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DCP | Chinese | 24 fps | 1:1.85 | DOLBY 5.1
SYNOPSIS
After a car accident he caused, Mr Old Stone, a small town taxi driver has to face the rules of today’s Kafkaesque China. Now that his family, friends and his work are endangered, isn’t murder a way out?
FESTIVALS, selective list
- Berlinale 2016, Forum Section
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2016
- Sarajevo Film Festival 2016
- Toronto International Film Festival 2016, Discovery
- Vladivostok International Film Festival 2016, Competition
- Nara International Film Festival 2016, Competition
- Films From the South festival 2016, Competition
- Bogota International Film Festival 2016
- Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans 2016, Competition
- Kinemathek 2016, Hamburg
- Stockholm International Film Festival 2016, Competition
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
- Festival NITS de Cinema Oriental 2016,
Film Critics Award
- Toronto International Film Festival 2016,
Best Canadian First Feature Film
- Vladivostok International Film Festival 2016,
FIPRESCI Award for Best Feature
- Ars Independent Festival 2016,
Black Horse Award
- Tallgrass Film Festival 2016,
Outstanding Male Actor for Chen Gang
- Stockholm International Film Festival 2016:
Best Director
Best Screenplay
- Torino Film Festival 2016,
Best Film about the "Working World"
- Canadian Screen Awards 2017,
Best First Feature
- China Independent Film Festival 2017,
Best First Feature
- Canadian Screen Awards 2017
Best Motion Picture - nominated
Performance by an Actor in Leading Role (Gang Chen) - nominated
Achievement in Cinematography (Ming Kai Leung) - nominated
Original Screenplay (Johnny Ma) - nominated
Achievement in Editing (Michael Long) - nominated
- Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries 2016
FIPRESCI Award: Best feature film
CAST & CREDITS
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CHEN Gang
NAI An
WANG Hongwei
ZHANG Zebin
LUO Xue'er
Ming Kai LEUNG
Johnny MA
ZHENG Chen
ZHANG Xueqiang
Mike LONG
SHENG Yong
Lee SANDERS
WU Xianjian
Chi-an LIN
Jing WANG
Sarah STALLARD
NAI An
DENG Qing
LI Hua
C2M Media Presents
Shanghai Junrui Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.
Maktub Films
Asian Shadows
Sundance Institute Feature Film Program and Fund
Asian Shadows
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PRESS REVIEWS
"Starting out steeped in social-realist drama, Old Stone gradually morphs into a full-blown psychological thriller"
-- Clarence TSUI, The Hollywood Reporter