Macau Inaugural International Film Festival & Awards IFFAM 2016 Preview

Macau Inaugural International Film Festival & Awards IFFAM 2016 Preview

It will be an exciting December in Macau as it will be the inaugural International Film Festival & Awards Macau or IFFAM 2016. The IFFAM opening ceremony will be held at Macao Cultural Center on the evening of 8^th December 2016.

The six day IFFAM will screen 50 films from more than 20 countries and regions. Hence, there will be global or Asian premiere for most of the films.

‘The Mole Song – Hong Kong Capriccio’ by Japanese director Takashi Miike and ‘Pandora’ by Korean director Park Jung Woo will have its world gala premiere at the festival.

The IFFAM will also screen 11 films in its competition section and some of the list includes.

1. Trespass Against Us – UK
2. Gurgaon – India
3. Elon Doesn’t Believe in Death – Brazil
4. Free Fire – UK
5. Hide and Seek – Chin
6. 150 Milligrams – France
7. Queen of Spades – Russia
8. Saint George – Portugal & France
9. The Winter – Argentina & France
10. Sisterhood – Macau
11. Survival Family – Japan

On top of that, there will be additional 12 classic films for Crossfire sidebar chosen by major Asian directors including John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ann Hui, Johnnie To, Sono Sion, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Park Chan Wook, Choi Dong Hoon, and Lu Chuan.

The IFFAM will also features on Taiwanese actress Gwei Lun-mei and also other surprises in the near future.

Exciting times ahead for Macau for its Inaugural International Film Festival & Awards or IFFAM 2016. This is the start of another great International Film Festival and Awards in Asia. For more information of IFFAM, visit their website at http://www.iffamacao.com/

Wilson Ng