Beijing film festival announces competition shortlist

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The organizers of the 5th Beijing International Film Festival on Tuesday announced that 15 films selected from around the world will join the race to win the festival's Tiantan Awards.

Two Chinese films, "Wolf Totem" by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud and "The Taking of Tiger Mountain" by Tsui Hark, are on the shortlist after three rounds of voting by the film selection committee to ultimately name the 15 most outstanding films of the 930 entries from 90 countries and regions that signed up for the Tiantan Awards competition.

The nominations for the 5th Beijing International Film Festival have been announced. 15 films will compete for this year's 'Tiantan Awards.' [Photo: bjiff.com]

Other films on the short list are "Belaya Belaya Noch (A White, White Night)" by Ramil Salakhutdinov (Russia), "Bitva za Sevastopol (Battle for Sevastopol)" by Sergeiy Mokritskiy (Russia/Ukraine), "Deti (Children)" by Jaroslav Vojtek (Slovakia/Czech Republic), "El Silencio del Rio (The Silence of the River)" by Carlos Triviño Mamby (Colombia), "Experimenter" by Michael Almereyda (United States), "Attihannu Mattu Kanaja (Fig Fruit And The Wasps)" by M.S. Prakash Babu (India), "Gruber Geht" by Marie Kreutzer (Austria), "Impermanent" by Amir Azizi (Iran), "La Scelta" by Michele Placido (Italy), "Love & Peace" by Shion Sono (Japan), "El Comienzo del Tiempo (The Beginning of Time)" by Bernardo Arellano (Mexico), "The Falling" by Carol Morley (United Kingdom) and "Je-bo-ja (The Whistleblower)" by Soonrye Yim (South Korea).

The jury, chaired by Luc Besson, will vote on the 15 films for 10 awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. They will present the Tiantan Awards during the festival's closing ceremony.

In addition to Besson, the jury also includes several world-renowned directors, screenwriters, actors and actresses, including Russian filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk; Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Chan; American screenwriter and filmmaker Robert Mark Kamen; South Korean director and screenwriter Kim Ki-duk; Brazilian film producer, director, and screenwriter Fernando Meirelles; and Chinese actress Zhou Xun.

The organizers said they will hold world premiere ceremonies for 13 international films in the competition during the festival at Beijing's Oriental Theater, where cast and crew of the films will be invited to walk the red carpet.

The annual Beijing International Film Festival will be held in Beijing from April 16 to 23.

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