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Hong Kong Producer Nansun Shi To
Receive The Best Independent Producer
Award At The Locarno Film Festival

Nansun Shi - Photo Courtesy of Teo Keng Beng
Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi is the recipient of the Premio Raimondo Rezzonico for Best Independent Producer from The 67th Festival del film Locarno. A key player on the Asian film scene for over three decades, Nansun Shi has made a decisive contribution to the international success of Hong Kong cinema through her work with the Cinema City studio and subsequently with the Film Workshop, which she co-founded with producer and director Tsui Hark in 1984.

Carlo Chatrian, the Festival's Artistic Director, commented: "Following Margaret Menegoz, we are delighted to pay tribute to the career of another female producer, an independent, persistent and courageous personality. Nansun Shi had the ability to shepherd the careers of a wide range of directors, and to pursue a personal trajectory within the constantly changing world of Hong Kong cinema."

The most significant films in her career include the Once Upon a Time in China (1991-1997) series, A Better Tomorrow (John Woo, 1986), Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame (Tsui Hark, 2010), Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (Tsui Hark, 2011), as well as Infernal Affairs (Andrew Lau, Alan Mak, 2002), adapted some four years later by Martin Scorsese as The Departed.

Locarno will pay tribute to Nansun Shi with the screening of a selection of her films, and she will participate in a discussion with the audience at the event.

The Premio Raimondo Rezzonico was established in 2002, in memory of the man who was the Festival's chairman for almost twenty years. This award, offered by the Municipality of Minusio, is attributed every year to an important independent producer, aiming to highlight a key figure in film, and to salute their courage, their ability to take risks and support auteurs. Previous recipients are Paulo Branco, Ruth Waldburger, Karl Baumgartner, Jeremy Thomas, the Agat Films & Cie collective, Lita Stantic, Christine Vachon, Martine Marignac, Menahem Golan, Mike Medavoy, Arnon Milchan and, in 2013, Margaret Menegoz.

The 67th Festival del film Locarno takes place 6 - 16 August, 2014.
 
 

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