Beijing International Film Festival kicks off
The 12th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) opened in the Chinese capital on Saturday.
Shen Haixiong, president of China Media Group (CMG) and the 12th BJIFF Organising Committee, delivered a speech and announced the opening of the festival. Mo Gaoyi, member of the Beijing Municipal Standing Committee under the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the Communication Department of Beijing Municipal Government, also attended the event and delivered a speech.
“In the past 120 years since its birth, movies have kept on changing, bringing warmth and strength to the world. A good film can be a successful cultural industry. Internationally, the whole industry chain operation has become a mature model in the film market,” Shen said.
“The four major film festivals co-hosted by CMG with Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun and Hainan have their own characteristics. Since its establishment, the Beijing International Film Festival has shown its unique charm of the four with its style and temperament accumulated over time and its increasingly far-reaching international influence.”
The number of films registered for the “Tiantan Award” worldwide this year reached 1,450, an increase of 63 percent compared with 2021. Among them, there are 1,193 foreign films from 88 countries and regions.
The closing ceremony will take place on August 20, and 10 “Tiantan Awards” will be unveiled.
