Argentine film Paulina closes Beijing film festival with top award

Bai Baihe, leading actress in the film Go away Mr. Tumor.[Photo by He Keyao/chinadaily.com.cn]

A slew of stars from both home and abroad attended the closing ceremony, including director Anthony LaMolinara, French actor David Belle, Canadian actress Kendall Cross, singer Joey Yung, actor Liao Fan, Peter Ho, Woo-bin Kim, Chiu Man-Cheuk, actress Athena Chu, Xu Fan, and Bai Baihe.

This year’s Beijing International Film Festival stood out for its unprecedented vitality, inclusiveness and vigorous growth. More than 300 film institutions from 50 countries and around 15,000 guests and representatives from across the globe attended the event. Some $2.5 billion contracts were signed, an increase of 18 percent compared with last year. And the box-office collections reached more than $1.538 million for the 500 film works shown during the one-week festival, more than double the ticket sales year on year.

"I totally believe that the Beijing Film Festival will grow in the future," Brett Ratner said.

List of Awardees:

Best Picture:Paulina, Santiago Mitre,

Best Actor:Under sandet, Louis Hofmann

Best Actress:Paulina, Dolores Fonzi

Best Director:The Idealist,Christina Rosendahl

Best Supporting Actor:The Master, Jin Shijie

Best Supporting Actress:Moira，Ketevan Tskhakaia

Best Screenplay:Paulina, Santiago Mitre and Mariano Llinas

Best Cinematography:Aferim!,Marius Panduru

Best Music Award：Under sandet, Sune Martin

Best Visual Effects:Go away Mr. Tumor, Han Yan