French drama ‘Polina’ about a young woman’s journey to the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow opened the 1st International Film Festival & Awards • Macau (IFFAM) at the Macau Cultural Centre yesterday.
The 2016 film, directed by Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj, is based on the graphic novel Polina by Bastien Vivès. The film was screened as part of the Venice Days programme at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.
The IFFAM is organised by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and the Macau Films & Television Productions and Culture Association (MFTPA).
Opening ceremony officiating guests comprising Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng (centre), Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On’s wife Winnie Fok Wai Fun (fifth from left), Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau, Xue Xiaofeng (fifth from right), Head of the Section of Public Diplomacy and Information of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Macau Li Nan (fourth from left), IFFAM Jury President Shekhar Kapur (fourth from right), jury members, Giovanna Fulvi, Jung Woo Sung, Stanley Kwan and Makiko Watanabe, as well as Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director and IFFAM Organizing Committee President Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes (left), IFFAM organiser MFTPA President and IFFAM Organizing Committee Executive Vice President Alvin Chau (right) pose for a photo at the Macau Cultural Centre last night. Photo: GCS
