CHINA HAVE WON THE AUTEURS WORLD CUP!!

RESULT:

CHINA 2 INDIA 1

Little Toys 3 Days and Nights in the Forest 18
Actress 11 The Seventh Horse of the Sun 6
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks- Part 1: Rust 9 Donkey in a Brahmin Village 3

China 23 votes India 27 votes

Well done, Myra!! Commiserations to Apursansar.

Thanks everyone who took part in the tournament.

Let the celebrations begin!

Mixed reactions!!

but kudos to Marc for a valiant effort and job well done…

Now onto the winners, show us the trophy!!

with Satyajit Ray and his courageous orchestra glaring the vast ocean, the Chinese pirates have conquered the Indian fortress and the Lingyu Ruan / Kar-wai Wong / Yimou Zhang most used trio celebrates three various Chinese cinematic eras!

Congratulations, Myra, and the great Team China – champions of the world of film!!!

(I have my comments on the China vs India Final thread)

mumbles to self ‘.. personally I thought Austria would have taken it had they survived, but the draw was against them.’
—BUT anyways:

Congratulations China!

but big shouts over the firecrackers and dancing and general crowd noise here should also go to
Kenji and Apursansar
without whom a whole world of cinema would not have been bought to our eyes and ears. Their drive to create and fundamental organisation of this event was astounding. Thank you both, and all the managers to boot: you exemplify what The Auteurs is about.

Now we are waiting for Myra with the trophy.
Where is she??

Here is the Lumière trophy.

Thank you kenji!!! I humbly accept. I hope I made the motherland proud today, hehe. A huge thanks to you and apursansar again for organizing the event! :)

Congrats! :)

Congratulations, Myra! :D

=D Hooray!

The Lumiere Trophy. Cool beans.

Congrats, Myra!!!

Well done Myra. What a manager!

Congratulations Myra on winning the inaugural Dorkapalooza, I mean, Auteurs World Cup. Don’t celebrate too hard!

Myra pulling a Michael Phelps.

Myra with the binge drinking.

Myra getting busy with a skanky panda Tiger Woods style.

Haha :)

go china!

^ ouch
let’s celebrate the achievements of the artists who create within a society, not the gun down the political failings of the society they sought to comment upon, eh?

or not, free speech, etc.

haha i’m just kidding around man, i’m from a country with a questionable political system too.

the leading proponents of chinese cinema are undeniably brilliant.

^ hehe… yeah, true
‘i’m from a country with a questionable political system too.’ —who isn’t?
: D

Congratulations.

Well, I think Apursansar deserves something, too!

(See Myra beaming there with her winner’s banner, with Apursansar beside).

Thanks, Joe…

^ ouch, …Apu you know you’re my hero for introducing me to S. Ray. xoxo

Beijing Bonsai

Congratulations Myra! 中文（简体）
Thanks to you all for the new discoveries and teaching me the value of world cinema.
Hau’oli makahiki hou – Happy New Year
A hui kaua – Until we meet again

Congratulations Myra!

And thanks Apursansar and Kenji for the great competition.

Congratulations Myra!

Sorry I wasn’t able to participate in the final round, but life and a lack of internet connection intervened. Thanks to everyone involved, and I look forward to the next competition!

Wonderful. I’m all for this one. Oddly enough I’m wearing a “Chairman Meow” t-shirt as I’m typing this … coincidence?