Singaporean director Nelicia Low has won the Best Director prize for her feature film debut, the fencing-themed thriller Pierce, at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. The 33-year-old, who also wrote the screenplay, took home the honour...
Singaporean film director Nelicia Low won Best Director for her feature film debut Pierce at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on July 6.Singaporean director Nelicia Low has won the Best Director prize for her feature film debut, the fencing-themed thriller Pierce, at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.
In her acceptance speech – in a mix of English, Mandarin and Cantonese – she thanked the jury, the festival organisers, her cast and crew, and the Taiwanese fencers who stepped in as extras for the film. She choked up thanking her parents. The Chinese-language movie is a thriller set in Taiwan starring Taiwanese actor Liu Hsiu-fu as Zijie, a teenage fencer who reconnects with his older brother, played by Taiwanese actor Tsao Yu-ning, after the latter ends a seven-year stint in juvenile prison.
The movie had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary film festival and was the only Chinese-language film selected for its top-ranked Crystal Globe Competition. The Crystal Globe Grand Prix
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