11th Beijing International Film Festival

11th Beijing International Film Festival
Official poster
Opening filmThe Battle at Lake Changjin
Closing filmSaturday Fiction
by Lou Ye
LocationYanqi Lake, Huairou District, Beijing, China
Founded2011
Awards
  • Tiantan Award
  • Best Feature Film: Beyond The Skies
  • Best Director: Andrey Zaytsev for A Siege Diary
Hosted by
No. of films300
Festival dateOpening: September 21, 2021 (2021-09-21)
Closing: September 29, 2021 (2021-09-29)
Website11th BJIFF
Beijing International Film Festival
12th

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 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.[1]

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 Fiction by Lou Ye.[4] Beyond The Skies a Chinese film by Liu Zhihai won the Tiantan Award for best feature film.[5][6]

  1. ^ Zhang Rui (September 22, 2021). "Filmmakers gather in Beijing for belated film festival". China org cn. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Wang Yifan (September 7, 2021). "11th Beijing International Film Festival to open on Sept. 21". Ecns.cn. Chinanews. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Huaxia (September 7, 2021). "11th Beijing International Film Festival to open on Sept. 21". Xinhua. News cn. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
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  6. ^ "Top film festival wraps up in Beijing". China org cn. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.