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?

Golden Coconut Awards Nominees 

HIIFF Competition is hosted by CMB, dedicated to accelerating and promoting cross-cultural exchanges and collaboration, establishing close connections between international filmmakers and industries. By establishing a platform that connects filmmakers, film industries, and audiences worldwide, we seek to push for further development inside the industry and facilitate the proliferation of film productions. By promoting cinema as an artistic language, HIIFF Competition exudes the unique charm of Hainan Island.

Feature Competition 

Aftersun | 2022 | Charlotte Wells | UK/USA

As Bestas | 2022 | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Spain

Georgia | 2022 | Chakme Rinpoche | China

Goutte d’or | 2022 | Clément Cogitore | France

SAINT-OMER | 2022 | Alice Diop | Senegal

The Cord Of Life | 2022 | Qiao Siyu | China

The Innocent | 2022 | Louis Garrel | France

Trenque Lauquen | 2022 | Laura Citarella | Argentina

Vera | 2022 | Tizza Covi/Rainer Frimmel | Austria

What Remains | 2022 | Huang Ran | UK/Hong Kong/Finland

World War III | 2022 | Houman Seyedi | Iran

Documentary Competition

A Marble Travelogue | 2022 | Sean Wang | The Netherlands/Hong Kong/Greece

A Steady Job | 2022 | Mattia Colombo/Gianluca Matarrese | Italy

Blue Bag Life | 2022 | Rebecca Lloyd-Evans | UK

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