I went into my second viewing of Yuan Qing‘s Three Adventures of Brooke (the Venice Days selected first time feature we raved about) prior to meeting up with the filmmaker for our sit down. I was looking for small gestures, nuances or poeticism I might have missed out on yesterday’s night’s late watch. The second viewing only confirmed that when one is aware of his/her surroundings they are more un-tune with the micro details, objects of no significance take on new meaning and gestures in this thing called life. She provided some thoughtful answers (translated and to be published shortly). I would apply this logic to my every day routine here in Pingyao. Later in the day, the festival announced its winners selected by the multiple juries with Bai Xue’s The Crossing and Huo Meng’s Crossing The Border splitting the honors in Fei Mu section.
Roberto Rossellini Awards:
Best Film: Soni, directed by Ivan Ayr (India)
Best Director: Ognjen Glavonić, The Load (Serbia)
Jury Award: A Land Imagined, directed by Yeo Siuw Hua (Singapore)
Fei Mu Awards:
Best Film: The Crossing, directed by Bai Xue (China)
Best Director: Huo Meng, Crossing The Border (China)
Best Actress: Huang Yao, The Crossing by Bai Xue (China)
Best Actor: Yang Taiyi, Crossing The Border (China)
Youth Jury Award: Crossing The Border, directed by Huo Meng (China)
Works-In-Progress Lab Awards:
Momo-WIP Lab Best Film: Lhamo And Skalbe by Sonthar Gyal
Momo-WIP Lab Best Director: Huang Zi for All About ING
Wings Project Award: Untitled film by Yang Pingdao
Wishart Award: Koali&Rice by Yesir
See You Again Pingyao Award: Unknown Time by Chang Bia
