8th Beijing International Film Festival

The 8th Beijing International Film Festival[1] (simplified Chinese: 第8届北京国际电影节; traditional Chinese: 第8屆北京國際電影節) was held in Beijing, China by the Beijing Municipal Government and the China Media Group. The film festival opened on April 15 and lasts until April 22, 2018.[2][3] The closing ceremony was held in Beijing on April 22, 2018.[4]

The opening film was Ren Pengyuan's drama film A or B and the closing night film will be Mongolian-Chinese director Hasi Chaolu's action film Genghis Khan.[5]

The Festival threw the spotlight on LGBT rights in China when Chinese Government censors banned the screening of the Oscar-winning Call Me by Your Name (film),[6][7] amid growing censorship concerns[8][9] under the rule of Xi Jinping.[10]

International Jury

The members of the jury for the Tiantan Award were:[5]

In Competition

The Tiantan Awards (天坛奖) are the highest awards at the festival, which 659 films from 71 countries and regions have entered.[11] A total of 15 films have been shortlisted for the Tiantan Awards.[5]

English titleChinese titleDirector(s)Production area
Operation Red Sea红海行动Dante Lam China[12]
Hold Your Hands十八洞村Miao Yue China[12]
Po strništi bos赤足Jan Svěrák Czech Republic
Kadvi Hawa黑暗之风Nila Madhab Panda India
Dede妈妈Mariam Khatchvani Georgia
Dog狗Samuel Benchetrit France
Eye on Juliet目视朱丽叶Kim Nguyen Canada
Journey's End旅程尽头Saul Dibb United Kingdom
Krotoa克洛多娃Roberta Durrant South Africa
Octave奥克塔夫Serge loan Celebidachi Romania
Scary Mother惊慌妈妈Ana Urushadze Georgia
Searing Summer灼热之夏Ebrahim Irajzad Iran
The Other Side of Hope希望的另一面Aki Kaurismäki Finland
The Testament谎言Amichai Greenberg Israel
Untaken Paths未来之路Tahmineh Milani Iran

Winners of Tiantan Awards
CategoryWinner(s)Notes
Best Feature FilmScary Mother[13]
Best DirectorMariam Khatchvani, Dede[13]
Best ActorJoe Cole, Eye on Juliet[13]
Best ActressNata Murvanidze, Scary Mother[13]
Best Supporting ActorPaul Bettany, Journey's End[13]
Best Supporting ActressMina Sadati, Searing Summer[13]
Best ScreenplayAmichai Greenberg, The Testament[13]
Best CinematographyKonstantin Esadze, Dede[13]
Best MusicHildur Guðnadóttir/Natalie Holt, Journey's End[13]
Best Visual EffectsLee In Ho/Kang Tae Gyun/Yee Kwok Leung/Lin Chun Yue (Jules)/Ma Siu Fu/Thomas Lautenbach/Gareth Frederick Repton, Operation Red Sea[13]

References
  1. Beijing International Film Festival
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  3. "Stars turn out for the 8th annual Beijing International Film Festival". asiaone.com. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. "8th Beijing Int'l Film Festival closes". Xinhuanet. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. "A or B to open Beijing International Film Festival". China.org.cn. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. Pei Li and Adam Jourdan. (26 March 2018). Beijing festival pulls award-winning gay film amid content squeeze. Reuters.
  7. Ho, Pang-Chieh. (5 April 2018). Gay romance ‘Call Me By Your Name’ pulled from Beijing International Film Festival. SupChina. Beijing.
  8. (6 August 2020). Hollywood censors films to appease China, report suggests. BBC News. United Kingdom
  9. Tager, James. Made in Hollywood, Censored by Beijing. PEN America. New York City
  10. Chan, Tara Francis. (24 May 2018). China's 'Great Firewall' is taller than ever under 'president-for-life' Xi Jinping. Business Insider. Germany
  11. "8th Beijing Int'l Film Festival opens on Sunday". ebeijing.gov.cn. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  12. 《红海行动》入围北京国际电影节“天坛奖” 开幕影片选定《幕后玩家》. sina. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  13. Zhang Rui (23 April 2018). "Women's power wins big at Beijing int'l film fest". china.org.cn. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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