The 2nd International Film Festival &
AwardsMacao (“IFFAM” or the “Film Festival”) will be staged from 8 to 14
December. The Organizing Committee announced the dazzling line-up of
international film stars and directors including internationally-reputed action
star Donnie Yen and rising Korean movie star D.O. as Talent Ambassadors, and
internationally-acclaimed film director John Woo as Festival Ambassador.
President of the IFFAM Organizing Committee
SennaFernandes expressed, “IFFAM is such a young and vibrant film festival
brimming with new possibilities and potentials to tap into. With our theme of
this year – “A New Avenue to the World of Films”, we aspire to tailor a
high-quality programme fuelled by fresh new elements to fascinate our audience,
as we strive for the vision to forge IFFAM into a prestigious brand in the
world.”
Strong jury line-up
This year’s international jury comprises 5
distinguished figures, presided by French director Laurent Cantet. President
Cantet attended the Institut Des HautesÉtudesCinématographiques and received
the Palme d'Or for his film “Entre les murs” at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival,
in addition to the César Award. Other jury members include famed Chinese
American actress Joan Chen, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, United Kingdom
author Lawrence Osborne and Singaporean director Royston Tan. With their
expertise, the jury will select winners for Best Film, Jury Prize, Best
Director, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, Award for Best New Young Actor
or Actress, Award for Best Screenplay, Award for Best Technical Contribution
and other awards from the 10 films in the Competition section.
Opening Film to offer a good laugh
On the night of the Opening Ceremony, family movie
“Paddington 2” will be shown as the Opening Film, starring famous English actor
Hugh Grant in this sequel of the widely acclaimed movie “Paddington” (2014),
based on the well-loved character in the United Kingdom – Paddington.
Over 40 international films come into spotlight
In this edition, more than 40 international films
will be screened through the Competition section, Gala, Flying Daggers, Best of
Fest Panorama, “Crossfire”, Special Presentation and more. 10 films are
selected to pit against each other in the Competition section, including
“Beast” (UK), “The Cakemaker” (Israel/Germany), “Custody” (France), “Foxtrot”
(Israel/Germany/France/ Switzerland), “The Hungry” (UK/India), “Borg McEnroe”
(Sweden/Denmark/Finland), “Hunting Season”
(Argentina/USA/France/Germany/Qatar), “My Pure Land” (UK), “Three Peaks”
(Germany/Italy) and “Wrath of Silence” (China). UK war film “Journey’s End”
will be featured in the Gala section; while 2 Hollywood films – “The Shape of
Water” and “Suburbicon”, both being screened in the 74th Venice International
Film Festival, will be shown in the Hollywood Special Presentation section. The
“Crossfire” will present classic genre films selected by 6 heavyweight
directors, namely ShekharKapur (India), Im Sang Soo (Korea), PenekRatanaruang
(Thailand), Martin Koolhoven (Netherland), Guillermo Del Toro (Mexico) and Ivan
Sen (Australia). Furthermore, directed by Macao director, “Love is Colder than
Death” will be screened in the Macao Special Presentation section. To go in
line with the recent designation of Macao as UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy,
the Organizing Committee specifically arranged two movies related to gastronomy
to be shown during the Film Festival: “The Last Recipe” and “The Cakemaker”.
IFFAM features internationally-famous action star
Donnie Yen and rising Korean movie star D.O. as new Talent Ambassadors
The Organizing Committee proudly announced during
the press conference that internationally-famous action star Donnie Yen and
rising Korean star D.O. will also come into the spotlight as Talent Ambassadors
in the upcoming Film Festival, following Hollywood star Jeremy Renner, who
starred as Hawkeye in the Marvel film, and famous film actress in Asia, Miriam
Yeung. All four Talent Ambassadors are prominent film stars with their own
respective accomplishments in the Chinese and Western film industries. Jeremy
Renner, D.O. and Miriam Yeung will be attending the Opening Ceremony, while
Donnie Yen will mark his presence at the Award Ceremony on 14 December.
Two Master classes unfold a vast world of
potentials
The highly-anticipated Masterclasses will explore
innovative film elements and tap into new potentials, helping young people to
venture forth into the world of films and reach their dreams. A highlight in
the inaugural edition of IFFAM, the Masterclasses provided an interactive
exchange platform for industry professionals and local audience. Carrying on
this year, the Masterclasses have invited internationally-acclaimed film
director John Woo and famous Hong Kong director Pang Ho-Cheung to share their
skills and experiences as keynote speakers and help young aspirers to gain
insights into filmmaking and a deeper understanding of the film industry.
Through sharing and dialogues, the Masterclasses will inspire young minds for
the advantage of the industry.
Nurturing local new blood with the British Film
Institute
Following the success of the BFI Film Academy
Project co-organized by IFFAM and the British Film Institute (BFI) last year,
the upcoming Film Festival will once again offer this film-shooting training
programme, providing opportunities for budding local filmmakers to engage in
international filmmaking experience and exchange perspectives with their
European counterparts, thus fostering cultural exchange, broadening their
mindset and diversifying their professional development. 24 of Macao’s most
promising young filmmakers will participate in this programme working together
to produce two short films. They will be led by industry professionals from the
BFI. Students will be offered a specific role based on their skill and experience,
and work together to produce two films that will be screened at the IFFAM.
Participants will have 9 days and a small production budget to produce the
films.
Supporting Local View Power to grow local
filmmaking talent
With the direction of “New Platform, New
Perspectives” in mind, IFFAM offers full support to the latest edition of Local
View Power by offering a platform to screen the outstanding works supported by
this programme. Organized by the Macao Cultural Centre, Local View Power has
supported more than 90 local film productions in the last decade. The Film
Festival will include these local films supported by the Local View Power
programme for the first time, with the aspiration to help promising local
filmmakers in their pursuit of dreams to create innovative film works,
encourage local youth to pursue career paths as independent filmmakers and
impel the local film industry to move forward.
Over 400 film industry professionals and media to
attend the Industry Hub
This year’s IFFAM Industry Hub will be held in the
Macao Cultural Centre, offering a platform for industry professionals to
exchange with one another and tap into the vast business opportunities of the
industry together. The Organizing Committee will invite over 250 industry
professionals from more than 20 countries and regions in addition to 165 media
from 36 countries and regions to participate in the event.
For more details of the 2nd IFFAM, please visit http://iffamacao.com/en/.
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