Taipei, July 9 (CNA) French actor, film and theater director, and screenwriter Samuel Theis won the Grand Prize for his coming-of-age drama "Softie" at the Taipei Film Festival's International New Talent Competition, the organizers said on Friday.
French actor, film and theater director, and screenwriter Samuel Theis won the grand prize for his coming-of-age drama Softie in the Taipei Film Festival’s International New Talent Competition, the organizers said on Friday.
Softie stood out from 11 other nominated works for how it “utilizes a realistic approach to portray how a tender young soul is strengthened throughout the episode he confronts,” the jury said in a statement.
Theis was also commended for presenting a “marvelous precision of cinematic technique,” where his “mature capability of directing is confidently demonstrated in the actor’s performance, making the powerful salvation in the finale linger in