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2018 Shanghai International Film Festival
The 2018 Shanghai International Film Festival, held on June 17–24, 2018, was the 21st such festival devoted to international cinema held in Shanghai, China. International Jury The members of the jury for the Golden Goblet Award were: * Ildikó Enyedi (Hungarian director and screenwriter) * Semih Kaplanoğlu (Turkish filmmaker) * Naomi Kawase (Japanese director) * David Permut (US film producer) * Qin Hailu (Chinese actress) * Chang Chen (Chinese actor) Official Selections Winners Golden Goblet Awards *Best Feature Film: Out of Paradise (film), ''Out of Paradise'' by Batbayar Chogsom *Jury Grand Prix: ''Allagan'' *Best Director: Rodrigo Barriuso & Sebastián Barriuso (Un Traductor) *Best Actor: Tye Sheridan for ''Age Out, Friday's Child'' *Best Actress: Isabelle Blais for ''Tadoussac (film), Tadoussac'' *Best Screenplay: Tashidawa, Matsuga for ''Allah Ginger'' *Best Cinematography: Jeffrey Bierman for ''Age Out, Friday's Child'' *Artistic Contribution: ''Carnivor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai International Film Festival
The Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF, , French: ''Festival international du film de Shanghai'') is the largest film festival in Asia and China's longest-running international cinema event. The first festival was established in October 1993. It is the only Chinese festival accredited by the FIAPF. The festival is held over a ten-day period every June. SIFF is organized by China Film Administration, China Media Group, and the Shanghai government. It awards several "Golden Goblet" Awards () for best film, best director, best actor/actress, and other categories, as well as a "Special Jury Award". SIFF Mart consists of the Film Market, China Film Pitch and Catch (CFPC), and Co-production Film Pitch and Catch (Co-FPC). The SIFFORUM is a communication platform. History In 2011, SIFF started a "Film Restoration" program to repair and preserve prints of classic Chinese movies. Notable jury members include Oliver Stone, Mark Rydell, István Szabó, Stanislav Rostotsky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Out
''Age Out'' (formerly titled ''Friday's Child'') is a 2018 American crime drama film directed by A. J. Edwards and starring Tye Sheridan and Imogen Poots. Gus Van Sant served as an executive producer of the film. Cast *Tye Sheridan as Richie *Imogen Poots as Joan *Caleb Landry Jones as Swim *Jeffrey Wright Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. Wright began his career in theater, where he g ... as Detective Portnoy * Brett Butler as Ms. LaField References External links * * {{rotten-tomatoes, age_out 2018 films 2018 crime drama films American crime drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films Films scored by Colin Stetson English-language crime drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Luxia
Jiang Luxia (; born 25 December 1986) is a Chinese actress and martial artist. In 2018, she won the Best Supporting Actress in Hundred Flowers Award for her role as "Tong Li, the Female Machine Gunner" in the movie ''Operation Red Sea''. The film has grossed USD$579 million, and received critical acclaim from critics, making it one of the highest-grossing Chinese films in 2018. Jiang Luxia was the former Nationwide Wushu Champion in Shaolin "Quan" in China. Jiang also holds the status of China State "Wu Ying Level" Sportsman. The title "Wu Ying" (武 英 means "Martial Hero") is the highest form of addressing a Wushu athlete and is only awarded to participants that have consistently maintained the top three positions in the national competitions. She is excellent in Martial Arts Repertoire, Practical Self-Defense, Qigong, Taijiquan, and Crossbow techniques. She was also the State Martial Arts Repertoires A-level Referee and is on the Board of the Wushu Association of Beijing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangal (2016 Film)
''Dangal'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical film, biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao under Aamir Khan Productions with Siddharth Roy Kapur under The Walt Disney Company India. The film stars Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat, a pehlwani Amateur wrestling, amateur wrestler who trains his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become India's first world-class female wrestlers. Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra portray the adult versions of the two Phogat sisters, Zaira Wasim and Suhani Bhatnagar their younger versions, Sakshi Tanwar their mother, and Aparshakti Khurana adult version of their cousin, Ritvik Sahore his younger version, all of them except Shaikh, Tanwar and Sahore in their film debuts. Development on the film began in early 2013 when Tiwari began writing the script. Khan had interviewed the Phogat sisters in 2014 on his talk show ''Satyamev Jayate (talk show), Satyamev Jayate'', before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Sana Shaikh
Fatima Sana Shaikh (born 11 January 1992) is an Indian actress, who works in Hindi films. Shaikh appeared as a child artist in such films as ''Chachi 420'' (1997) and ''One 2 Ka 4'' (2001). In 2016, she portrayed wrestler Geeta Phogat in the top-grossing sports film '' Dangal''. She has since starred in the streaming projects ''Ludo'' (2020), ''Ajeeb Daastaans'' (2021) and '' Modern Love Mumbai'' (2022), and portrayed Indira Gandhi in the biographical drama ''Sam Bahadur'' (2023). Early and personal life Fatima Sana Shaikh was born on 11 January 1992 born and brought up in Mumbai. Her mother, Raj Tabassum, is from Srinagar, and her father, Vipin Sharma, is from Jammu. Shaikh identifies as an atheist. She had received experience in photography prior to becoming an actress. The actress has opened up about her personal experiences of living with epilepsy to help raise awareness of the neurological condition. Career Shaikh began her career as a child artist in ''Chachi 420'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Jing (actor)
Wu Jing ( zh, c=吴京, p=Wú Jīng; born 3 April 1974), also known as Jacky Wu, is a Chinese actor, martial artist and director of Manchu descent. Wu Jing has won first place in many Wushu Competitions and Tai Chi competitions across the nation. He is best known for his roles in various martial arts films such as '' Tai Chi Boxer'', '' Fatal Contact'', the '' Sha Po Lang'' films, and as Leng Feng in ''Wolf Warrior'', its sequel '' Wolf Warrior 2'', and most recently '' The Battle at Lake Changjin''. Wu Jing is one of the most profitable actors in China and his movies are often the highest grossed films in China. Wu ranked first on the ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list in 2019 and 23rd in 2020. Career In April 1995, Wu was spotted by martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, Wu played Hawkman / Jackie in 1996 film '' Tai Chi Boxer'', his first Hong Kong film debut. Since then Wu has appeared in numerous mainland Chinese ''wuxia'' television series. He also worked with choreogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Chinatown 2
''Detective Chinatown 2'' () is a 2018 Chinese comedy- mystery buddy film directed and written by Chen Sicheng, starring Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran. A sequel to 2015's '' Detective Chinatown'', the film was released in China on 16 February 2018. It has grossed over US$544 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time in China. A sequel, was released on February 12, 2021. Plot Qin Feng (Liu Haoran) thought he was going to attend his distant uncle Tang Ren's (Wang Baoqiang) wedding, which turned out to be a hoax. Tang Ren had deceived Qin Feng to come to New York for another purpose. The godfather of Chinatown, Uncle Qi ( Kenneth Tsang), gathered the world's best detectives from an app called Crimaster (which allows real detectives to upload their cases for the online community to solve them) and sets up a competition to locate his grandson's killer within one week for a reward of five million dollars. His grandson Jason was found in a temple with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf Warrior 2
''Wolf Warrior 2'' ( zh, s=战狼2, t=, p=) is a 2017 Chinese action film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Wu Jing, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Celina Jade, Frank Grillo, Hans Zhang, and Wu Gang. The film is a sequel to 2015's ''Wolf Warrior''. It was released in China on 27 July 2017. The film tells a story of a loose cannon Chinese soldier named Leng Feng who takes on special missions around the world. In this sequel, he finds himself in an unnamed African country protecting medical aid workers from local rebels and vicious arms dealers. In China, ''Wolf Warrior 2'' received praise for its patriotic plot, special effects, action sequences and the cast's performances. It was a massive commercial success and was the highest-grossing Chinese film ever released until 2021. The film broke numerous box office records, including the biggest single-day gross for a Chinese film as well as the fastest film to cross RMB 2 billion, 3 billion, 4 billion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Red Sea
''Operation Red Sea'' () is a 2018 action war film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing, Du Jiang and Jiang Luxia. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is loosely based on the evacuation of Chinese communists and almost 600 Chinese citizens from Yemen's southern port of Aden during late March in 2015 Yemeni Civil War. According to Chinaculture.org, the film is in similar style to that of '' Operation Mekong''. It serves as the highlight film presented to audiences as a gift for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, as well as the party's 19th National Congress. This film is said to be "China's first modern naval film". The film has grossed USD$579 million, and received critical acclaim from critics, making it currently the eleventh-highest-grossing ever in China and highest grossing Chinese film in 2018. It was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards
Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards are awards presented to action film genre. The "Jackie Chan Action Movie Week" was originally presented during the Shanghai International Film Festival since 2015, but in 2019 it moved to a new date and venue in Shanghai to become its own event. Voted by the reporters in the entertainment industry, the awards are aimed at "celebrating international action movies and honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to the genre". The award ceremony is named after Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan. Held in a full-sized sports arena, notable attendees at the inaugural solo event in 2019 included Chris Tucker, Adrien Brody and Paul Haggis. Variety declared that the "scale (of the stunt-filled closing ceremony) suggested ambitions of matching an Olympic Games or World Cup ceremony." In 2021, instead of the regular awards, the best ten Chinese action movies were selected. Awards Best Action Movie Best Action Movie Director Best Action Choreogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dressage (film)
Dressage () is a 2018 Iranian coming-of-age thriller drama film directed by Pooya Badkoobeh. The film tells the story of a 16-year-old girl and her problems and reflects social divisions within contemporary Iranian society and indicts a middle and upper class that have lost their moral centre. This drama is the directorial debut of Pooya Badkoobeh. Cast * Negar Moghaddam as Golsa * Yasna Mirtahmasb as Amir * Ali Mosaffa as Golsa's father * Shabnam Moghadami as Golsa's mother * Behafarid Ghafarian as Shirin * Alireza Sanifar as Saeed Reception ''Dressage'' was nominated for Best First Film and received a Special Jury Mention at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival's Generation 14-Plus Awards. At the 2018 Shanghai International Film Festival The Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF, , French: ''Festival international du film de Shanghai'') is the largest film festival in Asia and China's longest-running international cinema event. The first festival was estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negar Moghaddam
Negar Moghaddam (, born May 30, 1999) is an Iranian actress. She is known for her role as Golsa in the 2018 Iranian coming-of-age drama ''Dressage Dressage ( or ; , most commonly translated as "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrianism, equestrian sport defined by th ...,'' for which she won the Best Asian New Talent Actress Award at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival. Filmography Film Web Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moghaddam, Negar Living people 1999 births Iranian film actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
