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\n\tThe Shanghai International Film Festival\u2019s main jury wore its heart on its collective sleeve Saturday night, giving the top Golden Goblet prize to first-timer Zhong Kaifeng\u2019s Atlantic Rhapsody<\/em> and revealing they had all been \u201ccaptivated and impressed\u201d by the director\u2019s bold approach to moviemaking.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAt the start of this year\u2019s June 12-21 event, jury head and Hong Kong legend Tony Leung Chiu-wai had revealed that early conversations among his group \u2014 which included directors Guan Hu, Aktan Arym Kubat, D\u00e9a Kulumbegashvili and Fernanda Valadez, producer Dora Bouchoucha and actress Xin Zhilei \u2014 had found them unanimous in a desire to look for \u201csurprises.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd the 29-year-old Zhong certainly delivered on that with his debut, which circles around a young man (Wang Yitong) searching for a father who left his home in the far north as China turned into the 2000s, looking for the riches offered by the industrial boom down south. The film plays with memories, and with time, as the young man searches for meaning \u2014 and it left critics here divided. Not so the jury.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThrough a bold experimental approach, the director explores the absurdity of human life, while the outstanding cinematography and editing create a uniquely compelling visual experience,\u201d the jury statement read \u2014 and Zhong appeared overwhelmed when the news was read out at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThank you very much to parents, to my wife,\u201d began Zhong. \u201cSince I started making movies, I haven\u2019t had any income for many years. It has been you who kept me going.\u00a0I want to say that Atlantic<\/em> is not a definition, it does not provide answers, but today it seems to have given me an answer, and that answer is to persist, to love, to work hard, and then to believe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt was double delight for the young filmmaker and his crew on the night, as the Best Cinematography award went to Hao Jiayue for his work on the film.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThis year\u2019s main Golden Goblets featured a selection of 12 films from 15 countries and territories, and the jury went wide with its selections, covering a fittingly diverse range of genres. The Jury Grand Prix went to Colombian director Nicol\u00e1s Rinc\u00f3n Gille\u2019s Iluminada<\/em> (Belgium), a heartfelt and ultimately life-affirming tale of a young woman facing the trials of life in the Bogota slums. Best Director went to Morocco\u2019s Yassine El Idrissi for the darkly amusing Halima<\/em>, whose star, Khadija Amari, took Best Actress for her compelling, often hilarious turn as an aging widow just trying to get by.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd there were huge cheers for local favorite Zhang Songwen on the news that he\u2019d landed Best Actor for his turn as a puzzled (and quite often puzzling) man accused of murder in the Hong Kong-set Secret in the Box<\/em> (China\/Hong Kong), directed by Frankie Tam Kwong Yuen. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe gradual build of this intensity is difficult to achieve. The actor\u2019s accomplished performance further elevates the film\u2019s literary depth,\u201d the jury said.<\/p>\n

\n2026 SIFF Golden Goblet winners<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nBest Feature Film:<\/strong> Atlantic Rhapsody<\/em> (China), directed by Zhong Kaifeng
Jury Grand Prix:<\/strong> Iluminada<\/em> (Belgium), directed by Nicol\u00e1s Rinc\u00f3n Gille
Best Director:<\/strong> Yassine El Idrissi, Halima<\/em> (Morocco)
Best Actor:<\/strong> Zhang Songwen, Secret in the Box<\/em> (China\/Hong Kong)
Best Actress:<\/strong> Khadija Amari, Halima<\/em> (Morocco)
Best Screenplay:<\/strong> Reis \u00c7elik, Night of Blindness<\/em> (Turkey\/Germany)
Best Cinematography:<\/strong> Hao Jiayue, Atlantic Rhapsody<\/em> (China)
Outstanding Artistic Achievement:<\/strong> The Miserable Mother<\/em> (Germany\/France), directed by Susanne Heinrich<\/p>\n

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