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The 11th Beijing International Film Festival (simplified Chinese: 第11届北京国际电影节; traditional Chinese: 第11屆北京國際電影節) 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 ChangjinbyChen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante Lam. The festival was originally scheduled to be held from August 14 to 21, but was postponed due to the spread of Corona 19 delta mutation in China.^[1]

11th Beijing International Film Festival
Beijing International Film Festival
Official poster
Opening film	The Battle at Lake Changjin
Closing film	Saturday Fiction byLou Ye
Location	Yanqi Lake, Huairou District, Beijing, China
Founded	2011
Awards	Tiantan Award Best Feature Film: Beyond The Skies Best Director: Andrey Zaytsev for A Siege Diary
Hosted by	China Film Administration Beijing Municipal Film Administration China Media Group People's Government of Beijing Municipality
No. of films	300
Festival date	Opening: September 21, 2021 (2021-09-21) Closing: September 29, 2021 (2021-09-29)
Website	11th BJIFF
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The festival was held in hybrid format due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and around 300 films were screened. The online films are available for streaming on a cloud created by iQiyi.^[2] In 11th edition of festival, in 'Retrospect Section' the focus was on comic actor Charlie Chaplin.^[3]

The festival was closed on September 29 with the screening of 2019 film Saturday FictionbyLou Ye.^[4] Beyond The Skies a Chinese film by Liu Zhihai won the Tiantan Award for best feature film.^[5]^[6]

International jury

Tiantan Awards

Seven members jury was selected for deciding the awards.^[7]

Gong Li, Singaporean actress, chairman of the international jury,
Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress, director and activist
Renny Harlin, Finnish film director, producer and screenwriter
Chen Kun, Chinese actor and singer
Zhang Songwen, Chinese actor
Leste Chen, Taiwanese director
Wuershan, Chinese director

Forward Future

Tony Rayns, President of Jury, British writer, commentator, film festival programmer and screenwriter,
Yannis Sakaridis, Greek director and screenwriter
Huang Lu, Chinese actress, director, screenwriter and producer,
Shuang XueTao, Chinese novelist,
Shen Yang, Chinese producer and curator

Panorama

Sources:^[8]^[9]

Opening and closing films

The Battle at Lake Changjin (China), dir: Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Dante Lam
Saturday Fiction (China), dir: Lou Ye^[4]

Tiantan Awards Official Competition

These are the highest awards at the festival. 15 films have been shortlisted for the awards.^[10]

Highlighted title ‡ indicates Tiantan award winner

All About My Mother (China), dir: Zhao Tianyu
Any Day Now (Finland), dir: Hamy Ramezan
A Morning of Farewell (Japan), dir: Izuru Narushima
A School in Cerro Hueso (Argentina), dir: Betania Cappato
A Siege Diary (Russia), dir: Andrey Zaytsev
Before Next Spring (China), dir: Li Gen

‡• Beyond The Skies (China), dir: Liu Zhihai

Caged Birds (Switzerland, Germany), dir: Oliver Rihs
Conference (Russia, Estonia, UK, Italy), dir: Ivan I. Tversdovskiy
Last Film Show (India, France), dir: Pan Nalin
Moon Rock for Monday (Australia),^[11] dir: Kurt Martin
Night of the Kings (France, Ivory Coast, Canada, Senegal), dir: Philippe Lacôte
No Rest for the Old Lady (Romania), dir: Andrei Gruzsniczki
Slalom (France, Belgium), dir: Charlene Favier
The Pact (Denmark), dir: Bille August

Forward Future

The Pack - 2020 (The Czech Republic), dir: Tomáš Polenský
Bone Cage - 2020 (Canada), dir: Taylor Olson
Namo - 2020 (Iran), dir: Nader Saeivar
Silenced Tree - 2020 (Iran/Turkey), dir: Faysal Soysal
The Pit - 2020 (Latvia/ Finland), dir: Dace Pūce
Knock Knock - 2020 (China), dir: Liu Xiang
The Whaler Boy - 2020 (Russia/ Poland/ Belgium), dir: Philipp Yuryev
Chupacabra - 2020 (Russia), dir: Grigory Kolomytsev

BJIFF Special: Retrospective of Gong Li

Leap - 2020 (China), dir: Peter Chan
Shanghai - 2010 (USA), dir: Mikael Håfström
What Women Want - 2011 (China), dir: Chen Daming
The Monkey King 2 - 2016 (Mainland China/ Hong Kong), dir: Cheang Pou-soi
Shanghai Triad - 1995 (China), dir: Zhang Yimou
Flirting Scholar - 1993 (Hong Kong), dir: Lee Lik-chi
The Dragon Chronicles – The Maidens - 1994 (Hong Kong / Mainland China), dir: Andy Wing-Keung Chin
The Story of Qiu Ju - 1992 (China), dir: Zhang Yimou
Red Sorghum - 1987 (China), dir: Zhang Yimou

Premiere

Three Floors Up - 2021 (Italy), dir: Nanni Moretti
Satoshi Kon: Dreaming Machine - 2021 (Japan), dir: Pascal-Alex Vincent
The Employer and the Employee - 2021 (Uruguay/ Argentina/ Brazil/ France), dir: Manolo Nieto
It's a Flickering Life - 2021 (Japan), dir: Yoji Yamada

Restored Classics

This section will screen immortal masterpieces.

Ace in the Hole - 1951 (USA) dir: Billy Wilder
An Autumn's Tale - 1987, (Hong Kong) dir: Mabel Cheung
The Godfather Part III - 1990, (USA) dir: Francis Ford Coppola
The Mirror - 1975 (Soviet Union) dir: Andrei Tarkovsky
Rouge - 1988, (Hong Kong) dir: Stanley Kwan

Retrospect

In 11th edition of festival this section will showcase Charlie Chaplin's classic films.

Limelight - 1952
The Great Dictator - 1940
Monsieur Verdoux - 1947
City Lights - 1931
Modern Times - 1936
The Circus - 1928
The Kid - 1921
The Gold Rush - 1925

Filmmaker in focus

One Future - 2009 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan
Barbarian Invasion - 2021 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan
South of South - 2005 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan
Year without a Summer - 2010 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan
Company of Mushrooms - 2006 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan
The Beautiful Loser - 2015 (Malaysia) dir: Chui Mui Tan

Tribute

Diabolique - 1955 (France) dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Wages of Fear - 1953 (Italy, France) dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring - 2003 (South Korea) dir: Kim Ki-duk

Women's voice

A Balance - 2020 (Japan) dir: Yujiro Harumoto
Hard Love - 2021 (China) dir: Dong Xueying
Tomorrow's Dinner Table - 2021 (Japan) dir: Takahisa Zeze

Reality Rocks

Mr. Bachmann and His Class - 2021 (Germany) dir: Maria Speth
Epicentro - 2020 (Austria, France) dir: Hubert Sauper
Acasă, My Home - 2020 (Romania) dir: Radu Ciorniciuc
Stanislavski. Lust for Life - 2021 (Russia) dir: Julia Bobkova

Vision

Source:^[12]

A Balance - 2020 (Japan) dir: Yujiro Harumoto
Apples - 2020 (Greece, Poland) dir: Christos Nikou
Digger - 2020 (Greece, France) dir: Georgis Grigorakis
Hold Me Back - 2020 (Japan) dir: Akiko Ohku
Introduction - 2021 (South Korea) dir: Hong Sang-soo
Man from Podolsk - 2020 (Russia) dir: Semyon Serzin
Masha - 2020 (Russia) dir: Anastasiya Palchikova
Moon, 66 Questions - 2020 (Greece, France) dir: Jacqueline Lentzou
The North Wind - 2021 (Russia) dir: Renata Litvinova
Sputnik - 2020 (Russia) dir: Egor Abramenko
Tailor - 2020 (Greece, Germany, Belgium) dir: Sonia Liza Kenterman

Dolby cinema section

Akira - 1988 (Japan), dir: Katsuhiro Otomo
It - 2017 (USA), dir: Andrés Muschietti
Venom - 2018 (USA), dir: Ruben Fleischer
In the Heights - 2021 (USA), dir: Jon M. Chu

Winners of Tiantan Awards

Source:^[5]^[13]^[14]

Category	Winner(s)	Film
Best Feature Film	Beyond the Skies
Best Director	Andrey Zaytsev	A Siege Diary
Best Actor	Group Actor Performance	Beyond the Skies
Best Actress	Noee Abita	Slalom
Best Supporting Actor	Shahab Hosseini	Any Day Now
Best Supporting Actress	Nana Skaarup Voss	The Pact
Best Screenplay	Christian Torpe	The Pact
Best Cinematography	Mi Xinjun	Beyond the Skies
Best Music	Tuomas Nikkinen	Any Day Now
Best Visual Effects	Yanlai Ding, Eric Xu, Ahdee Chui, Samir Ansari	The Wandering Earth

References

^ Zhang Rui (September 22, 2021). "Filmmakers gather in Beijing for belated film festival". China org cn. Retrieved September 22, 2021.

^ Wang Yifan (September 7, 2021). "11th Beijing International Film Festival to open on Sept. 21". Ecns.cn. Chinanews. Retrieved September 7, 2021.

^ Huaxia (September 7, 2021). "11th Beijing International Film Festival to open on Sept. 21". Xinhua. News cn. Retrieved September 7, 2021.

^ ^a ^b "Opening and Closing Film Announced: The Battle at Lake Changjin and Saturday Fiction Will Meet Audience at BJIFF". BJIFF. September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.

^ ^a ^b "Awards, BJIFF". BJIFF. September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

^ "Top film festival wraps up in Beijing". China org cn. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

^ Frater, Patrick (September 6, 2021). "Beijing Film Festival to Make September Comeback". Variety. Retrieved September 7, 2021.

^ Patrick Brzeski (September 8, 2021). "Beijing Film Festival Sets New Dates for Late September Chinese screen star Gong Li will serve as president of event's main competition jury". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 10, 2021.

^ Zhang Rui (September 10, 2021). "Worldwide movie classics to be screened in Beijing". China org cn. Retrieved September 10, 2021.

^ Liz Shackleton (July 21, 2021). "Beijing film festival unveils line-up for 2021 physical edition". Screen Daily. Retrieved September 7, 2021.

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^ Jo Joon-hyung (September 7, 2021). "베이징국제영화제21일 개막...홍상수 '인트로덕션' 출품" [The Beijing International Film Festival opens on the 21st... Hong Sang-soo exhibited 'Introduction']. Yonhap News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved September 7, 2021.

^ Wang Jinyue (September 30, 2021). "The 11th Beijing International Film Festival closed "Above the Clouds" won three awards including best film-qianlong.com.cn". Breaking Latest News. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

^ "Russia's A Siege Diary wins best director at Beijing Film Festival". Tass. September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

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