1905 Film Network News On March 28, the press conference of the 14th Beijing International Film Festival was held in Beijing. At the meeting, the members of the jury for this year’s Tiantan Awards, the shortlisted films, and the members of the jury for other units were announced. The relevant person in charge also introduced the first round of screenings and highlights of related activities to the media. It is reported that the 14th Beijing International Film Festival will be held from April 18th to 26th.
On the same day, the main poster of the 14th Beijing International Film Festival was also officially released. The design combines the shapes of the Temple of Heaven and the pine and cypress bonsai into one, and incorporates the style of traditional Chinese ink painting. The Beijing International Film Festival is about the unity of man and nature, and the beauty and beauty we share. The value concept runs through the flowing lines and is contained in the light and dark shades of ink. The ink color is elegant and the painting has a lasting charm.
This year’s Beijing International Film Festival Tiantan Award international jury has a total of 7 people. The chairman of the jury is the famous Serbian director Emil Kusturica. The 6 judges are: Australian film sound designer David White, actor Fei Xiang, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, Brazilian director Carlos Saldanha, actor Ma Li, actor Zhu Yilong.
In terms of films participating in the Beijing International Film Festival, the total number of films registered for this year’s Beijing International Film Festival reached 4,273. Among them, the main competition unit Tiantan Awards received a total of 1,509 feature film registrations from 118 countries and regions, and the number reached a new high. Among the 15 finalists, 12 are foreign films and 3 are domestic films. Domestic films include "Stop and Go" starring Hu Ge and Gao Yuanyuan, "Journey Across the Moon" starring Zhang Zifeng and Hu Xianxu, and "Morning Cloud and Muyu" starring Zhou Dongyu and Fan Wei.
The Tiantan Award international jury will select the best film, best director, best artistic contribution, best screenwriter, best photography, best actor, best actress, best actor from these 15 shortlisted films. Ten awards including Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Music will be announced at the closing ceremony and awards ceremony.
The Focus on the Future unit is soliciting the first and second feature films of new directors from all over the world. The chairman of the jury of this unit is Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, and the four judges are Chinese director Gu Xiaogang and Dutch photographer Keith van Oostrum, Chinese director Yang Lina and Chinese actor Yang Zishan.
For the first time, the ReelFocus New Blood Imaging Project short film unit has been included in the organizing committee selection system. The chairman of the jury of this unit is Taiwanese producer and producer Jiao Xiongping. The six judges are screenwriter Chen Yu, actor Jiang Qinqin, actor Qu Chuxiao, Hong Kong editor and director Hui Hongyu, actor Yu Shi, actor Zu Feng.
This Beijing Planning Theme Forum will hold 4 core forums and 3 master classes. The three film master classes are: the master class of Kusturica, the chairman of the Tiantan Award jury, with the theme of national epic and spiritual miracle, and the guest speaker is the well-known writer Yu Hua. At the same time, there will be a master class for Hong Kong director Hui On-wa, inviting director Wen Yan to be the guest speaker and Professor Dai Jinhua to be the moderator, as well as a master class for actor and director Chen Chong, inviting director Feng Xiaogang to be the guest speaker, and the writer Xu Zhiyuan to be the moderator.
Beijing Screening has planned a total of 16 screening units, selecting more than 240 domestic and foreign masterpieces, and plans to screen about 750 times in 26 theaters in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. At the same time, three concentrated viewing zones will be created for the first time: a viewing zone along Chang'an Avenue, a viewing zone for universities in the west, and a viewing zone in the north; in terms of planning and selection of films, the Beijing screening carefully planned the surging youth, the new force of Chinese films, and the famous French film , Tiantan Award Jury Chairman Kusturica's Retrospective and many other units, screening "Dr. Strangelove", "Blade Runner 2049", "Pulp Fiction", "Qiu Ju Litigation", "Hive Ghost" and "Naruto the Movie" series and many other classic works.
