1st International Film Festival and Awards‧Macao (2016)

Jointly organised by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), and Macau Films & Television Productions and Culture Association (MFTPA), the 1st International Film Festival & Awards (Chinese: 澳門國際影展暨頒獎典禮) took place between 8–13 December 2016.

Team

Head of Festival Management	Lorna Tee
Programme Consultants	Alëna Shumakova (Russia, Central Asia and East Europe); Deepti D’Cunha (India); Diego Lerer (Latin America); Marie-Pierre Duhamel (Western Europe); Shan Dongbing (China); Mikiko Tomita (Japan); Sandra Hebron (United States, United Kingdom)
Ambassadors	Johnnie To; Ann Hui; Choi Dong-hoon; CLEMENS KLOPFENSTEIN
Talent Ambassadors	Jang Keun-suk; Rhydian Vaughan
International Advisors	Huang Jianxin (China); Michael J. Werner (USA); Oh Jung-wan (South Korea); Nansun Shi (Hong Kong); Olivier Père (France); Luís Urbano (Portugal); James Schamus (America)
Special Advisors	Charles Heung; Tiffany Chen; Stephen Hung; Deborah Valdez Hung; Yu Dong; Albert Yeung

Programmes

Best of Fest Panorama - A non-competitive selection of award-winning feature films from major international festivals.
Competition - An international competition comprising 12 feature films, presented as premieres, will be judged by a jury of 5 film professionals
Crossfire - A non-competitive selection of non-East Asian/non-US genre films, selected by major East Asian genre film directors.
Gala - Some of the most important works of the year will be presented in Galas section
Hidden Dragons - A non-competitive selection of films representing the latest trends and components of contemporary Asian genre cinema. Only feature films presented as world, international or Asian premieres at the IFFAM will be admitted

Year	Section	Film
2016	Opening Film	Polina
	Actress in Focus – GweoLun Mei	Foret Desbussy; Secret; The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
	Best of Fest Panorama	Goodbye Berlin; Indignation; Jackie; Lady Macbeth; Manchester By The Sea; Neruda; Personal Shopper; The Future Prefect; Toni Erdmann
	Competition	150 Milligrams; Elon Doesn’t Believe in Death; Free Fire; Gurgaon; Hide and Seek; Queen of Spades; Saint George; Shining Moment; Sisterhood; Survival Family; The Winter; Trespass Against Us
	Crossfire	A Cop; Diabolique; Don’t Look Now; Eyes Without a Face; Fantomas Unleashed; Horror of Dracula; Rififi; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; The Great Silence; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg; The Vagabond; Walter Defends Sarajevo
	Gala	Immortal Story; Pandora; The Mole Song - Hong Kong Capriccio
	Hidden Dragons	1974; Antiporno; Daguerrotype; Our Seventeen; Seclusion; Terror 5; The Girl with All the Gifts; The Housemaid; Toro
	Hollywood Special	A Monster Calls
	Special Presentation	Macao – The Backside of the Sea; The Silesian Gate; The Great Legacy; Daega Elementary School

Jury^[1]

Year	Jury President	Jury members
2016	Shekhar Kapur	Jung Woo-Sung; Stanley Kwan; Makiko Watanabe; GIOVANNA FULVI

Awards^[2]

Year	Award	Winner
2016	Best Film Award	The Winter
	Best Director	SAINT GEORGE for Marco Martins
	Jury Prize	Trespass Against Us
	Best Actor Award	SAINT GEORGE for Nuno Lopes
	Best Actress Award	TRESPASS AGAINST US for Lyndsey Marshal
	Award for Best New Young Actress	Jennifer Yu for Sisterhood
	Best Screenplay	FREE FIRE for Amy Jump and Ben Wheatley
	Award for Best Technical Contribution	ELON DOESN’T BELIEVE IN DEATH for Original Music & Sound Design – Sound: Pablo Lamar and Original Soundtrack: Daniel Saavedra
	Career Achievement Award	Feng Xiaogang
	MFTPA Special Award for Contribution to Chinese Film	Yu Dong
	Macao Audience Choice Award	Sisterhood

Industry hub

IFFAM Industry Hub is open to all film industry professionals. The Industry Hub will be offering services and infrastructure to support the industry platform of the festival. In addition, the Industry Hub strives to be a new center in the Asia Pacific region for film professionals to meet in a casual, efficient and dynamic environment for new businesses to happen and existing business ties to be enhanced.^[3]

Crouching Tiger Project Lab Over the course of 4 days, through one-on-one meeting sessions, consulting services, workshops and panels, Crouching Tigers aims at providing an ideal opportunity to establish significant connections between seasoned industry professionals from the East and the West, in a professional and relaxed atmosphere.

Events

BFI International Film Academy, Macao - A partnership project between IFFAM and The British Film Institute (BFI). The programme is a 6-days film making experience in the run-up to the IFFAM. Twelve of the Macao’s most promising young filmmakers will participate in this one week course in which they will work as part of a film crew, led by industry professionals, to make a short film, which will premiere during IFFAM
CINEFANTASY INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM SCREENWRITING COMPETITION - IFFAM and International Council for Film Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFT) jointly organize the “CINEFANTASY INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM SCREENWRITING COMPETITION”, which focuses on encouraging young people to engage in screenwriting as a way to inspire their creativity.
Masterclass – Director Choi Dong-hoon Masterclass; Director Johnnie To Masterclass; Director Ann Hui Masterclass; Gianni Nunnari Masterclass; Tom McCarthy Masterclass
Macao short film competition - To encourage Macao residents to create their own films and offer an opportunity for the film enthusiasts from all over the world to see the films created by the local potential film crews.

Prize	Short film
Winner	人道
1st Runner up	渡船街
2nd Runner up	祗友我在 A Friend of Mine
Online most popular award	偏執信徒 Competition version

"Macao Audience Choice Award" - Trophy design competition

Winner	Artwork Title
Cheong Wai Pan	Eyes of the Audience

Creative Tee Contest - The design of 1st place gold prize will be used as the design for the uniform of the staff of 1st International Film Festival & Awards．Macao

Prize	Winner	Artwork Title
1st Place gold prize	Jack Io On Choi (Taiwan area)	虹影
2nd Place gold prize	Alnavasord (Columbia)	Tripod
3rd Place gold prize	AaronShi_J21 (Beijing)	Creative Tee Contest
Most Popular prize	MOTO&TAKTAK (Macau S.A.R.)	夢之影像人

References

↑ "JURY". Iffamacao.com. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
↑ "Award List". Iffamacao.com. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
↑ "Introduction". Iffamacao.com. Retrieved 2017-05-03.

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