematography: Jake Pollock for Spring Tide
• Outstanding Artistic Achievement: Trees Under the Sun (India)
• Best Documentary: Bridge of Time
• Best Animated Movie: Ride Your Wave (Japan)
• Best Animated Short: La Noria (Spain)
• Best Live Action Short: Nowhere To Put(China)

Asian New Talent Awards

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• Best Film: To Live To Sing
• Best Director: Yuko Hakota for Blue Hour
• Best Script Writer: Yusuf Radjamuda for Mountain Song
• Best Cinematographer:
• Best Actor:
• Best Actress:

Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards

Moved away from SIFF to become its own event on July 21, 2019. ^[10]

Notable Attendees

Notable attendees of the festival include William Feng, Ng See-yuen, TIFF director Takeo Hisamatsu and CFF director Thierry Fremaux and Amanda Seyfried. ^[11]

References

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2. Watkins, Rachel (2019-06-16). "2019 Shanghai International Film Festival Opening Ceremony". Red Carpet Fashion Awards. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
3. "Curtain raised on Shanghai International Film Festival - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
4. 张行健. "Red carpet review: 21st Shanghai International Film Festival - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
5. Davis, Rebecca (2019-05-23). "Zhao Tao, Rajkumar Hirani Join Shanghai Festival Jury". Variety. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
6. "22nd Golden Goblet Awards Competition Films". www.siff.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
7. "Winners of the 22nd SIFF Golden Goblet Awards". www.siff.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
8. "Golden Goblet awards unveiled at Shanghai Int'l Film Festival - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
9. "Asian New Talent awards unveiled at Shanghai Int'l Film Festival - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
10. Frater, Patrick (2019-07-30). "Jackie Chan Reignites Action Film Week in China". Variety. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
11. Watkins, Rachel (2019-06-16). "Amanda Seyfried Makes A Return To The Red Carpet For The 2019 Shanghai Film Festival Opening Ceremony". Red Carpet Fashion Awards. Retrieved 2020-02-28.

External links

• Official Site