2008 Shanghai International Film Festival

Chinese film festival 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival Poster.jpg Poster for the 2008 SIFF 1993 Golden Goblet +1 8 päivää ensi-iltaan fi 8 Days to Premiere Forever the Moment Der Freund (2008) de The Friend Loss Love by Accident Муха (фильм, 2008) ru Mukha Die Tränen meiner Mutter de My Mother's Tears Old Fish (also listed as Nick of Time) Paris Second Hand Wedding The Taste of Fish Urtin Duu Václav The Viceroys Women’s Conspiracies Asian New Talent 18 Grams Of Love 六號出口 zh Exit No. 6 Ganglamedo Gone Shopping Kagbeni Kei Doro Mr. Zhang and His Dog (also listed as Lucky Dog) 오프로드 (영화) ko Off Road 물 좀 주소 (영화) ko Thirsty, Thirsty Winds of September 16 (Golden Goblet) 10 (Asian New Talent Award) June 14–22, 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival 12th 10th The 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival is the 11th such festival devoted to international cinema to be held in Shanghai, China. It was held from June 14–22, 2008.CNN 2008CBC 2008 Directly preceding the event, the festival required a new head of the SIFF jury, due to the sudden death of Anthony Minghella.Shanghai Daily 2008 Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai was the head of jury at the 2008 film festival, serving along with other jury members such as Chinese-American actress Joan Chen, legendary Danish director Bille August and Israeli stage actress Gila Almagor.CNN 2008CBC 2008 About a month prior to the festival, the area of Sichuan experienced a devastating 8.0 earthquake.Lu 2008 In the third week of May, 220,109 injuries and 32,477 deaths were reported;Sina 2008 by June 2008, the death toll had risen to 69,100.Variety 2008 As a result, the opening ceremonies included a red paper heart being presented to each of the 300 celebrity guests for them to sign.Frater 2008 During the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, U.S. actress Sharon Stone commented that the earthquake might have been because of "bad karma" due to China's actions in the 2008 Tibetan unrest, which resulted in her being banned from the 2008 SIFF.Variety 2008 Shanghai festival organizers sent a written condemnation and request for an apology.Variety 2008 Prior to the opening of the event, Zhang Ziyi and Jackie Chan recounted the earthquake and acknowledged the charities that had responded to that point in time.Frater 2008 The opening ceremony included a posthumous award for Minghella, presented to his widow, Carolyn Choa, and speeches from Zhao Shi and Wong Kar-wai.Frater 2008 A total of 260 films were shown at the 2008 festival,CBC 2008 screening in 23 cinemas.Dai, June 5, 2008 Sixteen films competed for the Golden Goblet.Frater 2008 The competition lineup included films from China, Europe, Japan, Argentina, South Korea, Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic and New Zealand.Dai, June 5, 2008 The Asian New Talent Award competition included ten films, produced in China, Japan, Nepal, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.Cremin 2008 Festival attendance was between 200,000 and 250,000.Dai, June 22, 2008 Jury This year's jury members are:CNN 2008CBC 2008 Wong Kar-wai (Director, Hong Kong, China, jury president) Joan Chen (Actress, United States) Ulrich Felsberg de (Film producer, Germany) Bille August (Director, Denmark) Gila Almagor (Actress-writer, Israel) Kaori Momoi (Actress, Japan) Huo Jianqi (Director, China) Awards In competition for the Golden Goblet, the winners were:Dai, June 22, 2008 Best Feature Film: Муха (фильм, 2008) ru Mukha by Vladimir Kott Grand Jury Prix: Old Fish by Gao Qunshu Best Director: Māris Martinsons for Loss Best Screenplay: Marek Epstein cs for Václav Best Cinematography: Florian Schilling for Die Tränen meiner Mutter de My Mother's Tears Best Music: Andrius Mamontovas for Loss Best Actress: Emília Vášáryová for Václav Best Actor: Ma Guowei for Old Fish In competition for the Asian New Talent Award, the winners were:Dai, June 22, 2008 Best Film: Winds of September Best Director: Hyeon-gi Hong for 물 좀 주소 (영화) ko Thirsty, Thirsty References Sources 30em yes 2008-06-04 Shanghai fest snubs Sharon Stone Variety https://variety.com/2008/film/news/shanghai-fest-snubs-sharon-stone-1117986857/ Variety 2008 2026-07-04 2008-03-22 Shanghai Film Festival Seeking Jury Head Shanghai Daily http://sinoflicker.com/portal/content/view/703/35 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110716074355/http://sinoflicker.com/portal/content/view/703/35 July 16, 2011 Shanghai Daily 2008 2008-05-19 zh:各地伤亡汇总(实时更新) 最后更新时间：5月19日8时10分 Summary of Casualties by Region (Real-time Updates) — Last updated: May 19, 08:10 Sina.com https://news.sina.com.cn/pc/2008-05-13/326/651.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20080519003228/http://news.sina.com.cn/pc/2008-05-13/326/651.html 2008-05-19 Sina 2008 2026-07-04 zh 2008-06-06 Wong Kar-wai fills in for Minghella at Shanghai film fest CBC.ca https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/wong-kar-wai-fills-in-for-minghella-at-shanghai-film-fest-1.697207 live 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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/russian-film-wins-top-siff-114318/ Dai, June 22, 2008 2026-07-04 Frater Patrick 2008-06-15 Shanghai Film Festival bows Variety https://variety.com/2008/film/news/shanghai-film-festival-bows-1117987498/ 2026-07-04 Lu An 2008-05-18 Magnitude of SW China earthquake revised to 8.0 Gov.cn http://english.gov.cn/2008-05/18/content_981724.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120229091938/http://english.gov.cn/2008-05/18/content_981724.htm 2012-02-29 2026-07-04 External links Official website 11th Shanghai International Film FestivalAugust 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes from the Internet Movie Database Shanghai International Film Festival Category:Shanghai International Film Festival Shanghai Shanghai Category:2008 in Shanghai Category:June 2008 in China