The 4th Hainan Island International Film Festival opened on 18 December and will close on 25 December, Christmas Day. Several UK films have been nominated for the main competitions to compete for the Golden Coconut Awards this year. This is the best performing year for UK films at this particular film festival in China. Who are the nominees?
Dry Ground Burning | 2022 | Joana Pimenta/Adirley Queirós | Brazil
Rookies | 2022 | Thierry Demaizière/Alban Teurlai | France
See You Friday Robinson | 2022 | Mitra Farahani | France/Switerland/Iran/Lebanon
The Eclipse | 2022 | Natasa Urban | Norway
We, Students! | 2022 | Rafiki Fariala | Central African Republic/Democratic Republic of the Congo/Saudi | Arabia
Shorts Competition
AirHostess-737 | 2022 | Thanasis Neofotistos | Greece
D OCEAN | 2022 | Kanne Vee | USA/China
I Didn’t Make It to Love Her | 2022 | Anna Fernandez De Paco | Bosnia/Spain/UK
MELANCHOLY OF MY MOTHER’S LULLABIES | 2022 | Abinash Bikram Shah | Nepal/ Hong Kong
Memoir of a Veering Storm | 2022 | Sofia Georgovassili | Greece
REGINETTA | 2022 | Federico Russotto | Italy
The Silent Whistle | 2022 | Li Yingtong | China
TOGETHER, ALONE | 2022 | Kasim Ordek | Turkey
TRIA | 2022 | Giulia Grandinetti | Italy
Water Balloons | 2022 | Aleksa Borkovic | Serbia