The 8th Beijing International Film Festival () was held in
Beijing,
China
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by the Beijing Municipal Government and the China Media Group. The film festival opened on April 15 and lasts until April 22, 2018. The closing ceremony was held in Beijing on April 22, 2018.
The opening film was Ren Pengyuan's drama film ''A or B'' and the closing night film was Mongolian-Chinese director
Hasi Chaolu
Hasi Chaolu is a Chinese-Mongolian film director.
Career
His 2006 film ''The Old Barber'' won Golden Peacock Award at IFFI ( 2006), and Best Film award at Pune International Film Festival
The Pune International Film Festival (also known as ...
's action film ''
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''.
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)
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,'' amid growing
censorship concerns under the rule of
Xi Jinping.
International Jury
The members of the jury for the Tiantan Award were:
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Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong film director)
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Rob Cohen (American film director)
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Duan Yihong (Chinese actor)
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Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Jan Andrzej Paweł Kaczmarek (; born 29 April 1953) is a Polish composer. He has written scores for more than 70 feature films and documentaries, including '' Finding Neverland'' (2004), for which score he won an Oscar and a National Board of ...
(Polish composer)
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Călin Peter Netzer (Romanian film director)
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Ruben Östlund (Swedish film director)
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Shu Qi (Taiwanese actress)
In Competition
The Tiantan Awards () are the highest awards at the festival, which 659 films from 71 countries and regions have entered.
A total of 15 films have been shortlisted for the Tiantan Awards.
Winners of Tiantan Awards
See also
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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 Ch ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.bjiff.com/Archives/8thBJIFF/ta_3224/ata/
Beijing International Film Festival
Beijing International Film Festival
Beijing
Beijing
2018 in Beijing