Malaysian drama Snow In Midsummer and Danish function Sons have received the highest prizes on the Hong Kong Worldwide Movie Competition’s (HKIFF) Firebird Awards.
Snow In Midsummer, directed by Chong Keat-aun, received the Firebird Award for greatest movie within the Chinese language-language Younger Cinema Competitors. The movie, which premiered in Venice’s Giornate Degli Autori part final September, revisits the tragic race riots that occurred in Kuala Lumpur on Might 13, 1969.
Gustav Moller’s Sons received the highest Firebird Award within the World class. The Denmark-Sweden co-production, a few jail officer who’s confronted with a dilemma when a younger man she is aware of is transferred to her facility, premiered in Competitors on the Berlinale in February.
The very best director prizes had been awarded to China’s Liang Ming within the Chinese language-language class for Carefree Days and Tunisian-Canadian filmmaker Meryam Joobeur for Who Do I Belong To within the World class.
Carefree Days, a few younger girl who takes a street journey with two pals regardless of battling sickness, additionally noticed Lyu Xingchen win greatest actress within the Chinese language-language class, whereas Jason King received greatest actor for A Journey In Spring.
A Journey In Spring, directed by Tzu-Hui Peng and Ping-Wen Wang, additionally picked up the Fipresci Prize.
Within the World class, greatest actor went to Greece’s Vangelis Mourikis for his efficiency in Yorgos Zois’ Arcadia and greatest actress went to Germany’s Minna Wundrich for her main function as a palliative care nurse in Eva Trobisch’s Ivo. The class additionally noticed a particular point out go to Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias’ Pepe.
Within the Documentary Competitors, the jury unanimously introduced the Firebird Award to Favoriten by Austrian director Ruth Breckermann, which centres on a Vienna elementary class over the course of three college years.
Additionally within the documentary class, the jury prize when to Wong Sui-pong’s Obedience, exploring the microcosm of Hong Kong’s Hung Hom space; whereas a particular point out went to Oksana Karpovych’s Intercepted, which contrasts scenes of Ukrainians because the invasion with cellphone conversations between Russian troopers and their households.
The 49th HKIFF ran from March 28 to April 8, screening greater than 190 movies from 62 territories, and closed Sho Miyake’s All The Lengthy Nights.
The competition introduced that the 50th version will happen from April 10-21, 2025.
