{"id":508232,"date":"2026-06-19T17:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508232\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T17:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:05:09","slug":"five-documentaries-compete-for-golden-goblet-at-shanghai-film-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508232\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Documentaries Compete for Golden Goblet at Shanghai Film Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFive documentary films are competing for the Golden Goblet Award in the Documentary category at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival<\/a>, with the creative teams behind all five nominees gathering for a press meeting.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe five contenders \u2013 Spain\u2019s \u201cBenigno,\u201d Chinese production \u201cNotes Unheard,\u201d the North Macedonia-Croatia-Slovenia co-production \u201cRuins,\u201d Chilean film \u201cThe Tiger of the East,\u201d and the Serbia-Croatia-Bulgaria co-production \u201cWheels of Forgotten Dreams\u201d \u2013 range across intimate family chronicles, meditations on personal freedom, artistic odysseys and migrant stories.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Spanish entry \u201cBenigno\u201d follows an elderly man through the final years of his life, shot on 8mm film. Director David Baute described a deliberate approach to his subject\u2019s dignity. \u201cWe constantly reminded ourselves that we were first and foremost engaging with an elderly man, and only secondarily making a film,\u201d Baute said. \u201cAccordingly, we worked with a small team and positioned ourselves as companions to record his life without any intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNotes Unheard,\u201d directed by Gu Yun, traces the dynamic between a father and son across several years, with recurring dialogues that illuminate shifting power and affection within their bond. Gu said he chose to leave the film\u2019s conclusion open, allowing audiences to draw their own readings. Producer Ruby Chen noted that the film\u2019s grounding in the rhythms of daily life enables viewers to identify with either figure.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Balkan co-production \u201cRuins\u201d follows director Elena Chemerska as she works to restore a monument built by her father, one that carries for its community a vision of collective freedom. Moving between her identity as a visual artist and as her father\u2019s daughter, Chemerska examines what that structure means to the people around it. \u201cThrough this film, I hope to convey how we should understand freedom and engage with the world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\tJorge Acevedo\u2019s \u201cThe Tiger of the East\u201d documents Chilean musician Andres Contreras across an eight-year pursuit of a distinctive musical style. Acevedo said the extended shoot transformed the camera\u2019s function from instrument of observation into something closer to companionship. \u201cWhen I watched the final cut, I felt as though I was seeing an authentic reconstruction of my own life,\u201d Contreras remarked. \u201cThe music I searched for, the people I met, and the emotions I experienced on screen \u2026 all of them are genuinely real.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWheels of Forgotten Dreams\u201d follows three Serbian truck drivers who relocate to the United States in search of a better life. Director Danilo Lazovic said he steered his approach away from material hardship. \u201cWhile filming, I did not want to focus excessively on their financial hardship and material struggles,\u201d Lazovic said. \u201cInstead, I centered my work on the resilience they showed at the spiritual and emotional level.\u201d Producer Bojan Kanjera said witnessing Eastern Europeans leave stable careers at home to take up manual labor in the U.S. left a strong impression on him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five documentary films are competing for the Golden Goblet Award in the Documentary category at the 28th Shanghai…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270,212819],"class_list":["post-508232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-shanghai-international-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}