CNN reports on the Shanghai Film Festival:
“I love Chinese movies and don’t get enough of them in the United States and that’s why people hold film festivals to make others aware of films in other countries,” said Streep, quoted in Monday’s Shanghai Daily newspaper.
The American actress was in China on Sunday to present the Shanghai International Film Festival’s best film award to Iranian director Khosro Masumi for the prison drama “Tradition of Lover-Killing.”
The festival’s Grand Jury Prize went to the Chinese movie “Jasmine Women,” co-starring Joan Chen and Zhang Ziyi. South Korea’s Lee Je-yong won the best director award for “Untold Scandal,” according to the festival’s Web site.
Sweden’s Andreas Wilson took home the best actor prize for his portrayal of a troubled teen in “Evil,” while China’s Gu Meihua won best actress for her role in the nostalgic family drama “Shanghai Story.”
Judges included France’s Olivier Assayas, whose “Clean” won a best actress award for Hong Kong’s Maggie Cheung at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Streep, the 54-year-old star of films including “Sophie’s Choice” and “Out of Africa,” received a lifetime achievement award last week from the American Film Institute.
The CNN story is here.
Note: On May 27, Danwei source Deep Chicken alleged that the winner of the Jinjue Award of the Shanghai Festival had been decided in advance to be Jasmine Women. Well, Deep Chicken information was not 100% reliable. Jasmine Women won the festival’s Grand Jury prize.