Chinese film wins two awards at Montreal film festival
5/9/2006 15:29
The top prize of the festival -- the Grand Prize of the Americans -- was
shared by the Japanese film "Nagai Sampo" (A Long Walk) and the Mexican film O
Maior Amor De Mundo.
Ni Ping, the leading actress of the Chinese film, said
she "was surprised" to get the award because "as a newcomer in the film
industry, this was only one of three movies she starred in recent years, and
there are so many outstanding works in the film festival."
In the "Snow in
the Wind," a woman from a village in western China develops a love for films,
which leads to her marriage with a projectionist. When her husband divorces her
later, she takes over the job herself and refuses to give up in spite of many
difficulties and challenges.
The film was shot in 2005 to commemorate the
100th anniversary of the Chinese movie industry. A critic said it was only
natural that the film won the award because "it recaptured that feeling of going
the theatre for the filmgoers."
"The awards gave me a clearer idea about what
movies I will make and how," said Yang Yazhou, director of the film, "It is most
significant to show ambition and life of ordinary people."
She hopes that
there should be more contacts and communications between the Chinese movie
industry and the international movie scene to help it to improve.
Another
film by the pair "Loach is Fish Too" also received acclamation.
Although not
in the competition category, the story, depicting two Chinese migrate workers'
life and love in Beijing, screened several times more than the schedule.
The
award of Best Director went to Hans Peter Moland of Norway for the movie
"Gymnasaerer Pedersen (Comrade Pedersen)." The Best Artistic Contribution award
was given to Guy Dufaux for "The Chinese Botanist's Daughters." Filip Peeters of
Belgium took the award of Best Actor for "Del Heel Van Tanger (Hell In
Tangier)."
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