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Singapore’s Tan Siyou Talks Teenage Rebels Tackling A Conformist Society In Award-Winning Debut, ‘Amoeba’ – Pingyao
#News #AkangaFilmAsia #Amoeba #PingyaoFilmFestival #TanSiyou

https://deadline.com/2025/10/amoeba-tan-siyou-singapore-akanga-film-asia-pingyao-1236567214/

Singapore’s Tan Siyou Talks Teenage Rebels Tackling A Conformist Society In Award-Winning Debut, ‘Amoeba’ – Pingyao

Tan's debut feature, which won three awards at Pingyao festival, questions Singapore's conformist society through the story of four teenage girls.

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DeadlineSep 29, 2025

‘Deep Quiet Room’, ‘The President’s Cake’ Take Top Awards At Pingyao International Film Festival
#News #PingyaoFilmFestival

https://deadline.com/2025/09/pingyao-film-festival-deep-quiet-room-the-presidents-cake-1236564761/

‘Deep Quiet Room’, ‘The President’s Cake’ Take Top Awards At Pingyao International Film Festival

Other major winners included Amoeba, which picked up three awards including Best Actress, Nighttime Sounds, Daughters and My Father's Shadow.

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DeadlineSep 29, 2025

Jia Zhangke Talks Pingyao Festival Growth; Expanding China Distribution Slate & Upcoming Road Movie
#News #JiaZhangke #OneBattleAfterAnother #PingyaoFilmFestival #SentimentalValue #TheSecretAgent

https://deadline.com/2025/09/jia-zhangke-pingyao-film-festival-china-distribution-1236563685/

Jia Zhangke Talks Pingyao Festival Growth; Expanding China Distribution Slate & Upcoming Road Movie

Chinese auteur and festival founder has also become a distributor in China and plans to start shooting his next film in December.

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DeadlineSep 18, 2025

‘My Father’s Shadow’, ‘Lost Land’ & ‘The President’s Cake’ Among Pingyao Film Festival’s Crouching Tigers Entries
#News #JiaZhangke #MyFathersShadow #PingyaoFilmFestival

https://deadline.com/2025/09/pingyao-film-festival-china-my-fathers-shadow-lost-land-1236547742/

‘My Father’s Shadow’, ‘Lost Land’ & ‘The President’s Cake’ Among Pingyao Film Festival’s Crouching Tigers Entries 

My Father’s Shadow, Lost Land & The President's Cake are among the Crouching Tigers entries; Hidden Dragons include Amoeba & Guo Ran.

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DeadlineApr 25, 2025

‘Green Wave’ Helmer Xu Lei Talks Chinese Film Funding And Directing His Father In The Comedy-Drama
#News #BreakingNews #FarEastFilmFestival #GreenWave #PingyaoFilmFestival #Udine #XuLei

https://deadline.com/2025/04/green-wave-xu-lei-chinese-film-funding-directing-his-father-comedy-drama-1236376894/

‘Green Wave’ Helmer Xu Lei Talks Chinese Film Funding And Directing His Father In The Comedy-Drama

'Green Wave' opened the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) this week in Udine, Italy, after sweeping the Best Actor and Jury awards at China's Pingyao International Film Festival.

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DeadlineSep 30, 2024

‘Karst’, ‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’ Win Top Awards At Pingyao International Film Festival
#News #PingyaoFilmFestival

https://deadline.com/2024/09/pingyao-film-festival-china-karst-the-sparrow-in-the-chimney-1236103254/

‘Karst’, ‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’ Win Top Awards At Pingyao International Film Festival 

Yang Suiyi’s Karst won best film in the Fei Mu Awards, while Ramon Zurcher’s The Sparrow In The Chimney won best film in the Roberto Rossellini Awards.

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DeadlineSep 7, 2024

China’s Pingyao Film Festival Announces Full Line-Up; Opening Film ‘A River Without Tears’ & ‘Yellow Earth’ Restoration
#News #ChenKaige #JiaZhangke #PingyaoFilmFestival

https://deadline.com/2024/09/china-pingyao-film-festival-chen-kaige-yellow-earth-1236080875/

China’s Pingyao Film Festival Announces Full Line-Up; Opening Film ‘A River Without Tears’ & ‘Yellow Earth’ Restoration  

Chinese film festival will also screen a restored version of Chen Kaige's Yellow Earth to mark the award-winning film's 40th anniversary.

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DeadlineNov 2, 2023

Singapore’s Nicole Midori Woodford On Hauntings & Echoes Of Trauma In ‘Last Shadow At First Light’ – APSAs
#BreakingNews #AsiaPacificScreenAwards #PingyaoFilmFestival #Potocol

https://deadline.com/2023/11/asia-pacific-screen-awards-nicole-midori-woodford-last-shadow-at-first-light-1235590535/

Nicole Midori Woodford On Hauntings In ‘Last Shadow At First Light’ 

Singaporean writer-director Nicole Midori Woodford is on a roll with her debut feature, Last Shadow At First Light, which premiered in New Directors at San Sebastian film festival and has two nomin…

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DeadlineOct 25, 2023

Jia Zhangke On Pingyao Film Festival’s Return; New International Film Fund & Upcoming Feature ‘We Shall Be All’
#BreakingNews #JiaZhangke #PingyaoFilmFestival

https://deadline.com/2023/10/jia-zhangke-pingyao-film-festival-wings-international-we-shall-be-all-1235582570/

Jia Zhangke On Pingyao Festival Return & New International Film Fund

Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke is relieved that the festival he founded in the ancient walled city of Pingyao in China’s Shanxi province is back on track after a tricky few years during the pandemic…

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DeadlineOct 19, 2023

Choy Ji Talks Shifting Hong Kong-Mainland China Ties In Cross-Border Drama ‘Borrowed Time’ – Pingyao
#BreakingNews #BusanInternationalFilmFestival #PingyaoFilmFestival

https://deadline.com/2023/10/china-hong-kong-pingyao-choy-ji-borrowed-time-1235577642/

Choy Ji Talks Shifting Hong Kong-China Ties In ‘Borrowed Time’

Guangzhou-based director Choy Ji has filmed Hong Kong from a perspective we’ve rarely seen before in his debut feature Borrowed Time, which played at Pingyao film festival this week after screening…

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