HKAFF Winter 2016
22 December 2016 - Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival Winter 2016 winners:
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Best Narrative Feature Film: Shotgun (Australia) by Paddy Jessop. “Robbed, fired, dumped and off his meds, he now sees things that aren't there. Insanity and hatred grow while his rage festers, his mind is chaos and he wants others to pay for it. Madness will take him and his shotgun will purge.”
Best Documentary Feature Film: Nobody Knows My Songs (Canada) by Zoran Maslic. “A photographer enters the world of a homeless punk rocker who is in love and the project turns into a friendship. It becomes an emotional and spiritual quest for the answer to the question of belonging. After 37 years in Canada, this Armenian who grew up in Syria and Lebanon decides to become an immigrant again. Because of the woman he loves, he is moving to Turkey.”
Best Narrative Short Film: [molk] (Canada) by Terence Chotard, Raphael J. Dostie. “Alone in the depths of a concrete labyrinth, a man patrols the empty alleys of an abandoned underground parking.”
Best Documentary Short Film: Tak Chung Wu (United States) by Tyler Russo. “Tak Chung Wu, 96, recalls details of his life.”
Best Animated Short Film: Jungle Taxi (Japan) by Hakhyun Kim. “The taxi driver picks up an unwelcome fare in the jungle. He does as he's told and takes his customer to fetch the man close to death on the beach. Arrived at the destination, the cabbie reaches inside his jacket for a gun.”
Best Underground Film: The First Yugoslavian Cosmonaut (Netherlands) by Rene Nuijens. “The short film ‘The First Yugoslavian Cosmonaut’ was made for the 51st anniversary of human space flight. On 12 April 1961, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-68) yelled ‘Off we go!’ as he was blasted off from a dusty steppe in Kazakhstan to become the first human in space. This historical event made a Belgrade boy start dreaming of becoming Yugoslavian Cosmonaut #1... And now it’s time to visit Yuri Gagarin Boulevard in Novi Belgrade, Serbia to pay tribute. Let’s all lay flowers.”
Best Experimental Film: Heart & Soul: S12 E10 (Canada) by Patrick Blenkarn, Lily Ross-Millard. “In Heart and Soul: S12 E10, we watch two bodies endure the oppressive stillness of a red room. One of them is sick. One of them is indecisive. As they wait for the Doctor, a blue light compels them to dance.”
Best Music Video: Tape of Love (Austria) by Daniel Geronimo Prochaska.
Best Hong Kong Film: A Journey of Searching Ringo by JC Jessie. “Shoveling into the last incognizable century I trace for You. In the loudness of the percussion. Through the lustrous embroideries. I look for any proof of. Your handwork your penmanship. Interspersed among. The Filament The Cuts The Drawings.”
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Official selection Winter 2016:
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Jungle Taxi (Japan) by Hakhyun Kim
Ø (nullset) (Netherlands) by Daniel Donato, Lisa-Marie Vlietstra
Parking 21 (Brazil) by Gustavo Gelmini
Gymnast (Greece) by Glen MacKay
Shotgun (Australia) by Paddy Jessop
Inner Me (Italy) by Antonio Spanò
The Landscape Within (Philippines) by Andrea Capranico
Heart & Soul: S12 E10 (Canada) by Patrick Blenkarn, Lily Ross-Millard
Lion Dance (U.S.) by Tim Pattinson, Zheng Kang
Snake Eating Its Own Tail (Finland) by Tuomas Anttonen
Unwanted Heritage (Croatia) by Irena Skoric
Peaceful Life (France) by Sébastien Bellaval
Car Crush (Spain) by Albert Sala
Force & Honor (France) by Maxime Cordon, Thibaut Dupuis
Nobody Knows My Songs (Canada) by Zoran Maslic
Lavey Laveau, "Nocturne Magnum Opus 9, No. 1" (U.S.) by Christopher Haines, John Patrick Sellars, Lon Lawson
Strange Beauty (Australia) by Mathilde Nocquet
Flyblacks (Israel) by Eitan Ben Moshe
Falcor - Alive (Sweden) by Paul Jerndal
My Dear Dorje (China) by Wang Yao
Uncle Cairang (China) by Wang Yao
You (Hong Kong) by Wang Yao, Wang Shengbo, Zhi Yaqing
Phantasmagoria Cafe (Not Specified) by Daghan Dalgic
Supernatural (Spain) by Juan Figueroa
Squame (Canada) by Nicolas Brault
Imagining Time (Australia) by Jelena Sinik
Spoor. (China) by H.W. Lee
When the River stops whispering (France) by Lucas Malbrun
Snapped (Ireland) by Phillip Connolly
Men from Montreal in November (Canada) by Pascal Robitaille, Matthew Wolkow
You'll Never Know (U.S.) by Freddy Rodriguez
Yuri on the Phone (Netherlands) by Rene Nuijens
The First Yugoslavian Cosmonaut (Netherlands) by Rene Nuijens
Patrioska (Portugal) by Tiago Araújo
Tak Chung Wu (Not Specified) by Tyler Russo
Skin Deep (U.S.) by Lulu Jiang
Say "Brrooom" or black booth (Ukraine) by Sashko Balabai
Nation’s Legacy of Severance (Canada) by Zohar Melinek
Roller Monster (Belgium) by Manu Gomez
Kachi Kachi (U.S.) by Jory Lee Cordy
The Algebra of Need (U.S.) by David Williams
She Wants Revenge (U.S.) by HBG
Timescapes (U.S.) by Trevor Hewitt
[molk] (Canada) by Terence Chotard, Raphaël J. Dostie
Dance of the Neurons (U.S.) by Jody Oberfelder and Eric Siegel
The Afghan Bruce Lee (China) by Jayga Rayn
Suss Cunts - Anaemic Boyfriend (Australia) by Will Suen
Back.to.School (Hong Kong) by Alex.Rodriguez
Skate.for.Real (Hong Kong) by Alex.Rodriguez
Hong Kong Urban Tour (Hong Kong) by Alex Rodriguez
Yes Sir Noceur - Voodoo (Australia) by Tom Adam
Suicide Note (U.K.) by Marina Waltz
The Breath ( Swasa ) (India) by Murthy Y.S.N
A Journey of Searching (Hong Kong) by JC Jessie
Fields In Mist (U.K.) by John Woodman
Muji (Hong Kong) by Steve Woo
Tunisia 2045 (France) by Ted Hardy-Carnac
The Year I Did Acid (Canada) by Chandra Siddan
Cash aka Gen Ar (France) by Gilles Thompson
Senior Teacher (China) by Sha Mo
Eventide (Brazil) by Muriel Paraboni
Tell Tale (U.S.) by Alex Zou
Near the Mountains (Norway) by Flint Juventino Beppe
Nanny Culture (United Arab Emirates) by Paul James Driscoll
Immental (U.K.) by Marcus Lee
Silence in Kyoto (Hong Kong) by Kees van Es
Woodside (U.S.) by David Orlowitz
Tape of Love (Austria) by Daniel Geronimo Prochaska
Eros Diary (U.S.) by Morrison Gong
Blood Letting (U.S.) by William S. Davis
Skygaze · Drop (Spain) by Diego Torres
Beast (U.S.) by Tim Carpenter
Nose (U.K.) by Mitch Vancouver
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