Her Story, Yihui Shao’s function dramedy that turned one thing of a feminist phenomenon in China, scored one other huge win by securing the highest prize on the twenty seventh Far East Movie Competition (FEFF), which concluded Friday evening within the northern Italian metropolis of Udine. The movie, which grossed virtually $100 million at China’s field workplace and impressed a thousand assume items about its radical and refreshing themes, obtained FEFF’s Golden Mulberry Viewers Award. Her Story stars Track Jia and Zhong Chuxi, and tells the story of two single girls who grow to be neighbors, and regardless of their contrasting personalities and circumstances, grow to be quick buddies.
FEFF’s second most coveted viewers award, the Silver Mulberry, went to Anselm Chan’s Hong Kong household drama The Final Dance. Like Her Story, The Final Dance was a field workplace phenomenon in its home market, and is at the moment the very best grossing Hong Kong movie of all time. Set through the pandemic, Chan’s movie tells the story of a marriage planner who switches careers and will get concerned within the funeral enterprise and opens himself as much as questions concerning the which means of life. The Final Dance, which stars Dayo Wong, Michael Hui, Michelle Wai and Chu Pak Hong, additionally took residence FEFF’s Black Dragon critics prize.
‘The Final Dance’
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The third place Crystal Mulberry went to China’s Like a Rolling Stone by director Yin Lichuan, securing a 1-2-3 for Higher China at this yr’s FEFF. As with Her Story, Like a Rolling Stone is one other strongly feminist, female-directed Chinese language drama that tells the story of a middle-aged lady (Mei Yong) who escapes an abusive relationship and goes on a life-affirming highway journey.
Elsewhere, the jury-decided White Mulberry prize, given to one of the best debut movie, was awarded Diamonds within the Sand by Filipino director Janus Victoria. The Mulberry for finest screenplay award went to the Japanese psychological thriller Welcome to the Village by Jojo Hideo.
FEFF’s Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement was awarded to Taiwanese actress and singer Sylvia Chang and Hong Kong auteur Tsui Hark this yr.
The awards ceremony closed the twenty seventh version of FEFF, which noticed 77 movies screened in Udine this yr, together with 12 world premieres, 22 worldwide premieres, 23 European premieres and 19 Italian premieres from 12 international locations. The pageant says a whopping 65,000 folks attended the varied FEFF occasions in 2025.
“By no means earlier than have we so strongly felt the love and closeness of the folks of Udine and the town’s delight within the pageant,” stated FEFF founders Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche in a press release. “Sure, if we add up the variety of viewers members on the Teatro Nuovo and the Visionario, we provide you with a determine of 65,000 – however it will be actually unattainable to rely all of the folks really affected by the Asian temper!”
‘Like a Rolling Stone’
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