Yang Jiang | Zhao Nan
Winner Profile
Best Sound
Sound, Snipers
Jury Citation
Following the film's distinctive audiovisual style, the sound supervisors of Snipers designed each sound in a "minimalist" and "sparing" way, creating a pure and simple sonic expressiveness and a striking relationship between sound and image in the plot and characterisation. The subtle, clear and cold sound effects build intense suspense and show the life-and-death bond between comrades, contributing to the integrity and distinctiveness of the film's audiovisual art. Winner of Best Sound.
Snipers: Synopsis
The film is based on the deeds of a group of marksmen during the "cold guns and cold artillery" campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. From the winter of 1952 to early 1953, the Chinese People's Volunteers and the UN forces reached a stalemate on the Korean battlefield, and both sides waged low-intensity but frequent sniper warfare, known as the "Cold Guns and Cold Artillery Campaign". Led by their company commander (Zhang Yi), the soldiers of the Fifth Sniper Squad are outstanding marksmen and a serious threat to the enemy, and squad leader Liu Wenwu (Zhang Yu) becomes a prime target. To cripple the squad, the enemy deploys an elite sniper team armed with the most advanced weapons and forces Dayong (Chen Yongsheng) and other squad members into a trap as they try to rescue a comrade. But as the enemy counts on its plan, it does not foresee that Liangliang (Liu Yitie), the scout it is using as bait, holds an even bigger secret...