The Three Continents Festival (French: Festival des 3 Continents) is an annual film festival held since 1979 in Nantes, France, devoted to the cinemas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It was founded by Philippe and Alain Jalladeau.Deccan Herald , "Films from three continents", Retrieved 15 December 2008whatsonwhen.com , Retrieved 15 December 2008travelguides.lastminute.com, Retrieved 15 December 2008 The top award in the festival's competition is the balloon-shaped Montgolfiere d'or. In conjunction with the festival is the Produire au Sud ("Producers of the South"), a project that provides funding to independent film productions from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of Produire au Sud in 2021, Director Guillaume Mainguet organised a retrospective and commissioned a series of interviews, produced by Julia Hammett-Jamart.
List of Montgolfière d'or winners
Year Film Director Country of origin 1979 Baara Souleymane Cissé Mali 1980 Chafika et Metwal Aly Badrakhan Egypt 1981 They Don't Wear Black Tie Leon Hirszman Brazil Plae Kao Cherd Songsri Thailand 1982 Imagi Ningthem Aribam Syam Sharma India 1983 Angela Markado Lino Brocka The Philippines 1984 The Wanderers Nacer Khemir Tunisia The Boys from Fengkuei Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan 1985 The Runner Amir Naderi Iran A Summer at Grandpa's Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan 1986 In the Wild Mountains Yan Xueshu China 1987 Motherland Hotel Ömer Kavur Turkey 1988 Rouge Stanley Kwan Hong Kong 1989 Water, Wind, Dust Amir Naderi Iran 1990 Untamagiru Gō Takamine Japan 1991 Five Girls and a Rope Yeh Hung-wei Taiwan 1992 Bloody Morning Li Shaohong China 1993 For Fun Ning Ying China 1994 Dos crímenes Roberto Sneider Mexico 1995 Sender Unknown Carlos Carrera Mexico 1996 A True Story Abolfazl Jalili Iran 1997 Made in Hong Kong Fruit Chan Hong Kong 1998 After Life Hirokazu Koreeda Japan Xiao Wu Jia Zhangke China 1999 Luna Papa Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Tajikistan 2000 Platform Jia Zhangke China 2001 Delbaran Abolfazl Jalili Iran 2002 My Brother Silk Road Marat Sarulu Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan 2003 Seven Days, Seven Nights Joel Cano Cuba 2004 Day and Night Wang Chao China 2005 Angel's Fall Semih Kaplanoglu Greece/Turkey 2006 A Few Kilos of Dates for a Funeral Saman Salur Iran 2008 Parque vía Enrique Rivero Mexico 2014 Hill of Freedom Hong Sang-soo South Korea 2015 Kaili Blues Bi Gan China 2016 In the Last Days of the City Tamer El Said Egypt 2017 Taming the Horse Tao Gu China 2018 Memories of My Body Garin Nugroho Indonesia 2019 Öndög Wang Quan'an China 2020 Moving On Yoon Dan Bi South Korea Zero Kazuhiro Sôda Japan, USA 2021 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Japan 2022 Glorious Ashes Bùi Thạc Chuyên Vietnam 2025 The World of Love Yoon Ga-eun South Korea
Further reading Asia's magic lantern Festival of Three Continents Ain't It Cool, "Euro-AICN: Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes; PrisonFish; Speed of Light; Bond; Shame'sPhotos; Pinocchio; StarWars" Soul Beats Africa,http://www.comminit.com/en/node/124190/38 "3 Continents Film Festival – Africa, Asia, Latin America" The Cunning Canary, "International Theatre Festival of Three Continents"
References
External links Nantes Three Continents Festival at the Internet Movie Database Three Continents Festival Official website ftvdb.bfi.org Produire au Sud