Shanghai Film Festival reveals 2024 competition list

Guan is “man and woman”.

Shanghai International Film Festival

The Shanghai International Film Festival revealed the competition selection for its upcoming 26th edition on Wednesday, featuring a distinctively heavy lineup of Chinese films. As in recent years, the collection also includes a range of European, Japanese and Central Asian films, but not a single film from the United States or South Korea.

The most anticipated film from the festival’s main competition of 14 titles in 2024 is undoubtedly the drama from Chinese director Guan Hu. a man and a woman, which features two headline performances by local megastars Huang Bo and Ni Ni. Joan wowed critics at the Cannes Film Festival just a week ago with his black comedy Black dog, which won the prestigious “Un Certain Regard” award at the French festival. Guan is also no stranger to the Shanghai festival. His backbone in World War II Eight hundred The 2019 edition of the event was scheduled to open, but was pulled at the last minute due to reported censorship issues (changes were later made to the film and it became a massive hit). Little has been revealed to the Western press about Guan’s latest statements. a man and a womanbut its recent critical and commercial hot streak will make it one of the festival’s most sought-after tickets.

A film by Chinese director Wei Shujun don’t worry be happy She is another notable contender, as is Zhang Dalei Falling stars. Latest Wee movies Only the river flowspremiered at Cannes last year, with THRThe critic summarized it as “a puzzle-like homage to the noir genre.” Zhang’s first appearance, Summer is gone (2016), won the Best Film Award at the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taipei.

Drama by Japanese director Mibu O Living in two worlds Makes for another highlight. The film is O’s first feature film in nine years and tells the story of a young man raised in rural Japan by deaf parents. One of the most prominent Japanese directors, I previously watched her film in 2014 The light only shines there Her country chose her as its official inductee to the Academy Awards.

The 26th Shanghai International Film Festival takes place from June 14 to 23. Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung (nominated for an Academy Award in 1994 for his film Green papaya scent And the winner of the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival last year with Taste of things) He was appointed Chairman of the Festival Jury for the Main Competition Section. Joining Tran on the jury will be Australian director Rolf de Heer, German director Matthias Glassner, Hong Kong star Tony Leung Ka Fai, Argentine director Santiago Mitri, Chinese actress Zhou Xun, and Tibetan director Sunthar Gyal.

Here is the full line-up for the 2024 Shanghai International Film Festival.

Main competition