IV EDITION 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 II thu 05.12.2019 NEW CHINESE CINEMA: CHINA AND THE CHINESE WORLD 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 SHOWTIME SHOWTIME SHOWTIME SHOWTIME Dec 7 Sat 9:00pm Macao Old Court Dec 8 Sun 8:45pm Macao Old Court Dec 8 Sun 6:15pm Macao Old Court Dec 7 Sat 6:45pm Macao Old Court III International thu 05.12.2019 Film Festival & Awards Macao The Special Presentation segment of IFFAM will screen nine films this year.