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World Premieres, Chinese Titles Dominate Shanghai Film Festival Selection


World premieres and Chinese titles dominate the competition and Asian selections at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

That gives the festival showcase screenings for the newest works by established Chinese directors Gu Changwei(“Peacock, “Till Death Do Us Part”), Wei Shujun (“Only the River Flows,” “Striding Into the Wind”) and Guan Hu(“Old Fish”). Guan was rewarded in Cannes only last week for his Un Certain Regard-winning picture “Black Dog,” but will unveil his next effort “The Hedgehog in Shanghai’s main competition. The festival’s main competition winners win Golden Goblet awards that are decided on by a jury headed by Vietnam’s Tran Anh Hung (“The Taste of Things”).

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