[2026.05.04] YUEN WOO PING, FAN BINGBING ARE HONORED AT THE UDINE FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL IN ITALY

Yuen Woo Ping receives the Lifetime Achievement Awards at a film festival in Italy and dedicates the award to his late father when he accepts the award

Fan Bingbing receives the Golden Mulberry award for Outstanding Achievement and describes the moment as an extraordinary highlight
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Famous action director and director Yuen Woo Ping received the Udine Far East Film Festival Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement Award. He dedicated the award to his late father, because his father granted him all of his achievements. Mainland female star Fan Bingbing received the Golden Mulberry Award for Outstanding Achievement Award. When she accepted the award she got teary eyed from the enthusiastic applause from the audience, describing the award was an extraordinarily meaningful moment in her life.

Yuen Woo Ping at the 28th Udine Far East Film Festival received the Golden Mulberry Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to Hong Kong and global action films. When Yuen Woo Ping accepted the award he said that the award meant a lot to him. "I would dedicate this award to my father in Heaven. He was the one who taught me kung fu, brought me into the film industry to make movies. My achievements today are all thanks to him." He thanked the event and said that he felt very honored that his film BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS was selected to be the closing film.

Yuen Woo Ping started as a Hong Kong film action director in the 1970s, and since directed over 30 Chinese and foreign films. As the action director for CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, THE MATRIX and the KILL BILL film series, he solidified Hong Kong action film's position internationally.

Mainland female star Fan Bingbing received the event's Golden Mulberry Outstanding Achievement Award. When she accepted the award the audience's enthusiastic applause brought eyes to her eyes. Fan Bingbing on social platform shared her experience, describing the award as an extraordinary meaningful highlight in her life. "This year is 2026, my 30th year as an actor in this business. Over these 30 years, I have participated in almost 100 film and television productions. Looking back at the beginning, I was only a newcomer without any background, any resource or any support from any famous director. I started from one minor female supporting role after another. All along the journey, there have always been people with light around me. They have never given up on me, always believing that I would have the chance to stand on such a stage. During that most difficulty period in life, I have doubted myself countless times: Am I still capable? Can I still stand on this stage? Can I still be able to continue to make movies? Over the past 5 years, I gradually understood something: life has never been smooth sailing. The low is not the destination, but the start of my rebirth; falling down is not scary, as long as you still have the courage to get back up. So tonight I am able to stand at the center of this stage and sincerely say thank you to friends who have always supported me."

Fan Bingbing thanked her family, friends and fans, saying that working with MOTHER BHUMI's director Chong Keat Aun was an incredibly wonderful journey. Hong Kong directors Kwok Ka Hei and Jack Lee Chun Kit with THE UNIDENTIFIED MURDER (UFO LEI KEI MING ONG) received the White Mulberry Award for First Time Director.