Chinese director Jia Zhangke's 2006 Golden Lion award winner
Still Life has won another prize, this time at the 28th
Durban International Film Festival in South Africa.
Jia Zhangke was named the best director at the 12-day festival,
which ended on July 1. It's the first time for him to win an award
in Africa.
"Jia Zhangke brought us to an unknown land, immersed us in this
poetic world with all possible filming factors. A masterpiece of an
outstanding director," the organizing committee said.
The film, about the giant Three Gorges Dam project and its
impact on ordinary people, will roll out in South African theaters
during Christmas.
Jia Zhangke, torchbearer of the so-called "Sixth Generation" of
Chinese directors, has garnered international praise for his films
such as Platform, Unknown Pleasures and The
World.
(CRI.cn July 6, 2007)