“Story Undone” is about two filmmakers trying to make a documentary on illegal immigration chronicling the travails of a busload of illegal immigrants being transported by human smugglers. The smugglers agree after being bribed and after the filmmakers provide masks to maintain their anonymity. The immigrants aren’t so eager. Understandably jumpy, they kick the filmmakers off the bus. But the filmmakers remain undeterred, and time ultimately presents an opportunity, when the group, now on foot, faces arrest. The filmmakers persuade the police that the immigrants are “actors who are making a documentary”.
The film won the Silver Leopard at the 57th Locarno International Film Festival last August. It will also be screened at the 41st Chicago International Film Festival, which runs from October 6 to October 20.
Yektapanah, 42, started his film career in 1983 as an assistant director to filmmakers such as Jafar Panahi and Abbas Kiarostami. His feature film “Djomeh” was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and won the Camera d'Or.
The Japanese film “The Village Album” received the Best Film Award of the Shanghai festival.
Chinese star Vicky Zhao won the Best Actress Award for “A Time to Love”, while Japanese star Tatsuya Fuji took the Best Actor Award for his performance in “The Village Album”.
Chinese director Zhang Yimou and Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan also attended the award ceremony. They took the first big award of "Outstanding Contributions to Chinese Films" at the opening ceremony on June 11.
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