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China’s FIRST International Film Fest Jury Decides Not To Award Best Film Prize
For the first time since the launch of the FIRST International Film Festival, the festival's jury has decided not to award the Best Film prize.
“The function of the festival is to call out those pioneering works, to discover those who step into higher stages, and to honour those who have made their mark on the future,” said the jury, headed by Cannes Un Certain Regard winner and Black Dog director Guan Hu. The Grand Jury Prize went to Chen Yanbin’s Sailing Song of June, which is set in a small town in the mountainous southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou. Baggio Jiang won the Best Director award for his debut feature Shards, which is inspired by events during a Lunar New Year family reunion dinner that he attended in 2022.
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