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The Festival of the Three Continents (French: Festival des 3 Continents) is an annual film festival held since 1979 in Nantes, France, and is devoted to the cinemas of Asia, and Africa and Latin America. It was founded by Philippe and Alain Jalladeau.[1][2][3] The top award in the festival's competition is the balloon shaped Golden Montgolfiere.[1] In conjunction with the festival is the Produire au Sud, or Producers of the South, a project that provides funding to independent film productions from Asia, Africa and Latin America.[1]
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List of Golden Montgolfiere winners
Year Film Director Country of origin 1979 Baara Souleymane Cissé Mali 1980 Chafika et Metwal Aly Badrakhan Egypt 1981 They Don't Wear Black Tie Leon Hirszman Brazil Plae Kao Cherd Songsri Thailand 1982 My Son, My Precious Aribam Syam Sharma India 1983 Angela Markado Lino Brocka The Philippines 1984 The Wanderers Nacer Khemir Tunisia The Boys from Fengkuei Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan 1985 The Runner Amir Naderi Iran A Summer at Grandpa's Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan 1986 In the Wild Mountains Yan Xueshu China 1987 Motherland Hotel Ömer Kavur Turkey 1988 Rouge Stanley Kwan Hong Kong 1989 Water, Wind, Dust Amir Naderi Iran 1990 Untamagiru Go Takamine Japan 1991 Five Girls and a Rope Yeh Hung-wei Taiwan 1992 Bloody Morning Li Shaohong China 1993 For Fun Ning Ying China 1994 Dos crímenes Roberto Sneider Mexico 1995 Sender Unknown Carlos Carrera Mexico 1996 A True Story Abolfazl Jalili Iran 1997 Made in Hong Kong Fruit Chan Hong Kong 1998 After Life Hirokazu Koreeda Japan Xiao Wu Jia Zhangke China 1999 Luna Papa Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Tajikistan 2000 Platform Jia Zhangke China 2001 Delbaran Abolfazl Jalili Iran 2002 My Brother Silk Road Marat Sarulu Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan 2003 Seven Days, Seven Nights Joel Cano Cuba 2004 Day and Night Wang Chao China 2005 Angel's Fall Semih Kaplanoglu Greece/Turkey 2006 A Few Kilos of Dates for a Funeral Saman Salur Iran 2008 Parque vía Enrique Rivero Mexico Further reading
- unesco.org, "Asia’s magic lantern"
- filmfestivals.com, "Festival of Three Continents"
- Ain't It Cool, "Euro-AICN: Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes; PrisonFish; Speed of Light; Bond; Shame'sPhotos; Pinocchio; StarWars"
- Soul Beats Africa, "3 Continents Film Festival - Africa, Asia, Latin America"
- The Cunning Canary, "International Theatre Festival of Three Continents"
References
- ^ a b c Deccan Herald, "Films from three continents", Retrieved 12-15-2008
- ^ whatsonwhen.com, Retrieved 12-15-2008
- ^ travelguides.lastminute.com, Retrieved 12-15-2008
External links
Categories:- Recurring events established in 1979
- Film festivals in France
- Nantes
- International film festivals
- Latin American film festivals
- Film festival stubs
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