Golden Goblet Awards jury meets public during 27th Shanghai International Film Festival

A meet-and-greet event was held on Sunday for the jury of the Golden Goblet Award of the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), on which the jury members shared their expectations for the event and feelings of their film career.

The 27th SIFF began with a grand opening ceremony on Saturday, attracting global stars and setting a new record with 3,900 film submissions from 119 countries.

At the event, the jury members shared their expectations for the judging work in the Asian New Talent Group of the Golden Goblet Award.

"I am very grateful to the SIFF for inviting me to serve as a judge. I am also very happy to host this event together with these outstanding filmmakers," said Sho Miyake, renowned Japanese film director and chairman of the jury of the Asian New Talent Group.

"The SIFF has always been the place where my dream began. I hope we can all work happily together," said Dong Zijian, Chinese actor and film director, and a member of the jury.

"I hope that I can have a different kind of exchange and communication with all the filmmakers through the screen," said Zhang Zifeng, Chinese actress and another jury member.

Dong and Zhang also shared their own thoughts and feelings as young industry insiders, stressing the significance of perseverance and passion.

"When I was a new actor, I was so nervous that I couldn't sleep. When I was a new director, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep. I think no matter what challenges I face, it will become an exceptionally good memory as long as I persevere," Dong said.

"I think sincerity and passion are particularly important. It may be our original intention, and also something we must always look for and maintain," Zhang said.

Golden Goblet Awards jury meets public during 27th Shanghai International Film Festival

The death toll from a landfill collapse in the central Philippine city of Cebu has risen to eight by Monday morning as search and rescue operations continued for another 28 missing people.

The landfill collapse occurred on Thursday as dozens of sanitation workers were working at the site. The disaster has already caused injuries of 18 people.

Family members of the missing people said the rescue progress is slow, and the hope for the survival of their loved ones is fading.

"For me, maybe I’ve accepted the worst result already because the garbage is poisonous and yesterday, it was raining very hard the whole day. Maybe they’ve been poisoned. For us, alive or dead, I hope we can get their bodies out of the garbage rubble," said Maria Kareen Rubin, a family member of a victim.

Families have set up camps on high ground near the landfill, awaiting news of their relatives. Some people at the site said cries for help could still be heard hours after the landfill collapsed, but these voices gradually faded away.

Bienvenido Ranido, who lost his wife in the disaster, said he can't believe all that happened.

"After they gave my wife oxygen, my kids and I were expecting that she would be saved that night because she was still alive. But the night came and till the next morning, they didn't manage to save her," he said.

Death toll in central Philippine landfill collapse rises to eight