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SUPPLEMENT THU 05.12.2019

THE TALENTED Juliette SHOWING INSIDE New Chinese Cinema Special Presentation Ambassadors Binoche uliette Binoche, the international made her into a star with various roles ghella’s The English Patient. talent Ambassador of IFFAM, is a that showcased her talent. In 2000, Binoche was nominated for an J world famous French actress, pub- She then made her English-language de- Academy Award for Best Actress in Lasse lished author, artist, and dancer who has but in Philip Kaufman’s The Unbearable Hallström’s comedy Chocolat. With her appeared in more than 60 feature films, Lightness of Being, which launched her success, she was able to alternate be- won numerous awards and appeared on international career. American Filmmaker tween French and English language roles. stage and screen all over the world. She Steven Spielberg noticed her sensuous She took home the Best Actress Award is the first ever actress to win the triple performances and offered her nume- at the Cannes Film Festival for her role crown of best actress at the Berlin, Can- rous parts. She declined a role in Jurassic in Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy in nes and Venice film festivals. She can be Park and decided to be in Krzysztof Kies- 2010. seen on screen at IFFAM in Hirokazu Ko- lowski’s Three Colors: Blue. Binoche alternated between stage and reeda’s new film The Truth. She won the Venice Film Festival Award screen throughout her career. Her stage With an artistic family background, she for Best Actress and a César. Not long presence included a 1998 London pro- began taking acting lessons at a young after, she won an Oscar and a BAFTA for duction of Luigi Pirandello’s Naked and age and after several performances on Best Supporting Actress in addition to in a 2000 production of Harold Pinter’s stage, auteurs including Jean-Luc Go- the Best Actress Award at the 1997 Berlin Betrayal on Broadway for which she was dard, Jacques Doillon, and André Téchiné Film Festival for her role in Anthony Min- nominated for a Tony Award. International Film Festival & Awards Macao NEW CHINESE CINEMA: CHINA AND THE CHINESE WORLD

New Chinese Cinema section brings us a collection of seven thoughtful and touching movies produced this year, which are being premiered at the Macao Old Court Building from December 5 to 8

DWELLING IN THE FUCHUN MOUNTAINS At her 70th birthday celebration, the aged mother of the Gu family suffers from a stroke, which precipitates her decline into dementia. LUCKY GRANDMA

Her four sons face crucial changes in their In the heart of Chinatown, New York, relationships to one another, as they deal with their a cantankerous, chain-smoking, newly BETTER DAYS own family problems. widowed 80-year-old Grandma is eager to live life as an independent woman, despite On the cusp of China’s competitive national Their destinies, linked by love and challenged by the worry of her son who wants her to move college entrance exams, Nian, a 17-year- questions and dilemmas, unfold over the course in with him and his family in bourgeois old schoolgirl becomes the target of school of four seasons, as in an ancient Chinese scroll Brooklyn. bullying after a fellow classmate committed painting. suicide. When a local fortune teller predicts a most OVER THE SEA auspicious day in her future, Grandma She later discovers an unlikely ally in Bei, decides to get on the bus and head to the an orphaned street youth. He becomes her Northeast China, 2018. 11-year-old Xiaojie, casino. Although she loses at the tables, a a left-behind wild child growing up without protector and they form a unique bond that bag of money literally lands in her lap on is soon tested when they are both implicated guidance, hustles among a chaotic mix of the bus ride home and she takes it home patrons in his uncle’s roadside inn. in a murder. with her. His migrant parents have not returned for Which attracts the attention of the local many years. He hopelessly clings to his Xiaogang Gu mafia, leads her to employ a bodyguard and older cousin for love and hope. Director plunges her into a gang war in the heart of Xufeng Huang, Qun Zhang, Producers her neighbourhood. Jiafei Song, Suey Chen, But after she traps him in exchange for her Xiaoxiao Ning, Ying Liang own future, his remaining innocence starts to slip, and gradually replaced by the desire Cast Youfa Qian, Fengjuan Wang, Zhangjian Sun, Renliang Zhang, to break free from adults. Guoying Zhang, Zhangwei Sun, Hongjun Du, Luqi Peng, Yi Zhuang, Zikang Sun, Scriptwriters Xiaogang Gu Cinematographers Ninghui Yu, Xu Deng Director Derek Kwok-cheung Tsang Editor Xinzhu Liu Producer Jojo Yuet-chun Hui Production Design Xingyu Zhou Cast Zhou Dongyu, Jackson Yee, Music Wei Dou TYin Fang, Huang Jue, Costumes Designer Lina Wang Wu Yue, Zhou Ye Sound Danfeng Li, Cong Ma Director Sasie Sealy Director Sun Aoqian Scriptwriters Lam Wing Sum, Li Yuan, Artistic Consultant Feng Mei Producers Cara Marcous, Krista Parris Producer Dun He Xu Yimeng Executive Producers Liu Rong, Yang Xianghua, Cast Tsai Chin, Corey (Hsiao-Yuan) Ha, Cast Yu Kunjie, Li Reb, Sun Xinfu Cinematographer Yu Jing Pin Zhang Jin, Li Jia, Zhou Michael Tow, Woody Fu, Eddie Yu Scriptwriters Sun Aoqian, An Jier Editor Zhang Yibo Jiansen, Bai Yali, Song Jia Scriptwriter Angela Cheng Cinematographer Zhou Cong Production Designer Liang Honghu Production Companies Factory Gate Films, Dadi Cinematographer Eduardo Enrique Mayén Editor Du Guangwei Music Barqu Buehrer Film, iQiyi Pictures, Beijing Editor Hye Mee Na Production Design Zhao Mingsheng Costumes Designer Dora Ng Joy Pictures, QuJing Production Designer Cassia Maher Music Chen Xueran Production Companies Goodfellas Pictures Ltd., Pictures, Chuxiao Films Music Andrew Orkin Costumes Designer Zhao Mingsheng Fat Kids Production Distributor ARP Selection, Beijing Costumes Designer Aubrey Laufer Production Companies Shanghai Turan Movie Co. Distributor Edko Films Ltd. Joy Pictures Production Companies Parris Pictures, Treehead Films Distributor Edko Films Ltd. World Sales We Distribution Ltd. World Sales Wild Bunch World Sales XYZ Films World Sales Edko Films Ltd.

SHOWTIME SHOWTIME SHOWTIME SHOWTIME Dec 5 Thu 8:45pm Macao Old Court Dec 7 Sat 3:30pm Macao Old Court Dec 6 Fri 6:45pm Macao Old Court Dec 7 Sat 9:00pm Macao Old Court

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TO LIVE TO SING WISDOM TOOTH Zhao Li is the manager of a small Sichuan Gu Xi is about to lose her job because of Opera troupe, living and performing together undocumented citizenship status. While in a rundown theatre located in the outskirts making use of all her social connections in of Chengdu, China. her effort to get official registration papers, OVER THE SEA WET SEASON she also faces another challenge: getting When she receives the notice of demolition along with her brother’s new girlfriend, Northeast China, 2018. 11-year-old Xiaojie, for the theatre, Zhao Li hides the news from It is monsoon season in Singapore and the Qingchang. a left-behind wild child growing up without everyone else, fearing that this could spell city is pouring with rain. Ling, a Chinese guidance, hustles among a chaotic mix of the end of her opera troupe: besides the language teacher, finds her marriage and As winter sets in and temperatures plunge, patrons in his uncle’s roadside inn. physical demolition of their space, it’s the school life falling apart because she is the relationship between Gu Xi, her brother life of her ‘family’ that is at stake. unable to bear a child. Gu Liang, and his girlfriend becomes His migrant parents have not returned for increasingly unclear, threatening to freeze many years. He hopelessly clings to his As she struggles to search for a new theatre But an unlikely friendship with a student over itself. older cousin for love and hope. for them to both sing and live in, the opera helps her reaffirm her identity as a woman. and its fantastic characters slowly begin to Meanwhile, more trouble brews as a dead But after she traps him in exchange for her seep into her real world. body is found floating in the sea, and a own future, his remaining innocence starts mysterious tape forces Gu Xi to cross from to slip, and gradually replaced by the desire the boundary from youth into adulthood. to break free from adults.

Director Liang Ming Sun Aoqian Producers Sean Chen, Sun Yang Dun He Director Johnny Ma Cast Celeste Lv, Xiaoliang Wu, Jiajia Yu Kunjie, Li Reb, Sun Xinfu Producer Vincent Wang Director Anthony Chen Wang, Weishen Wang Sun Aoqian, An Jier Cast Zhao Xiaoli, Gan Guidan,Yan Xihu Producer Anthony Chen Scriptwriter Liang Ming Zhou Cong Scriptwriter Johnny Ma Cast Yeo Yann Yann, Christopher Lee, Cinematographer He Shan Du Guangwei Cinematographer Matthias Delvaux Koh Jia Ler, Yang Shi Bin Editor Zhu Lin Zhao Mingsheng Editor Ana Godoy Scriptwriter Anthony Chen Production Designer Ma Hongwei Chen Xueran Music Jongho You Cinematographer Sam Care Music Ding Ke Zhao Mingsheng Costumes Designer Adam Lim Editor Hoping Chen Costumes Designer Huang Jialun Shanghai Turan Movie Co. Production Companies House on Fire Productions, Production Companies Giraffe Pictures Production Companies Tianjing Happy Entertainment Edko Films Ltd. Image X Production Distributor MM2 Entertainment Film Media Edko Films Ltd. World Sales Films Boutique World Sales Memento Films International World Sales Midnight Blur Films, Parallax Films

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The Special Presentation segment of IFFAM will screen nine films this year. This year’s line-up includes The Captain SPECIAL PRESENTATION SHOWS by Director Andrew Lau, a cinematic portrayal of one of the most miraculous emergency landings in the contempo- ‘A CITY CALLED MACAU’ rary history of Chinese aviation; A Hi- dden Life by Terrence Malick, the true story an Austrian peasant farmer who, when faced with the threat of execution, keeps his spirit alive by his unwavering faith and his love for his wife; The Do- main by Tiago Guedes, the tale of a Portuguese family that begins to delve deep into the secrets of their myste- rious homestead; Flowers of Shanghai by Hou Hsiao-Hsien, a drama about ele- gant brothels, located around Shanghai in 1880s; The Present by HUR Jin-ho, a narrative about two youngsters whose dreams of setting up a company are helped with an expert from the past;- Dark Waters by Todd Haynes, a story of corporate malfeasance in the US; The Truth by Hirokazu Kore-Eda, the drama about a reunion between mother and daughter that turns confrontational; Red Amnesia by Wang Xiaoshuai, the tale of a stubborn retired widow who spends her days caring about her two grown up sons and her elderly mother; and A City Called Macau by Shaohong Li, the adventure of Mei Xiaoou who li- ves in Macau and meets the three most important men in her life.

KARAN JOHAR is one of India’s most successful and versatile film artists. He is TALENT AMBASSADORS director of blockbuster hit movies, head of hit-making production company Dharma CARINA LAU is a celebrated actress from Productions, actor, author, costume designer, Hong Kong. She started her career in television, DJ and huge celebrity as host of TV talk show graduating in 1984 from the 12th artist training Koffee With Karan. Born in 1972 into a film- class of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and making family – his father, the late Yash Johar, starring in the series Police Cadet. She quickly was the founder of Dharma Productions, Johar made his turned to film, winning the best actress award at the directorial debut at the age of 25 with trendsetting love festival of the 3 Continents for her role in Days Of story Kuch Kuch Hota Hai followed in 2001 by the megabit Being Wild (1991) directed by Wong Kar-wai. She Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Ghamwhich shot him to the top ranks followed that up with impressive performances of commercial cinema directors in India. Working with the in Intimates (1997) for which she won the best biggest stars in Bollywood, Johar continued to dominate actress award at the Golden Bauhinia Awards in the box office with Kabhi Alvida Naan’s Kehna , My Name Is 1998, Curiosity Kills The Cat (2006) for which she Khan, Student Of The Year and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. was named best actress at the Golden Roosters and Hundred Flowers Film Festival and Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010) KIM YONG-HWA is one of South Korea’s for which she won the best actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards. most successful filmmakers having broken She was awarded the Best Actress at the Osaka Asian Film Festival for box office records and gained popularity with her role in Bends (2013). In 2015, in the stage play Tonnochy, she was audiences and critics alike. He has written and nominated for the first time and won Best Actress of the 24th Hong Kong directed six feature films and all of them have Drama Awards. In 2017, she served for the first time as the executive been big box office success in South Korea producer of In Your Dreams (2018), the prize-winning work of the 2nd First and across Asia. His films tell intricate stories Feature Film Initiative i. She also starred in the film which was invited to be of overcoming adversity but in a playful and one of the opening films and competition films of the 2017 Hong Kong entertaining manner with sumptuous and cutting-edge Asian Film Festival. VFX to enhance the storytelling. His filmography includes In 2017, she was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion “Oh! Brothers”, “200 Pounds Beauty”, “Take Off”, “Mr. Go”, Picture Arts and Sciences. “Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds”, and “Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days.” JUNMYEON KIM (SUHO) is a member of EXO, AMBASSADORS AMBASSADORS the quintuple million seller with hit songs like WANG XIAOSHUAI is one of very few ‘Growl’, ‘CALL ME BABY’, ‘Ko Ko Bop’, and ‘Tempo’. masters who remains true to his art in spite The group has set new records for 5 consecutive of rampant commercialism in the Chinese years, and sold over 10 million albums in Korea, film market. Evoking the trauma of ordinary gaining popularity worldwide. Chinese people caught in extraordinary Junmyeon Kim is active not only as a singer, times, his works span different eras, yet but also in various fields including musicals, consistently reflect a strong social conscience. dramas and movies. Among the two films he Born in 1966, he was a graduate of Beijing has played in the lead roles include One Way Film Academy. At 27, he emerged as one of the key Sixth Trip and Middle School Girl A. He received the Generation directors with his debut feature The Days which Discovery of the Year award at the JIMFF Awards was selected as one of the best 100 films of all time by the during the 15th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival in 2019; BBC in 1995. He followed up with Frozen and So Close proving his abilities as an actor. to Paradise, the latter premiering in Un Certain Regard in Cannes.

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