The 14-year-old girl May, the film's protagonist (Photo: VNA) Cairo (VNA) – Vietnamese movie Nguoi Vo Ba (The Third Wife) on November 29 received the Best Artistic Contribution in International Competition awards at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF). Directed by Nguyen Phuong Anh (Ash Mayfair), the film was among the best 14 of the international competition category at the CIFF. It tells a story in the 19th century rural Vietnam, in which a 14-year-old girl becomes the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by giving birth to a baby boy. Her hope to change her status turns into a real and tantalising possibility when she becomes pregnant. Faced with forbidden love and its devastating consequences, she finally comes to understand the brutal truth: the options available to her are few and far between. The first motion picture by director Phuong Anh won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) … [Read more...] about Vietnamese movie wins prize at Cairo int’l film festival
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Cairo International Film Festival Kicks Off
With British cinema being the guest of honor this year, the British movie "Death at a Funeral" kicked off the 31st Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) at Cairo Opera House Tuesday evening (November,27). More than 160 movies from 55 countries are competing for twelve prizes, including the "Golden Pyramid for the best film" and the " Silver Pyramid for the special jury prize." Eight Chinese films will be screened during the event, with Little Moth competing for digital feature film prize. Chinese actress Zhang Jingchu, who won the Best Actress Award of last year's CIFF, is one of the international jury members of the film festival. During the 11-day festival, the organizer will hold five specialized seminars, tackling European support funds, the future of digital cinema in Egypt , relationship between television and cinema industry, intellectual property rights and marketing Arab films at international festivals. The 31st CIFF will also celebrate the … [Read more...] about Cairo International Film Festival Kicks Off
19th Cairo Int’l Film Festival for Children opens
CAIRO, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The 19th Cairo International Film Festival for Children opened here on Sunday with the theme of violence against children.The U.S. film "Igor" directed by Tony Leondis was screened at the opening ceremony that was held at Cairo Opera House. Over 300 feature films, animation and TV programs from more than 50 countries and regions will be screened during the children's film festival, the only one in the Middle East. A number of symposiums on children and children's films will also be held on the sidelines of the film festival, according to the organizing committee. Source: xinhuanet A poster of U.S. film "Igor"(File Photo) … [Read more...] about 19th Cairo Int’l Film Festival for Children opens
Jean Dujardin wins best actor Oscar for ‘The Artist’
Frenchman Jean Dujardin won the Oscar for best performance by an actor in a leading role on Sunday for the silent film "The Artist," in which he plays an actor in 1920s Hollywood.Dujardin, largely unknown outside of France until "The Artist," became the toast of film festivals and started racking up awards last year for his moving, virtually silent portrayal of a dashing actor struggling with Hollywood's transition from silent to talking pictures.Dujardin, 39, is the first French actor to win a best actor Oscar and the first to be nominated since Gerard Depardieu in 1990. French actress Marion Cotillard won the best actress Academy Award in 2008 for "La Vie en Rose."Meanwhile Frenchman Michel Hazanavicius won the Oscar for best directing for "The Artist."The silent, black-and-white movie focuses on a dashing film star, whose career suffers because he fails to embrace the talkies, and his romance with a rising young female dancer.It was Hazanavicius' first Oscar nomination and his first … [Read more...] about Jean Dujardin wins best actor Oscar for ‘The Artist’