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‘Karst’, ‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’ Win Top Awards At Pingyao International Film Festival
Yang Suiyi’s Karst won best film in the Fei Mu Awards, while Ramon Zurcher’s The Sparrow In The Chimney won best film in the Roberto Rossellini Awards.
The Roberto Rossellini jury, which selects films from the Crouching Tigers section, praised The Sparrow In The Chimney for being “a dark family drama that is warm yet painful. Through a two-day birthday gathering of the families of two sisters, the complicated emotional entanglements among the nine characters and the hidden traumas are vividly depicted and developed with layers..” The festival, which took place September 24-30, opened with Liu Juan’s A River Without Tears and the Special Presentation during Pingyao Night was the world premiere of the short film Knocking On The Door Of A Fortress, directed by Wang Yitong.
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