Tag: IFFAM2018
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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 ... -
Cage (not) leaving Macau: ‘I would love to shoot here!’
It was right after his masterclass on Sunday that we were able to “flash” interview Nicolas Cage. During the one-hour class moderated by Mike Goodridge and ... -
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 ... -
Diamantino, a dystopian satire
• Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt rustle up one of the year’s most singular debuts with this winningly bizarre, genre-melding political satire, “Diamantino,” whose eponymous character ... -
Film puts a modern spin on ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’
Mary, Queen of Scots is an ambitious re-imagining of the Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I saga with modern flourishes and bold performances from Saoirse Ronan and ... -
‘Diamantino’ is bizarre political satire
The pro-European Union lobby just got the silliest, sexiest cinematic endorsement it could hope for in “Diamantino,” and that’s merely one of the surprises nested in ... -
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 ... -
Thursday, December 6, 2018 – edition no. 3186
* Following heavy criticism | Gov’t scraps holiday change proposal * Benfica Macau barred from AFC Cup again * Portugal to join belt and road initiative ... -
New Chinese Cinema | SIX FILMS IN COMPETITION
Screen International is partnering with IFFAM to showcase the uniqueness that is Chinese cinema and introduce to the world the best contemporary Chinese-speaking directors. There is ... -
RETROSPECTIVE
From Polina to Oscar-winner ‘The Shape of Water’ – a track record of famous premieres Both the 2016 and 2017 editions of IFFAM have been lauded ... -
The geography of crafty filmmaking in THE COMPETITION – II
Eleven feature films of a variety of topics and origins are in competition for the top IFFAM Award 2018. They will be shown in Macau venues ... -
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 – edition no. 3184
* Xi starts visit to Portugal | Sino-Luso relations ‘stronger than ever’ * Alexis Tam announces schools selected for Canidrome land * Need for quality over ... -
Green Book | A road tale in segregated America
Fresh from winning the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film chosen open the festival was Green Book – a moving comedy ... -
The geography of crafty filmmaking in THE COMPETITION – I
Eleven feature films of a variety of topics and origins are in competition for the top IFFAM Award 2018. They will be shown in Macau venues ... -
Macau International Film Festival & Awards 2018
The International Film In its third year, the International Film Festival and Awards Macao (IFFAM) is back. With a new category added – Chinese new cinema ... -
Monday, December 3, 2018 – edition no. 3183
* US, China put brakes on trade dispute * Groups oppose embalming of BoBo bear * Filipino community celebrates Christmas * Kenyan athletes dominate Macau Marathon ... -
MDT Exclusive: Mike Goodridge, IFFAM Artistic director | ‘There is a really exciting movement in China cinema’
The craftmanship of a film festival is intertwined with its city, its community, and its film industry, projecting the best international cinema in Macau and taking ...
