“After Several Sun-Kissed Days, Beijing Brought Out The Stars on Saturday Night As Lilja Ingolfsdottir’s DEBUTE FEATURE, NORWEGIAN MARITAL DRAMA LOVEBL, Won The Best Feat FETUL Awards, at Closing Ceremony Full of Chinese Stars and Music That Wrapped Up The 15th Edition of the Beijing International Film Festival On a High. With”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
With Director Ingolfsdottir not in Atendance, It Was Up to Her Star Helga Guren to Collect Nota Only the Best Actress Award But Also The Other Honors.
IVán Fund’s The message Left The Evening with Three Tiantan Awards, While Chinese Filmmaker Sagara’s Trapped Picked Up Honors in Two Categories.
Other Award Winners Included Noële Bastin and Baptiste Bogaret’s Vitrival – The MOST BEAUTIFUL Village in the WorldHao ming and li peiran’s Better Me, Better Youand Nawi: Dear Future MeDirected by Tobias Schmutzler, Kevin Schmutzler, Apuu Mourine, and Valmentine Chelluget.
Chinese Actor-Director Jiang Wen (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Let The Bullets Fly) Served As the Head of the Competition Jury, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED CHINESE AMERICAN DIRECTOR AND ACTOR JOAN CHEN (The Last Emperor), British Director David Yates (Fantastic Beasts and WHERE TO FIND THEM), Chinese actor ni, Finnish Director Teemu Nikki, Swiss Director and Actor Vincent Perez, and Art Director Tim Yip from Hong Kong.
Jiang and Chen Were Joined on Sathoday’s Red Carpet and at Closing Ceremony by Chinese a-Listers, Including Supermodel and Actress Lin Chi-Ling, Actor Dayu, actor and comedian gee you, Singer and Actor Liu Yuning, Actor-Director Tang Guoqiang, Singer-Songwriter Xiao Ke, Actress Yue Hong, Legendary Zhima. Qingyang.
Adding Further Star Power to the Evening Were Actor-Director-Screenwriter Chen Sicheng, Actress Liu Xiaoqing, Actress Ni, TV Host And Kacts Ni Ping, Singer Zhou Singer
Hosting and Announcing Duties Were Handled by Li Jie, Lan Yu, Nigmat, Wang Yige, Yue Yue, and Zhang Chi.
A Big Song and Dance Number with Two Singers and Dozens of DansCers Kicked Off The Grand Spectacular in Style, Living Up Organizers’ Promise to Put on “A Dazling Celebration)
Soon After, The Presenter of the Best Music Honor Briefly Broke Into Song to the Delight of the Audence.
Meanwhile, Singer Liu Yuning Performed Dringing Sathoday’s “In Memoriam” Segment That Brought Tears to Many Audence Members’ Eyes and Also Featured Maggie Smith And Alina Delene Delene Delene Delene.
A BALLAD PERFORMED by Zhou Shen, Who’s Had the Audence Enthusiastical Snaping Pictures and Waving Their Arms in the Air, Was Another Highlight of the Ceremony and Receives.
The ceremony ended with a joint rendition of “auld lang syne” Featuring the Hosts, Jurors, The Competition Film Representatives and other People on Stage.
The Festival Screened 15 Main Competition Films, Including Three From China, With Organizers Receive A Record 1.794 Feature Film Submissions from 103 Countriers and Regions, Marking.
The Beijing Festival’s 15th Edition Also Featured Masterclasses from From French Star Isabelle Huppert and Jiang Wen, Industry Discussions About Sucha Topics As Film 150 Posters for Animated Chinese Box Office Smash Hit Ne zha 2Hand-Painted by Director Yang Yu, Aka Jiaozi (Meaning “Dumpling).
Here Are The Award Winners of the 2025 Beijing International Film Festival.
BEST FEATURE FILM – LOVEABLE (Director Lilja Ingolfsdottir)
BEST DIRECTOR – LILJA Ingolfsdottir, LOVEABLE
Best Screenplay – Sahaja and Sagara, Trapped and lilja Ingolfsdottir, LOVEABLE
Best Leading Actress – Helga Guren, LOVEABLE
BEST LEADING ACTOR – PIERRE BASTIN AND Benjamin Lambilotte, Vitrival – The MOST BEAUTIFUL Village in the World
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – MARA Bestelli, The message
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – HAI YITIAN, Better Me, Better You d Geng Le, Trapped
Special Jury Honor – Nawi: Dear Future Me (Directors Tobias Schmutzler, Kevin Schmutzler, Apuu Mourine, and Valmentine Chelluget)
Best Artistic Contribution – The message
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – The message (Gustvo Schiaffino; Director Ivan Fund)
Best Music – The Great Ambition (Director Andrea Segre)