Aktan Arym Kubat’s Black Purple Yellow has gained finest characteristic at Shanghai Worldwide Movie Pageant’s (SIFF) Golden Goblet Awards, which additionally noticed a raft of prizes for Chinese language movies.
The Kyrgyz drama centres on the romance between a standard carpet weaver and a horse herder and was named finest characteristic at an award ceremony on Saturday (June 21) on the Shanghai Grand Theatre.
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Kubat, often known as Aktan Abdykalykov, is understood for options corresponding to The Adopted Son, which gained the Silver Leopard at Locarno in 1998; The Gentle Thief, which screened in Administrators’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2010; and Centaur, which gained the CICAE award when it performed in Panorama on the Berlinale in 2017.
SIFF’s jury grand prix was awarded to 2 movies: On Summer season Sand directed by Japan’s Shinya Tamada, and Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts directed by China’s Wang Tong. The previous stars Joe Odagiri as a person laid low with grief after the demise of his little one, whereas the latter centres on a caregiver performed by Wan Qian and grapples with problems with ageing in society. Wan took house the most effective actress award for her position within the characteristic.
The award for finest director went to China’s Cao Baoping for One Wacky Summer season, a black comedy shot in China’s Tianjin dialect.
Additional winners for China included excellent creative achievement for My Father’s Son by Qiu Sheng; Asian new expertise finest movie for As The Water Flows by Bian Zhuo; Asian new expertise finest actor for Shi Pengyuan in Fang Liang’s Water Can Go Anyplace; and finest reside motion brief movie for Crow by Xu Jianming.
Portugal’s José Martins was named finest actor for his efficiency in The Scent of Issues Remembered, directed by António Ferreira. Greatest documentary went to Spain’s Constanza, directed by Agustín Márquez Gómez.
SIFF’s worldwide jury panel comprised 21 members from Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, with Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore of Oscar-winning Cinema Paradiso as jury president of the primary competitors. Additional jury members included Greek producer Thanassis Karathanos, Indian director Kiran Rao, Argentinian director Iván Fund, Chinese language director and screenwriter Yang Lina, and Chinese language actors Yong Mei and Hunag Bo.
On stage on the award ceremony, Tornatore described the competitors movies as “distinctive but equally magnificent” and lamented that just one could possibly be chosen as finest characteristic.
This yr’s awards set a brand new submissions file, receiving greater than 2,800 entries throughout its 5 competitors sections, with a notable improve from the Americas and Africa.
The 27th SIFF ran from June 13 to 22.
Shanghai IFF 2025 winners
Greatest characteristic movie
Black Purple Yellow (Kyrg) | dir. Aktan Arym Kubat
Jury grand prix
On Summer season Sand (Japan) | dir. Shinya Tamada
Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts (China), directed by Wang Tong
Greatest director
Cao Baoping for One Wacky Summer season (China)
Greatest screenplay
Korek Bojanowski/Katia Priwieziencew for Loss Of Stability (Pol) | dir. Korek Bojanowski
Greatest actor
José Martins in The Scent Of Issues Remembered (Port-Bra) | dir. António Ferreira
Greatest actress
Wan Qian in Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts (China) | dir. Wang Tong
Greatest cinematography
Markus Nestroy for You Imagine In Angels, Mr. Drowak? (Ger-Switz) | dir. Nicolas Steiner
Excellent creative achievement
My Father’s Son (China-Fr) | dir. Qiu Sheng
Asian new expertise finest movie
As The Water Flows (China) | dir. Bian Zhuo
Asian new expertise finest director
Liryc Dela Cruz for The place The Evening Stands Nonetheless (It-Phil)
Asian new expertise finest actor
Shi Pengyuan in Water Can Go Anyplace (China) | dir. Fang Liang
Asian new expertise finest actress
Meenakshi Jayan in Victoria (India) | dir. Sivaranjini J
Asian new expertise finest script author
Lalith Rathnayake/Nilantha Perera for Riverstone (Sri Lanka) | dir. Lalith Rathnayake
Asian new expertise finest cinematography
Prabath Roshan for Riverstone (Sri Lanka) | dir. Lalith Rathnayake
Greatest documentary
Constanza (Sp) | dir. Agustín Márquez Gómez
Greatest animation movie
The Songbirds’ Secret(Fr-Switz-Bel) | dir. Antoine Lanciaux
Greatest reside motion brief movie
Crow (China) | dir. Xu Jianming
Greatest animated brief movie
Son (Rus-Kaz) | dir. Zhanna Bekmambetova
