Tag: IFFAM
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Give me Liberty wins best film at IFFAM
American film Give Me Liberty won Best Film in the international competition category of the 4th International Film Festival Awards – Macau, topping the nine other ... -
Q&A | Carina Lau: ‘The rise of Chinese cinema has left Hong Kong behind’
One of the Talent Ambassadors of this year’s International Film Festival & Awards – Macao (IFFAM), Carina Lau demonstrated a bold friendliness during her interview with ... -
IFFAM 2019 winner | Give Me Liberty: a review
Like the passengers in the van which is Give Me Liberty’s primary form of transportation, viewers of this compassionate, sometimes disjointed drama need to hang on and ... -
IFFAM 2019 Closed in style
The fourth edition of the International Film Festival & Awards-Macao (IFFAM) ended yesterday at the Macao Cultural Center, with the Closing Red Carpet ceremony. The six-day ... -
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 – edition no. 3434
* Best film at 4th IFFAM goes to… Give me liberty * ‘Censorship cannot deny inner truth, love or freedom’ * ‘The rise of Chinese ... -
International Film Festival & Awards – Macao Hong Kong film wins new Shorts Competition
The newly launched Shorts Competition at the 4th International Film Festival & Awards – Macao (IFFAM) has announced that the Hong Kong film “Lonely Encounter” by ... -
Q&A | Li Shaohong: A reflection of life across the border
For at least one brief moment in this city’s recent history, Macau offered something entirely unique and perhaps irreplaceable: it was a mirror reflecting the lives ... -
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 ... -
Special Presentation shows ‘A City Called Macau’
The Special Presentation segment of IFFAM will screen nine films this year. This year’s line-up includes The Captain by Director Andrew Lau, a cinematic portrayal of ... -
Ambassadors
Karan Johar is one of India’s most successful and versatile film artists. He is director of blockbuster hit movies, head of hit-making production company Dharma Productions, ... -
Thursday, December 5, 2019 – edition no. 3431
* China-US clash over HK, Xinjiang bills * Runaway cow sets rare sight in the city * Juliette Binoche, the international talent ambassador of IFFAM ... -
Love & Liberty is in the air | THE COMPETITION – II
Ten feature films of a variety of topics and origins are in competition for the top IFFAM Award 2019. They will be shown in Macau venues ... -
RETROSPECTIVE | From Polina to Green Book, a true story behind a road trip – a track record of famous premieres
Since 2016, IFFAM has been lauded for shining a light on Asian cinema and for its recognition of new directors and producers. First year’s opening film ... -
20th Anniversary Macao Special Presentations
A diverse collection of shorts giving nine young local directors the chance to share their ideas about their changing city, Years Of Macao is an unmissable ... -
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 – edition no. 3430
* Macau Literacy Bloom • Macau is soaring in the PISA tables, rising to third worldwide in the latest assessment * New Macau can’t find the ... -
Love & Liberty is in the air THE COMPETITION – I
Ten feature films of a variety of topics and origins are in competition for the top IFFAM Award 2019. They will be shown in Macau venues ... -
OPENING NOIR WITH JOJO RABBIT
Long ago, turning Nazi Germany into a joke was verboten. Or, at least, it seems like it was; it’s actually hard to imagine a time when ... -
International Competition Jury
International Competition Jury Peter Chan Ho-sun (Hong Kong SAR) – PRESIDENT A Chinese film director, producer and screenwriter, Peter Ho-Sun Chan is regarded as one of ... -
IFFAM Goodridge gunning for film festival hat trick
Two-time film festival director Mike Goodridge says he hopes to return next year as the lead visionary behind the city’s growing International Film Festival and ... -
IFFAM 2018 | Clean Up awarded Best Film
Clean Up” has been awarded Best Film at the 3rd International Film Festival & Awards (IFFAM), as announced last Friday at the Macao Cultural Center. The ... -
Jury President Chen Kaige presented with ‘Spirit of Cinema’
The new competition section “New Chinese Cinema” pitted six films against each other, namely “Dear Ex”, “Baby”, “Xiao Mei”, “Up the Mountain”, “Fly by Night” and ... -
NETPAC Award went to Suburban Birds
Presented by Mimi Plauché, Sunny Joseph and Marco Martins, jury members from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC), the NETPAC Award went to ... -
Shadow, the master’s Three Kingdoms saga
• Today at the Macau Film Festival – The near-monochrome images are the spectacular star of famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s sumptuous return to form. A review * ... -
Zhang Yimou’s ‘Shadow’ is breathtakingly beautiful saga
Black ink drips from the tip of a brush and daggers into clear water, spiraling out like smoke; a Chinese zither sounds a ferocious, twanging note ... -
IFFAM | ‘Empire Hotel’ director sees ‘promising future’ for locally-produced films
Ivo Ferreira, Portuguese director of the locally-inspired film “Empire Hotel,” has detailed that the movie has been his reality since his arrival in the SAR in ... -
IFFAM – Mary Queen of Scots | A tale of intrigue and sisterhood
In “Mary Queen of Scots” two 16th-century queens compete for influence as an English succession crisis begins to unfold. A tale of political intrigue, the cousin-queens ... -
Jury calls on IFFAM to act as platform for emerging directors
The main jury of the third International Film Festival and Awards Macao (IFFAM) commended the event for featuring films directed by young directors, thus calling on ... -
Yoon says languages needed for ‘next level’ career
Lim Yoon A, also known as Yoona, is one of the most recognizable names in Asian entertainment and one of the talent ambassadors for this year’s ... -
Q&A | Nicolas Cage: Chinese cinema is musical, operatic… and violent
Prolific actor, director and producer Nicolas Cage was asked this year to become a talent ambassador for the International Film Festival and Awards – Macau and ... -
Monday, December 10, 2018 – edition no. 3188
* Border Gate | Bus terminal reopens on Saturday * Japan | Divisive bill allowing more foreign workers approved * Fifteen int’l choirs join lively festival ... -
Special Presentation shows Macau’s own ‘Empire Hotel’
The Special Presentation segment of IFFAM will screen seven films selected by Mike Goodridge, the festival’s Artistic Director, and Jury President Chen Kaige, the famed Chinese ... -
Flying Daggers: Six talked about films of the year
Flying Daggers section brings us a collection of six exciting and daring movies produced this year, which won accolades worldwide and are being premiered at the ...
