First Singapore film to win at Cannes

[nikoneer]

In the link that was given... I saw the director, and people with NIKON and CANON cameras, lenses and flashes behind!!!! what a nice view!

 

[Zig Ziggler]

Has anyone watched it? Gosh....

 

[ricohflex]

Now ILO ILO has won 2013 Golden Horse 最佳劇情片
Best Feature Film (a.k.a. Best Picture - the jargon is different from the Academy Awards - the Oscars) award in addition to another 3.

A dark horse that won.

The director said they went there without expectations.

It was competing against Johnnie To's Drug War, Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster, A Touch of Sin from Jia Zhangke and Tsai Ming-liang's Stray Dogs.

A small budget film without movie star actors/actresses beat Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster, which was a mega-budget US$38.6 Million film with big name stars like Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi.

 

[ninelives]

wah so solid, cant't believe sg film win golden horse, think i have to watch it.

 

[snowc]

Wow not just one but four awards. Really happy that a Singapore film with a story that many ordinary Singaporeans could relate to had such success.

 

[melvin]

Just an update of Awards By Wikipedia

Film
May 2013, Camera d'Or, Canne Film Festival (Canne, France)
Sep 2013, Best Feature, 11th Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
Sep 2013, NETPAC Prize, 11th Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
Sep 2013, Grand Jury Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest(Miskloc, Hungary)
Sep 2013, FIPRESCI Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest(Miskloc, Hungary)
Sep 2013, International Ecumenical Jury Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest(Miskloc, Hungary)
Oct 2013, Best Narrative Feature Film, 22nd Philadelphia Film Festival (Philadelphia, United States)
Oct 2013, First Feature “Sutherland Award”, 57th British Film Institute London Film Festival (London, United Kingdom)
Nov 2013, Best Original Screenplay, 50th Golden Horse Awards (Taipei)
Nov 2013, Best Feature Film, 50th Golden Horse Awards (Taipei)

Individual
Sep 2013, Best Actress (Yeo Yann Yann), 11th Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
Sep 2013, Best Actor (Koh Jia Ler), 9th Eurasia Film Festival, (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Oct 2013, Best Actress (Yeo Yann Yann), 15th Mumbai International Film Festival (Mumbai, India)
Oct 2013, Best Director (Anthony Chen), 15th Mumbai International Film Festival (Mumbai, India)
Nov 2013, New Talent Award, 10th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival (Hong Kong, China)
Nov 2013, Best Supporting Actress (Yeo Yann Yann), 50th Golden Horse Awards (Taipei)
Nov 2013, Best New Director (Anthony Chen), 50th Golden Horse Awards (Taipei)


The film has been selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.
Hope for more good news...