Chinese language comedy-drama Her Story scooped the Golden Mulberry for finest movie on the Far East Movie Pageant (FEFF) in Udine, Italy.
Shao Yihui’s feminist function is a few single mom and her friendship with a brand new feminine neighbour, which proved a significant field workplace hit when launched in China final November, grossing almost $100m.
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FEFF’s high awards are determined by a public vote and noticed the Silver Mulberry go to the prolonged model of The Final Dance, Anselm Chan’s funeral rites drama that ranks as Hong Kong’s greatest native movie of all time.
The Crystal Mulberry went to Like A Rolling Stone. one other female-directed Chinese language function that tackles gender equality. Directed by Yin Lichuan, it stars Yong Mei as a 50-year-old lady who breaks freed from the previous and embarks on a solo driving journey throughout the nation. It additionally proved a business success on the Chinese language field workplace.
The Final Dance – Prolonged Model added a second trophy on the night time with the Black Dragon critics prize.
Winner of the White Mulberry for finest first time director was Filipino director Janus Victoria for Diamonds In The Sand, which stars Lily Franky of Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters as a lonely Tokyo salaryman who travels to Manila with a Filipina migrant employee. Jurors for this award comprised Sundance programmer Kim Yutani, Japanese business veteran Sakoda Shinji and Japanese celeb Megumi.
The Mulberry for finest screenplay went to Japanese psychological thriller Welcome To The Village by Hideo Jojo, the acclaimed director with greater than 100 credit to his identify.
FEFF titles racked up greater than 10,000 hours of streaming on digital platform MYmovies ONE, the preferred of which was Janchivdorj Sengedorj’s hard-hitting Mongolian noir Silent Metropolis Driver, to which the MYmovies neighborhood awarded the Purple Mulberry prize.
Filmmaker Tsui Hark acquired the Golden Mulberry for lifetime achievement on Wednesday (April 30), introduced by Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka-fai, who has starred in a number of Tsui movies together with his newest martial arts epic Legends Of The Condor Heroes: The Gallants, which screened after the ceremony.
The next night time, Taiwanese actress and filmmaker Sylvia Chang took to the stage of the Udine’s Teatro Nuovo to just accept the Golden Mulberry for lifetime achievement. Daughter’s Daughter, for which she acquired an honourable point out at Toronto in September, screened on the pageant alongside a restored model of Tsui’s 1984 comedy Shanghai Blues.
FEFF organisers stated that the 27th version of the pageant had recorded 65,000 spectators, 3,000 friends and 1,993 accreditations. Some 77 movies from 12 nations have been screened, which included 12 world premieres and 22 worldwide premieres.
Greater than 200 business professionals attended the Focus Asia platform, which noticed Filipino venture What’s Left Of Us win the TAICCA/Focus Asia Co-Manufacturing Award.
The 28th version of FEFF is ready to run April 24 to Might 2, mirroring this 12 months’s dates.
Far East Movie Pageant Awards 2025
Golden Mulberry: Her Story (China)
Silver Mulberry: The Final Dance – Prolonged Model (HK)
Crystal Mulberry: Like A Rolling Stone (China)
Black Dragon Viewers Award: The Final Dance – Prolonged Model (HK)
White Mulberry Award (first time director): Diamonds In The Sand, Janus Victoria (Phil-Japan-Malay)
White Mulberry Award (first time director) particular point out: The Sq., Kim Bo-sol (S Kor)
Mulberry Award (finest screenplay): Welcome To The Village, Hideo Jojo (Japan)
MYmovies Purple Mulberry Award: Silent Metropolis Driver (Mong)