China News Service, Beijing, July 28 (Xu Jing) The 12th Beijing International Film Festival (referred to as the "Beijing Film Festival") will be held in Beijing from August 13 to August 20.
This year's "Tiantan Award" has a total of 1,450 films registered worldwide, a 63% increase in total compared to last year.
The chairman of the international jury is the famous Chinese actor Li Xuejian, the other six members of the jury are Chinese director Guo Fan, British director Covens, Argentine director Lucezia Martell, Italian director Michelangelo Fran Martino, Chinese actor Qin Hailu and Chinese director and actor Wu Jing.
This was learned by the reporter at the press conference of the 12th Beijing International Film Festival held on July 28.
After 12 years, the Beijing Film Festival has become an important force in world cinema.
According to reports, this year's "Temple of Heaven Award" has a total of 1,450 films registered worldwide, a 63% increase over last year. Among them, there are 1,193 foreign films from 88 countries and regions, with rich themes and excellent works.
The finalist films are: Turkey/Poland/Germany/Denmark co-production "Anatolian Leopard", American film "Jenny Hotline", Thai film "Speed and Love", French film "Full Time", Chinese film "Hai De" The End is Prairie, the Indian film "Jay Beam", the Chinese film "Back to Tibet", the Chinese film "Chasing the Moon", the Indian film "Indian Assassin", the Chinese film "Mom!"
", Finnish film "A Blind Man Who Wouldn't Watch "Titanic", German/Iraq/Qatar co-production film "Entrance Exam", French film "Real Family", Spanish film "Good Boss", Swiss film "Swing" , Bolivia/Uruguay/France co-production film "Our Homeland".
The shortlisted films constitute a splendid and eclectic audio-visual feast, setting up a bridge of communication for the cooperation and exchange of Chinese and world films.
The 12th Beijing Film Festival invited a number of heavyweight Chinese and foreign guests to form a jury.
The chairman of the international jury of this year's "Tiantan Award" is Li Xuejian, a famous Chinese actor. The other six members of the jury are Chinese director Guo Fan, British director Cowens, Argentine director Lucezia Martell, and Italian director Michelangelo. Fran Martino, Chinese actor Qin Hailu and Chinese director and actor Wu Jing.
Among them, Argentine director Lucezia Martel is the chairman of the jury of the Venice International Film Festival in 2019. Participating in this Beijing Film Festival is her first time to participate in the Asian Film Festival exhibition; director Michelangelo Fran Martino has just officially announced Announced as the chairman of the jury of the "Future Lions" section of the Venice International Film Festival.
The theme of this year's Beijing Film Festival is "One Heart and One Heart", and the activities include "Tiantan Award" awards, opening and red carpet ceremonies, Beijing Screening, Beijing Planning and Theme Forum, Beijing Market, Film Carnival, College Student Film Festival, Closing Ceremony and The awards ceremony and the nine main sections of "Film+".
Among them, the Beijing screening section selects more than 100 excellent Chinese and foreign film works, which will be screened from August 12 to 21. The shortlisted films of the "Temple of Heaven Award" will meet fans at the Beijing screening.
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