The 11th Beijing International Film Festival () 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 Changjin by Chen 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.

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. In 11th edition of festival, in 'Retrospect Section' the focus was on comic actor Charlie Chaplin.

The festival was closed on September 29 with the screening of 2019 film Saturday Fiction by Lou Ye. Beyond The Skies a Chinese film by Liu Zhihai won the Tiantan Award for best feature film.

International jury Tiantan Awards Seven members jury was selected for deciding the awards.

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

Opening and closing films The Battle at Lake Changjin (China), dir: Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Dante Lam Saturday Fiction (China), dir: Lou Ye Tiantan Awards Official Competition These are the highest awards at the festival. 15 films have been shortlisted for the awards.

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),https://variety.com/2021/awards/asia/aacta-awards-nominations-1235101658/ 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 - 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 - 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:

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

CategoryWinner(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

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