Zhou Xiaolin and Shen Ao
Winner Profile
Best Editing
Editors, No More Bets
Jury Citation
The editors of No More Bets control the film's narrative with precision; the structure is well balanced and the pacing alternates tension and release. Skilled montage gives the film a distinctive style. Breaking with traditional complete narration, they use incomplete, fragmented shots that leave room for the audience to fill the "gaps" with their own thoughts and life experience, completing the story and conveying the film's deeper meaning.
No More Bets: Synopsis
In a country in South Asia, weak oversight and deliberate tolerance by the local government have let the fraud industry flourish, with endless schemes involving stock trading, crypto mining, online games, e-commerce and gambling. In a technology park, Manager Lu (Wang Chuanjun), head of a fraud ring, rules this kingdom of blood and tears with arrogance, trickery and violence. Programmer Pan Sheng (Zhang Yixing), having left his previous company, answers a high-paying job advertisement and walks into Manager Lu's trap, becoming a scammer working online fraud. Envious of her best friend's life, model Liang Anna (Jin Chen) also flies abroad to look for opportunities; her passport is confiscated and she becomes a tool Manager Lu uses for romance scams. Trapped in a hell on earth, they seem to have no hope of getting out alive...