Chao News Client Reporter Lu Fang
html On the evening of June 20, the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Goblet Award Asian Newcomer Unit Award Ceremony was held. A total of 5 works won 6 major awards. Among them, the Chinese film "This Friday's Playground" won the "Best Film" award, and the Indian film "In the Name of Fire" won the "Best Director" and "Best Actor" awards. Zhang Xuyu, a young director from Wenzhou, Zhejiang, won the best screenwriter for his self-written and directed "Fishbone". Most of the film was shot in Ruian, Wenzhou. was born in the "Asian Newcomer Award" of the 7th Shanghai International Film Festival in 2004, and this year celebrates its 20th year. After 20 years of development, the Asian Newcomer Unit has continuously discovered new film directors from China and other Asian countries and regions, supported the new forces of Asian films, and promoted the diverse vitality of Asian films.
The chairman of the jury for this year’s Asian Newcomer Unit is Chinese director Cao Baoping. The judges include Japanese director Shin Adachi, Mexican director Lila Aviles, Chinese director and actor Dapeng and Chinese actor Ni Ni , and Chinese producers Filmmaker Shen Yang.
Best Film Award
"This Friday's Playground" (China)
Director: Zeng Zhi
This is the story of a mother, wife and daughter in a week. Faced with her husband Yang Xiaochuan's decision to leave, her mother Lao Zhang's fading memory, and her daughter Yuanyuan's upcoming surgery, all the things that happened in the new week were enough to disturb nurse Song Qian's mood.
She worked hard to maintain the normal operation of her life, settling her mother, taking care of her daughter, and continuing to raise money after her husband took away the surgery expenses. At the same time, she recorded in detail the things to be done every day in a memo. However, daily chores snowballed, bringing more and more pressure to her. This Friday is Yuanyuan's birthday, and for Song Qian at this time, it seems a bit difficult to fulfill the promise of taking her daughter to the amusement park for her birthday. An accident in the amusement park caused Song Qian to break her last string.
Best Director
"In the Name of Fire" (India)
Director: Abhilash Sharma abhilash sharma
In a remote village, Ruhia and Fakhan endured difficult tests as he struggled to survive in the city find a job. Fekan was betrayed, unpaid, and faced exploitation, slander, and accusations. In desperation, Ruhia sacrificed herself in despair and was labeled a witch by the locals. Nehura, a cremator who struggles with loneliness, seeks comfort by recalling Fekan's kindness and kindness. Ruhia ultimately makes the sacrifice, sending her baby to its destiny, only to be met with tragedy. In her grief, Nehura found her abandoned child and found redemption in the ashes.
Best Actor
Satya Ranjan "In the Name of Fire" (India)
Best Actress
Jayashri "Birds of Different Feathers" (India)
Director: Manohara ·k manohara k
In a small Indian village where brown people are absolutely dominant, Sonia, who has albinism, was laughed at by her classmates as "made in America". The "natural rejection" of ignorant classmates is just an insignificant part of Sonia's many discriminations. She was rejected by her patriarchal father at home and was unwilling to spend a penny on her; the teacher looked at her with colored glasses and did not understand that she could not write on the blackboard due to the eye disease caused by albinism. Her mother, who loved her, tried her best to raise 3,600 rupees to buy a pair of glasses, so that she could not drop out of school. The film reaches its climax with Sonia's hilarious self-deprecating school talent.
Best Screenplay
Zhang Xuyu "Fishbone" (China)
Director: Zhang Xuyu
A secret concern is like a fishbone stuck in the throat, which has become an unspeakable discomfort for the girl Li Qi. At a birthday party, Li Qi broke classmate Xiao Wei's new mobile phone. Facing the claim, she was faced with a dilemma: whether to confess to her mother or conceal it. In the southern coastal fishing port during the rainy season, a youthful crisis is quietly brewing. After failing the college entrance examination, the already tense relationship between mother and daughter was cast a shadow again.Along with the bitterness and pain of growing up, Li Qi began to rethink her relationship with her mother and the world.
Best Photography
Huang Shaohui "Shelter Tower" (China)
Director: Zhang Luoping
Liang Yan's husband Feng Lang is her only shelter. An accident caused her husband's death, which made Liang Yan desperate. The police suspected that a suspect named Tan Qiang intended to commit a crime, but one after another suspicious incidents made Liang Yan feel that her husband was still alive. She refused to accept the pension or sign for the demolition of the house because this was the only thing she believed her husband was still alive. Hope and obsession with love prompted her to persist in looking for her lover. In the end, the police found the truth.
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