Beijing, 16 Mar (People's Daily Online) -- This afternoon, the Office of the Organizing Committee of the Eighth Beijing International Film Festival and the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal People's Government jointly held the second press conference. All 7 members of the international jury of the "Temple of Heaven Award" were exposed, and the first batch of 500 film screening lists were also all met with netizens.
It is reported that the famous Chinese film director Wong Kar-wai will serve as the chairman of the jury. The other six judges are: American film director and screenwriter Rob Cohen, Chinese actor Duan Yihong, Polish composer and producer Jenn Kazmellick, Romanian film director Karin Pitt Netzer, Swedish film director and screenwriter Ruben Ostrund, and Chinese actress Shu Qi.
In addition to the main competition unit 'Temple of Heaven Award', this year's Beijing International Film Festival will be composed of seven main activities: the opening ceremony, The Beijing Screening, the Beijing Planning and Theme Forum, the Film Market, the Film Carnival, and the Closing Ceremony and Award Ceremony. At the same time, more than 300 activities such as the "Focus on the Future" unit, the documentary unit, the online film unit, the film concert, the film salon, and the release of new films will also be launched simultaneously.
For the "Beijing Screening" unit, which is of great concern to Beijing citizens, the reporter learned from the press conference that the Organizing Committee Office has selected nearly 500 film masterpieces, forming 18 screening units from April 6, 32 commercial theaters, art theaters and university theaters in Beijing for a 17-day concentrated screening.
As the core section of the film festival, the "8th Beijing International Film Festival Film Market", which focuses on film practitioners, will be held at the Beijing International Hotel from April 18 to April 20, and this year's film market is divided into five major sections: investment exhibition, project venture capital, industry dialogue, special activities and signing ceremony.
At the end of the press conference, Wang Jue, editor-in-chief of Beijing Television Station and executive deputy secretary general of the organizing committee, introduced the design concept of the official poster of the 8th Beijing International Film Festival "Climbing the Peak Again" and announced the official poster was officially released. This year's Beijing International Film Festival will be held in Beijing from April 15 to 22.
Here are the testimonials of the jury members:
Chairman of the Jury: Wong Kar Wai
Wang Jiajian grew up in Shanghai and is an internationally renowned film director and screenwriter. His unique narrative and visual style has influenced and inspired a generation of filmmakers.
In 1988, he released his first feature film, Carmen Mong Kok, which received rave reviews. In 1990, he directed the second film "The Legend of Ah Fei", which won many honors such as Best Picture and Best Director at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1994, he shined in the international film world with the film "Chongqing Forest". In 1997, he won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival in France for "Spring Breaks", the first Chinese to receive this honor, and established his status as an international director. In 2000, "Fancy Years" won the Technical Grand Prix and the Best Actor Award at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival. In 2006 he was invited to chair the jury at the 59th Festival de Cannes, the first Asian director to do so. In the same year, Wong Kar-wai was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Légère des Hautes ôtresses of the French Government and in 2013. In 2007, he directed his first English-language film" "Blueberry Night", which became the opening film of the 60th Cannes Film Festival. Wong Kar-wai's most recent kung fu epic, A Generation of Grandmasters (2013), became the opening film of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, and Wong Kar-wai also chaired the jury of the Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2015, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York invited Wong Kar-wai to be the artistic director of the exhibition "China: Mirror Flowers and Water Moon", which became one of the top five most popular exhibitions in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's history.
Jury member: Rob Cohen
Born in the United States on March 12, 1949. He studied at Harvard University, and his first attempt at filmmaking was a 1970 film for the Harvard Admissions Office. In 1973, Cohen became vice president of Fox's television and film division, and was hired by Berry Gordy as executive vice president and head of the film division at Motown Records. Cohen then produced and directed some of the most iconic films and television series of the 1980s, including Miami Storm (1984), The Witch of East Town (1987), Aster Grass (1987), and The New Wizard of Oz (1978). Since 1990, Cohen has fully turned to directing and directed many successful works in the early 1990s, such as Bruce Lee (1993), Heart of the Dragon (1996), 100,000 Burning Rush (1996), and golden globe-winning American film Skinny Monkey (1998). At the age of 52, Cohen became a beloved action film director for young people, directing the blockbuster film Fast and Furious in 2001, which later became Universal's most successful film series. With the great success of the series, he collaborated again with Van Diesel and directed another box office hit, Extreme Agent, the following year. Cohen's 2008 film The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor grossed $450 million worldwide. Recently, Rob Cohen has just finished filming the film "Hurricane Robbery" released by entertainment studio studio studios, which will be released in March 2018.
Duan Yihong
Duan Yihong, born in Xinjiang in 1973, Chinese mainland famous actor, graduated from the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama. In 1998, Duan Yihong entered the National Theatre of China and starred in Meng Jinghui's drama "Rhinoceros in Love". In 2006, he was well known for starring in the TV series "Soldier Assault". In 2009, he starred in the TV series "My Regiment Leader My Regiment". In 2013, he won the "Audience Vote Most Watched Actor Award" at the 13th Chinese Film and Media Awards for his film "White Deer Plain". In 2015, he won the "Best Actor Award" at the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival for his film "Burning Heart of the Sun". In 2016, Duan Yihong won the 16th Chinese Film and Media Awards "Weibo Review? 100 Media Annual Tribute Performance Award". In 2017, Duan Yihong won the "Star of Asia" Award at the 16th New York Asian Film Festival. In the same year, he won the "Best Actor Award" at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival for "Blizzard Is Coming", making him the only actor in China to win the Best Actor Award at two international A-category film festivals.
Jenn Kazmellick
Born on 29 April 1953, Jenn Kazmelik grew up and educated in Poland.
An Oscar-winning composer, Jenn has produced scores for more than 60 films, including In Search of Neverland, The Tale of Hachiko the Loyal Dog, Infidelity, Visitor to Life, Garden of Eden in The Fire, War and Peace, Where Are You Going, The Eclipse of hearts, and Washington Square.
He moved to the United States in 1989 and began scoring for theatrical performances. In 1992, Jenn wrote for John Ford, Joanna Ford. The score for the 1992 edition of "Too Bad She's a Prostitute," directed by Arcaledis and produced by the Shakespeare Festival in New York, won the New York Theater Council Award. In 2004, Jenn won the National Critics Guild Award for Best Film Score for his score for The Search for Neverland, directed by Mark Foster. He also won the 77th Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2005 for this film, and was also nominated for the Golden Globe Awards and the British Academy Film Awards.
In Poland, he often wrote symphonic and choral repertoire for important international events. He is also a member of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the European Film Institute. In addition, he founded and organized a film festival in the Polish city of Lodz. In 2009, Kiesmellík was invited to become Chairman of the Jury at the 25th Warsaw International Film Festival.
Karin Pete Netzer
Karin Pieter Netzer was born on 1 May 1975 in Petroşani, Romania, and immigrated to Germany with his parents in 1983. In 1984 he completed his primary and senior secondary studies in Stuttgart. After graduating from high school in 1994, he returned to Romania to study directing at the National Academy of Drama and Film in Bucharest, graduating in 1999. His short film and feature film of the same name, Maria, has participated in prestigious film festivals around the world, among which Maria has won the Grand Jury Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival and the Bronze Leopard Award for Actor, as well as nominations for the 2003 European Film Awards. His second feature, The Medal of Honor (2009), was shortlisted for more than thirty film festivals, winning the Silver Alexander Award and four other awards at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, as well as at film festivals in Turin, Miami, Duras, Los Angeles and Zagreb. His third feature film, Child Pose (aka Baby Style) (2013), won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, the first Romanian film to receive the award. The film also represented Romania in the 2013 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2017, Netzer was once again shortlisted for the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany for his latest work "Anna, My Love" and won the Silver Bear Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award.
Ruben Ostrend
Ruben Ostlund was born in 1974 on The Island of Stills in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Ostlund began directing ski-related films in the 1990s before studying film at the University of Gothenburg. His first feature-length film, The Guitar Mongol (2004), won the Fabisi Prize at the 2005 Moscow International Film Festival. His second feature film, Involuntary (aka Involuntarily) (2008), premiered at the 61st Cannes Film Festival in the "A Kind of Attention" section. Subsequently, the film was distributed in more than 20 countries and screened in several film festivals, and Ruben also entered the international film industry. Two years later, his short film The Bank Incident (2010) won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. His third feature-length film, Children's Play (2011), premiered at the Cannes Film Festival's "Director's Biweek". The film also won the Best Director Award at the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival. His fourth feature film, The Tourist (aka Force Majeure) (2014), premiered in the "A Kind of Attention" section of the 67th Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury Prize. "Tourist" was also nominated for a Golden Globe award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
His latest feature film, Square (aka Place de la Freedome) (2017), won the Palme d'Or at the 70th Cannes Film Festival. The film was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards and the 75th Golden Globe Awards. Square has been distributed in more than 70 countries around the world.
Shu Qi
Born on April 16, 1976 in Taiwan, China.
In 1996, she starred in the film "Pornographic Men and Women", which won 7 nominations for best film at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards, and was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, and Shu Qi also won two awards for best supporting actress and best newcomer at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1998, she won the Best Supporting Actress at the 35th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards and the Best Supporting Actress at the 18th Hong Kong Film Awards for "The Thirteenth Sister of Hong Xing in the Love story of Ancient Puzzle Boy". In 2005, she won the Best Actress Award at the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards for "The Best Time". In 2008, he was a jury member at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2009, she served as a jury member of the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival, and in the same year, she won the Outstanding Overseas Chinese Actress Award at the 13th China Film Huabiao Awards for "Do Not Disturb". In 2013, he starred in "Journey to the West? Demon Hunting". In 2015, she starred in "The Assassin Nie Yinniang", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 68th Cannes International Film Festival, and won the best actress at the 10th Asian Film Awards. In 2015, Shu Qi starred in "Ghost Blowing Lantern Hunting Dragon Recipe", which grossed more than 1 billion yuan in 8 days of release.