The 8th Beijing International Film FestivalBeijing International Film Festival () was held in Beijing, China by the Beijing Municipal Government and the China Media Group. The film festival opened on April 15 and lasted 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's action film Genghis Khan.
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,Pei Li and Adam Jourdan. (26 March 2018). Beijing festival pulls award-winning gay film amid content squeeze. Reuters.Ho, Pang-Chieh. (5 April 2018). Gay romance ‘Call Me By Your Name’ pulled from Beijing International Film Festival. SupChina. Beijing. amid growing censorship concerns(6 August 2020). Hollywood censors films to appease China, report suggests. BBC News. United KingdomTager, James. Made in Hollywood, Censored by Beijing. PEN America. New York City under the rule of Xi Jinping.Chan, Tara Francis. (24 May 2018). China's 'Great Firewall' is taller than ever under 'president-for-life' Xi Jinping. Business Insider. Germany
International Jury The members of the jury for the Tiantan Award were:
Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong film director) Rob Cohen (American film director) Duan Yihong (Chinese actor) Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (Polish composer) Călin Peter Netzer (Romanian film director) Ruben Östlund (Swedish film director) 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.
English title Chinese title Director(s) Production area Operation Red Sea Dante Lam Hold Your Hands Miao Yue Po strništi bos Jan Svěrák Kadvi Hawa Nila Madhab Panda Dede Mariam Khatchvani Dog Samuel Benchetrit Eye on Juliet Kim Nguyen Journey's End Saul Dibb Krotoa Roberta Durrant Octave Serge loan Celebidachi Scary Mother Ana Urushadze Searing Summer Ebrahim Irajzad The Other Side of Hope Aki Kaurismäki The Testament Amichai Greenberg Untaken Paths Tahmineh Milani
Winners of Tiantan Awards Category Winner(s) Notes Best Feature Film Scary Mother Best Director Mariam Khatchvani, Dede Best Actor Joe Cole, Eye on Juliet Best Actress Nata Murvanidze, Scary Mother Best Supporting Actor Paul Bettany, Journey's End Best Supporting Actress Mina Sadati, Searing Summer Best Screenplay Amichai Greenberg, The Testament Best Cinematography Konstantin Esadze, Dede Best Music Hildur Guðnadóttir/Natalie Holt, Journey's End Best Visual Effects Lee In Ho/Kang Tae Gyun/Yee Kwok Leung/Lin Chun Yue (Jules)/Ma Siu Fu/Thomas Lautenbach/Gareth Frederick Repton, Operation Red Sea See also 11th Beijing International Film Festival
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