Yuan shang (Crested Ibis) by Chinese director Qiao Liang was awarded the top prize, the Golden St. George, at the Moscow International Film Festival.
The movie is centered on a Beijing reporter who goes back to his hometown to report a crested ibis, an endangered species and discovers wider environmental issues.
The awards ceremony took place in the Russian capital on June 29, and the other big winners were Turkey’s Fikret Reyhan, who collected the best director’s Silver St. George for Sari Sicak (Yellow Heat), a drama focused on an immigrant family trying survive by traditional farming.
The Special Jury Prize to...
The movie is centered on a Beijing reporter who goes back to his hometown to report a crested ibis, an endangered species and discovers wider environmental issues.
The awards ceremony took place in the Russian capital on June 29, and the other big winners were Turkey’s Fikret Reyhan, who collected the best director’s Silver St. George for Sari Sicak (Yellow Heat), a drama focused on an immigrant family trying survive by traditional farming.
The Special Jury Prize to...
- 6/30/2017
- by Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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