The 2006 Shanghai International Film Festival was the ninth such festival to be held, and took place over the course of two weeks between June 17 and June 25, 2006.

In all, over 764 films were submitted, but only seventeen were selected to compete for the Golden Goblet or "Jin Jue." The jury was chaired by French filmmaker Luc Besson

Luc Besson

Luc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer.-Early life:...

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International reaction

The 2006 rendition of the Shanghai International Film Festival was meant to place the program as a top echelon international festival. Problems plagued the two week festival, however, including poor Chinese-English translations and a failure by many of the filmmakers to even attend the award ceremony.

Awards

• Golden Goblet Best Film
  • Four Minutes
    Four Minutes (2006 film)
    Four Minutes , is a 2006 drama film directed by Chris Kraus starring Monica Bleibtreu, Hannah Herzsprung, Sven Pippig, and Richy Müller.-Plot:...
    
    (Germany) (directed by Chris Kraus
    Chris Kraus (filmmaker)
    Chris Kraus , born 1963 in Göttingen, is a German author and film director.-Life and work:Chris Kraus was employed as a journalist and illustrator before attending the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin from 1991–98, where he studied film directing...
    
    
• Best Actor
  • Olivier Gourmet
    Olivier Gourmet
    Olivier Gourmet is a Belgian actor. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Le Fils by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in La Promesse, Rosetta and L'Enfant....
    
     for his performance in Burnt Out (France)
• Best Actress
  • Els Dottermans
    Els Dottermans
    Els Dottermans is a Belgian actress. Trained at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp, she has been the recipient of several film awards, including two Best Actress wins at the Joseph Plateau Awards, a Golden Calf award for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, and a Golden Goblet award for...
    
     for her performance in Love Belongs to Everyone
    Love Belongs to Everyone
    Love Belongs to Everyone is a 2006 Flemish film directed by Hilde Van Mieghem and written by Hugo Van Laere.-Principal cast:*Els Dottermans as Rita...
    
    (Belgium)
• Best Director
  • Fabienne Godet for Burnt Out
• Best Screenplay
  • Hugo Van Laere for Love Belongs to Everyone
• Best Cinematography
  • Fabio Cianchetti for Our Land (Italy) (directed by Sergio Rubini
    Sergio Rubini
    - Biography :He was born in Grumo Appula but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature film with Figlio mio infinitamente caro , which was followed by Desiderando Giulia and Il caso Moro...
    
    )
• Best Music
  • Karl Jenkins
    Karl Jenkins
    -Other works:*Adiemus: Live — live versions of Adiemus music*Palladio *Eloise *Imagined Oceans *The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace...
    
     for River Queen
    River Queen
    River Queen is a 2005 New Zealand film directed by Vincent Ward and starring Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland and Cliff Curtis. The film opened to mixed reviews but performed well at the local box-office.-Plot:...
    
    (New Zealand) (directed by Vincent Ward
    Vincent Ward
    Vincent Ward, ONZM is a film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Vincent Ward was awarded an Order of New Zealand Merit in 2007 for his contribution to film making. He was born in Greytown, New Zealand. He was educated at St Patrick's College, Silverstream and trained as an artist at the...
    
    )
• Jury Grand Prix
  • The Forest Ranger (China) (directed by Qi Jian)

External links

• 9th Shanghai International Film Festival from the Internet Movie Database
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