'Wolf Totem' among nominees for top awards
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All eyes are now set on the winner's list for the 5th Beijing International Film Festival that opened to a grand start last week.
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Wolf Totem is a nominee at the Tiantan Awards. |
Tiantan, or Temple of Heaven Awards as the top honors are called, will be presented on Thursday to 15 winners chosen from hundreds of movies produced in 103 countries.
Wolf Totem, a Sino-French production that's directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, and Hong Kong filmmaker Hark Tsui's revolutionary epic The Taking of Tiger Mountain are two movies that are likely to emerge as favorites for the awards, according to several Chinese moviegoers at the festival.
The other nominees include the Russian crime thriller A White, White Night, Italian drama The Choice, South Korean entry The Whistleblower and Japanese fantasy Love & Peace.
Veteran moviemaker Luc Besson, who directed The Fifth Element starring Bruce Willis in 1997, said he loves movies that can be remembered even after much time has passed.
Recalling his childhood in a remote French village that was far away from the nearest cinema, the president of the Tiantan jury said movies were the "first window" to his understanding of the world.
"The best movies, touching you deep in the heart, are those that can be remembered and understood in five, 10 or 20 years, regardless of border and language," Besson told reporters at the festival's inaugural ceremony.
His interest in Chinese movies, he added, developed after watching Bruce Lee's martial arts productions as a teenager.
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