China News Service, Beijing, April 27 (Reporter Xu Jing) The 14th Beijing International Film Festival (referred to as "Beijing Film Festival") concluded on the evening of the 26th. During this year's Beijing Film Festival, exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign film and television continued to deepen. For the first time, the Beijing Film Festival's "International Living Room" was created. Copyright holders of internationally renowned companies and domestic and foreign film festival chairmen or directors were invited to participate. The "International Living Room" of the Beijing Film Festival was also signed with the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival. Memorandum of Cooperation".
On the evening of April 26, the closing ceremony of the 14th Beijing International Film Festival and the "Tiantan Award" award ceremony were held in Beijing. The picture shows the scene of the award ceremony. Photo by reporter Yi Haifei
This year’s Beijing Film Festival closely follows the theme of “Mutual Learning from Light and Shadow, and Mutual Benefit from Like-minded People” to promote the vigorous development of the film industry, promote exchanges and interactions in the world’s film art, and continue and enhance the international, professional and popular nature. , assisting the development and construction of Beijing's film and television highlands, demonstrating the capital's cultural soft power and international influence with a new look and higher standards.
The theme of the closing ceremony of the 14th Beijing Film Festival is "Sending Beijing's Spring Breeze to the World". Spring breeze, windmill and swift are used as serial symbols. Windmill, one of the symbols of the Beijing Film Festival, is dedicated to the winners and delivered with swifts. Good prospects.
Since the 14th Beijing Film Festival was founded, the number of films accepted has increased year by year, and the main competition unit "Tiantan Award" has become an important business card for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. This year's Beijing Film Festival received a total of 1,509 registered films from 118 countries and regions. Among them, 191 domestic films were registered and 1,318 foreign films were registered. The organizing committee invited seven filmmakers led by Serbian director Emil Kusturica to form the "Tiantan Award" international jury, which has both artistic achievements and international influence.
On the evening of April 26, the closing ceremony of the 14th Beijing International Film Festival and the "Tiantan Award" award ceremony were held in Beijing. The picture shows " stop and go " winning the best film award, and the main creator took the stage to receive the award. Photo by reporter Yi Haifei
The best film in the "Temple of Heaven Award" at this year's Beijing Film Festival was won by "Stop and Go" directed by Long Fei. In addition, "Stop and Go" also won two awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay; the Indian film "Lost Baby" won three awards for Best Director, Best Actress and Best Cinematography; in Fan Wei who plays "Lao Qin" in " Chao Yun Mu Yu " won the "Tiantan Award" Best Actor Award at this year's Beijing Film Festival; the Best Music Award went to the Finnish film "The Man Facing Death" Composer Marco Biscarini; the Best Artistic Contribution Award goes to Japanese director Saka Miyake for "Everything at Dawn".
At the closing ceremony, the creative team of the second part of this year’s Beijing Film Festival’s anticipated film “Volunteer Army” gathered together. Director Chen Kaige , actors Zhu Yilong , Xin Baiqing , Zhang Zifeng, Zhang Youhao took the stage to greet the audience and promote this war epic movie. This year's Beijing Film Festival will award the "Lifetime Achievement Award" to Chen Kaige in recognition of his outstanding achievements and creative passion.
On the evening of April 26, the closing ceremony of the 14th Beijing International Film Festival and the "Tiantan Award" award ceremony were held in Beijing. The picture shows actor Li Xuejian (second from left) presenting the Lifetime Achievement Award to director Chen Kaige (third from left). Photo by reporter Yi Haifei
In terms of international exchanges, the number of films registered for the "Tiantan Award", the main competition of this year's Beijing Film Festival, has reached a new high, with international films accounting for more than 87%, and exchanges and interactions among international filmmakers have been further strengthened. Exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign film and television companies continued to deepen. For the first time, the Beijing Film Festival's "International Living Room" was created, and 2 forums were held. 10 copyright holders from internationally renowned companies and 7 domestic and foreign film festival chairmen or directors were invited to participate, and they also cooperated with the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival. The "Memorandum of Cooperation" was signed; the Beijing Market Investment Exhibition invited 165 institutions and companies from Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia, France and other countries to set up exhibitions. There were 21 films screened in the market, of which foreign films accounted for more than 38.1%, and the domestic market premiere rate reached 85.7%.
In terms of public participation, the "Beijing Screening" enriched movie viewing options, organized more than 50 meeting sessions with the main creators, and attracted 180,000 moviegoers, meeting the diverse needs of movie fans and further benefiting the people culturally; the "Movie Carnival" used "light and shadow imprints" With the theme of "Huairou Life", more than 1,400 screenings of 30 excellent domestic films including " The Wandering Earth 2", " River Red ", " She Disappeared "; Beijing International Sports Film Week spread the Olympics through the power of sports film and television works spirit, strengthen sports cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, and tell more outstanding Chinese sports stories to the international community. (End)
Source: China News Network
