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11th Beijing International Film Festival

The 11th Beijing International Film Festival () was held in Beijing, China. Hosted by the Beijing Municipal Government and the China Media Group, the festival opened on September 21 with the Chinese 2021 film The Battle at Lake Changjin by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante Lam. The festival was originally scheduled to be held from August 14 to 21, but was postponed due to the spread of Corona 19 delta mutation in China.

The festival was held in hybrid format due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and around 300 films were screened. The online films are available for streaming on a cloud created by iQiyi. In 11th edition of festival, in 'Retrospect Section' the focus was on comic actor Charlie Chaplin.

The festival was closed on September 29 with the screening of 2019 film Saturday Fiction by Lou Ye. Beyond The Skies a Chinese film by Liu Zhihai won the Tiantan Award for best feature film.

International jury

Tiantan Awards

Seven members jury was selected for deciding the awards.

  • Gong Li, Singaporean actress, chairman of the international jury,
  • Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress, director and activist
  • Renny Harlin, Finnish film director, producer and screenwriter
  • Chen Kun, Chinese actor and singer
  • Zhang Songwen, Chinese actor
  • Leste Chen, Taiwanese director
  • Wuershan, Chinese director

Forward Future

  • Tony Rayns, President of Jury, British writer, commentator, film festival programmer and screenwriter,
  • Yannis Sakaridis, Greek director and screenwriter
  • Huang Lu, Chinese actress, director, screenwriter and producer,
  • Shuang XueTao, Chinese novelist,
  • Shen Yang, Chinese producer and curator

Panorama

Opening and closing films

Tiantan Awards Official Competition

These are the highest awards at the festival. 15 films have been shortlisted for the awards.

<span style="background:#eedd82">Highlighted title </span> indicates Tiantan award winner
  • All About My Mother (China), dir: Zhao Tianyu
  • Any Day Now (Finland), dir: Hamy Ramezan
  • A Morning of Farewell (Japan), dir: Izuru Narushima
  • A School in Cerro Hueso (Argentina), dir: Betania Cappato
  • A Siege Diary (Russia), dir: Andrey Zaytsev
  • Before Next Spring (China), dir: Li Gen

<span style="background:#eedd82"> • Beyond The Skies (China), dir: Liu Zhihai</span>

Forward Future

  • The Pack - 2020 (The Czech Republic), dir: Tomáš Polenský
  • Bone Cage - 2020 (Canada), dir: Taylor Olson
  • Namo - 2020 (Iran), dir: Nader Saeivar
  • Silenced Tree - 2020 (Iran/Turkey), dir: Faysal Soysal
  • The Pit - 2020 (Latvia/ Finland), dir: Dace PÅ«ce
  • Knock Knock - 2020 (China), dir: Liu Xiang
  • The Whaler Boy - 2020 (Russia/ Poland/ Belgium), dir: Philipp Yuryev
  • Chupacabra - 2020 (Russia), dir: Grigory Kolomytsev

BJIFF Special: Retrospective of Gong Li

Premiere

Restored Classics

This section will screen immortal masterpieces.

Retrospect

In 11th edition of festival this section will showcase Charlie Chaplin's classic films.

Filmmaker in focus

  • One Future - 2009 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan
  • Barbarian Invasion - 2021 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan
  • South of South - 2005 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan
  • Year without a Summer - 2010 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan
  • Company of Mushrooms - 2006 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan
  • The Beautiful Loser - 2015 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan

Tribute

Women's voice

  • A Balance - 2020 (Japan) dir: Yujiro Harumoto
  • Hard Love - 2021 (China) dir: Dong Xueying
  • Tomorrow's Dinner Table - 2021 (Japan) dir: Takahisa Zeze

Reality Rocks

Vision

Source:

Dolby cinema section

Winners of Tiantan Awards

References

External links