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US Comedy ‘Give Me Liberty’ Takes Top Prize at Macao Film Festival1 min read

11 December 2019 < 1 min read

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US Comedy ‘Give Me Liberty’ Takes Top Prize at Macao Film Festival1 min read

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The 4th International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) closed on Tuesday night (10) with the top award going to US film Give Me Liberty directed by Kirill Mikhanovsky. 

Stars such as Carina Lau and Juliette Binoche were on the red carpet for the festival, which showed 43 films including 10 in International Competition and six in the New Chinese Cinema Competition. It ran from 5 December to 10 December in and around the Macau Cultural Centre.

Chinese filmmaker Peter Chan Ho-sun headed the jury for first and second-time directors in the international competition. He was joined by producer Ellen Eliasoph (US), actor Tom Cullen (UK), actress Dian Sastrowardoyo (Indonesia) and director Midi Z (Myanmar). 

For the New Chinese Cinema, the best director award went to Anthony Chen for his Singaporean film Wet Season. Chen thanked his cast and crew as well as the organisers who brought them over to Macau.

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Photo Credit: Film still of ‘Give Me Liberty’; Wild Bunch

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