By Steven Schwankert in The Hollywood Reporter:
Chinese directors Zhao Dayong and Zhao Liang each took home prizes as the Hong Kong International Film Festival awarded eight prizes in five categories in a ceremony Tuesday night at the Hong Kong Cultural Center.
Yang Heng’s “Sun Spots” won the Golden Digital Award in the Asian Digital Competition, with Zhao Dayong’s “The High Life” taking the Silver Digital Award. Zhao also won the FIRPRESCI Prize, with director Liu Yonghong receiving FIPRESCI Special Mention for “Tangle.”
The Humanitarian Award for Documentaries went to Zhao Liang for the controversial “Petition.”
An interview with Zhao Dayong is currently featured on Danwei; watch it on Tudou if you are in China and without proper Internet.
Zhao Liang is a video artist, photographer and documentary film maker who has been documenting the lives of people on the margins of Chinese society since the 1990s (when the photo of him above was taken in Beijing).
- The Hollywood Reporter: Chinese directors win HKIFF awards
- The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI)
- Danwei: Interview with fimmmaker Zhao Dayong
- Harvard Film Archive: Petition by Zhao Liang
- Image courtesy of Zhao Dayong’s production company Lantern Films