Huang Qiongyi
Winner Profile
Best Editing
Editor, B for Busy
Jury Citation
With unobtrusive editing, B for Busy tells its story naturally and fluently around its main narrative perspective. The interweaving of plot lines and the characters' entrances are cleverly designed, and the deliberate montage shows that editing was considered from the outset and that the images are shaped with foresight, drawing the audience into the story. It breaks new ground in the plot narration of romance films. Winner of Best Editing.
B for Busy: Synopsis
Lao Bai (Xu Zheng), a painter divorced for many years, is introduced by a friend to Ms. Li (Ma Yili), who is also divorced and raising a child. Lao Bai falls for her at first sight, but Ms. Li seems to have reservations and holds back. Lao Bai runs an art class for adults at his home, and Gloria (Ni Hongjie) is one of his students. Gloria is passionate and outgoing. She is married, but her husband lives abroad and seldom comes home, and she seems to have feelings for Lao Bai that go beyond those of a student. Beibei (Wu Yue) is Lao Bai's ex-wife. They divorced years ago, and it was Beibei who betrayed Lao Bai, yet his mother still hopes they will remarry one day. In the lanes of Shanghai, the story of one man and three women begins to unfold.