On March 28, the 14th Beijing International Film Festival officially announced that it will kick off on April 18. With the theme of "Mutual Learning from Light and Shadow, Mutual Benefit from Like-minded People", this year's Beijing International Film Festival will feature international, Professionalism, people-orientedness, and communication power are the four major focuses. Within 9 days, the "Tiantan Award" awards, opening and closing ceremonies and red carpet ceremony, Beijing screening, "Beijing Planning·Theme Forum", Beijing Market, Film Carnival, College Student Film Festival, Closing Ceremony and Award Ceremony, will be organized. There are more than 100 activities of various forms and types such as "Movie+".
At the press conference that day, the poster for the 14th Beijing International Film Festival was also officially released. The poster combines the shapes of the Temple of Heaven and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests with pine and cypress bonsai, and incorporates the traditional Chinese ink painting style. The Beijing International Film Festival’s "Heaven and Man" First, the value concept of "sharing beauty and sharing" runs through the flowing lines and is contained in the light and dark shades of ink.
At the same time, the judges and shortlisted films of the Beijing International Film Festival's "Tiantan Award" were also announced at the press conference. As the main competition unit of the Beijing Film Festival, the "Tiantan Award" has always attracted much attention. The lineup of the international jury for this year's "Tiantan Awards" has been officially announced: The chairman of the jury is the famous Serbian director Emil Kusturica, and the six judges are (in alphabetical order): Australian film sound designer David ·White, Chinese actor Fei Xiang, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, Brazilian director Carlos Saldanha, Chinese actor Ma Li, Chinese actor Zhu Yilong. 7 people are from Europe, America, Oceania and Asia The awards committee composed of 100 filmmakers will jointly select the final winners of the top ten "Tiantan Awards" during this Beijing Film Festival.
In terms of films participating in the Beijing International Film Festival, the total number of film registrations for this year’s Beijing International Film Festival reached 4,273. Among them, the main competition unit "Tiantan Award" 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, there are 12 foreign films and 3 domestic films, including: the French film "Substitute Teacher", the Austrian/German film "One Life to Live", the Japanese film "Everything at Dawn", Swiss/France/Egypt/ The Qatari film "Back to Alexandria", the Finnish/Italian film "The Man Who Faced Death", the Chinese film "Stop and Go", the Serbian/Slovenian/Montenegro/North Macedonia/French film "Top Secret Recipe", the Dutch film "Lacto" , Chinese film " Journey Through the Moon ", German/Slovenian/French film " silent ", Indian film "Lost Baby", Chinese film "Morning Clouds and Mud Rain", Argentinian film "Ant Girl", Israeli film "Urban Abyss", Turkish/Bulgarian film "Reeds".
The "Tiantan Award" international jury will select the best film, best director, best artistic contribution, best screenwriter, best cinematography, best actor, best actress, and best film from these 15 shortlisted films. Ten awards including Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Music will be announced at the closing ceremony and awards ceremony.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Zhou Shihao
