"Mountains and Rivers" won the "Best Foreign Language Film Award" of the San Diego Film Critics Association

Taiyuan, December 14 (Xinhua) -- The 21st San Diego Film Critics Association Awards recently announced the list of winners for 2016, and the film "Mountains and Rivers" directed by Chinese director Jia Zhangke won the "Best Foreign Language Film Award".

The San Diego Film Critics Association Awards began in 1996 and are regarded as a bellwether for the Academy Awards each December. This year's San Diego Film Critics Association Awards awarded best picture and best director to the western "To the Soup" and its director David Markkenz, which received unanimous praise from critics, while the best actor and best actress awards were won by American actor Cassie Affleck ("Manchester by the Sea") and Brazilian actress Sonia Braga ("Aquarius").

In terms of "Best Foreign Language Film", the shortlisted films include South Korean director Park Chan-wook's film "Miss" and Chilean director Pablo Larain's "The Hunt for Neruda". In the end, the Chinese film "The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers", directed by Jia Zhangke and starring Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Liang Jingdong, Dong Zijian and Zhang Aijia, stood out and won the award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Since entering the awards season, the international results of "Mountains and Rivers" have been eye-catching. Not long ago, the film was selected as one of the top ten films of the year by the famous American magazine "Esquire" (10th), and the 35th best film of the year (16th) by The New Yorker magazine. (End)