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Nominee for six awards including Best Feature Film at the 2016 Golden Horse Awards, The Road to Mandalay <再见瓦城> to Premiere in Singapore as part of the 27th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF)!
The film won the Fedeora Award for Best Film at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, and now announced as a nominee for six awards, including the Best Feature Film at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards, The Road to Mandalay (2016) (再见瓦城) by Myanmar-born, Taiwanese director Midi Z (趙德胤) will premiere in Singapore as part of SGIFF as one of the festival’s Special Presentation Films on 1st December 2016.
The Road to Mandalay is a powerful and tragic love story that follows two illegal immigrants from Myanmar on a journey to Thailand seeking a better future. Starring Taiwanese actor-singer and Best New Actor at the 48th Golden Horse Awards Kai Ko (柯震東) and Best Actress at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in Tokyo Wu Ke-Xi (吴可熙), the film examines the exploitative conditions and experience of millions of Burmese migrants who crossed their country’s border into Thailand looking for work and fleeing the civil war in recent years.
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Following its world premiere at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, The Road to Mandalay continued its festival circuit run at the 41st Toronto International Film Festival. The recipient of ARTE International Prize at the 2015 L’Atelier of Cinefondation of Festival de Cannes will also be screened at the 21st Busan International Film Festival this month, and as the closing film of the upcoming Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival on 24 November 2016, before its premiere in Singapore.
“This year we are proud to host Midi Z, one of the rising stars of Asian cinema. The Road to Mandalay, his latest award-winning film, is a poignant drama that provides an insight into the immigrant experience facing many Myanmar people today. With strong performances by leads Kai Ko and Wu Ke-xi, this co-production between Taiwan, Myanmar, France and Germany, and filmed entirely in Thailand, attests to the international and regional co-operation that is driving the new generation of Asian cinema,” said Yuni Hadi, Executive Director of SGIFF.
(Read more about the festival's opening film 'Interchange' here!)
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The 27th edition of SGIFF, which runs from 23 November to 4 December 2016, will take place across various venues, including Marina Bay Sands, National Museum of Singapore Gallery Theatre, Shaw Theatres Lido, National Gallery Singapore Auditorium, The Arts House Screening Room, Filmgarde Bugis+ and Objectifs.
Tickets to SGIFF will go on sale on 28 Oct 2016!