Awards for SIFF\'s Asian New Talent Award 2009 are released.

Awards for SIFF\'s Asian New Talent Award 2009 are released with Zhao Ye got the Best Director Award by Jalainur and Scandal Makers are selected as the Best Film. Be Calm and Count to Seven gets the Jury Prix. In addition, Jalainur are the Film of Students\' Choice this year.


Best Director: Zhao Ye (China)
The jury presents the “Best Director” to Mr. Zhao Ye (China) by his work “Jalainur”, to express our compliment on his great directorial skills. This film is shot at a far north frontier city in China, revealing its solitude and isolation. Although the image of the film seems plain, it holds the connotation of meaning of life to provoke the audience. Further, the extremely natural acting of the actors emphasized the theme of this film, ordinary life may have extraordinary spots.

Best Film: Scandal Makers (Korea)
The jury presents the “Best Film” to “Scandal Makers” directed by Mr. Kang Hyung-chul, Korea, to praise his outstanding performance on controlling the film. In this film, the director interpreters various types of film expressions, successfully achieved a comedy effect of different unique characteristics, which evokes audience’s hearty joy.

Jury Prix: Be calm and Count to Seven (Iran)
The jury presents the Jury Prix to “Be calm and Count to Seven” directed by Ramtin Lavafipour, Iran, for its spirit of innovation throughout the film. The film exceeds the traditional way of film-making in Iran, methods of shooting are innovative. Judging by this work, we can easily see the hard effort of the director. By presenting this award, jury wants to encourage the director’s enthusiasm towards film making. Hopefully, we could see more great pieces by him.