Chinese film, Still Life (Sanxia Haoren), directed
by Jia Zhangke, has been awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film at
the 63rd Venice Film Festival, which concluded on Saturday.
French director Alain Resnais was awarded the Silver Lion for
Best Director for Coeurs. British actress Helen Mirren won
the Best Actress award for her performance in Stephen Frears'
The Queen, while American star Ben Affleck's role in
Hollywoodland brought him the Best Actor award.
A second film by Jia Zhangke, Dong was also featured in
the festival's Horizons section.
A total of 7 Chinese films, among which four from the Chinese
mainland, two from Hong Kong and one from Taiwan, took part in
competition at the Venice Festival.
Another Chinese director, Liu Jie, took the Best Film prize in
the Horizons fiction section for Courthouse on Horseback
(Mabei Shang de Fating).
(CRI September 10, 2006)
