{"id":7779,"date":"2015-01-07T07:43:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T07:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/?p=7779"},"modified":"2015-01-07T07:43:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T07:43:29","slug":"luc-besson-chair-beijing-international-film-festival-jury-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/luc-besson-chair-beijing-international-film-festival-jury-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Luc Besson to Chair Beijing International Film Festival Jury in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"article-author\">by Clifford Coonan<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-created\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-text\">\n<p>French director <strong>Luc Besson<\/strong>, whose sci-fi action-thriller <em>Lucy<\/em> was <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/QdgBjB\" target=\"_blank\">a huge hit in China last year<\/a>, will chair the International Jury at the Beijing International Film Festival in April, organizers said.<\/p>\n<p>He will chair the panel to award the Tiantan awards at the close of the fifth edition of the Beijing festival, which will take place April 16-23 in the Chinese capital.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">FTA can act as your Chinese Celebrity Agency and help you contact book any\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"more info\" href=\"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Chinese Celebrity<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The prize is handed out annually at the event in 10 categories: best feature, director, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, screenplay, cinematography, music and visual effects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/review\/lucy-film-review-720583\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8216;Lucy&#8217;: Film Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>FTA can provide funding for overseas projects with A-list celebrities attached<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/iWMtjM\" target=\"_blank\">Last year&#8217;s jury<\/a> was headed by Hong Kong director <strong>John Woo. Richie <\/strong><strong>Mehta<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Siddarth <\/em>took the best picture award, <strong>Wong Kar <\/strong><strong>Wai<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>The Grandmaster <\/em>won the best director prize and\u00a0<strong>Zhang Ziyi<\/strong>won best actress. <strong>Guillaume Gouix<\/strong> won best actor for <em>Attila Marcel<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The festival includes a large market, forums, exhibitions and a carnival.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>FTA can act as your Hollywood Celebrity Agency and help you contact book any Hollywood<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"more info\" href=\"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Celebrities<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s emergence as the world&#8217;s second-largest film market means the festival has attracted some big names in recent years. Last year it drew Paramount Pictures COO <strong>Frederick Huntsberry<\/strong>, <em>Gravity<\/em> director <strong>Alfonso Cuaron<\/strong>, Motion Picture Association of America president<strong>Christopher Dodd<\/strong> and <em>Frozen<\/em> producer <strong>Peter Del Vecho<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Past festivals have been attended by\u00a0<strong>James Cameron<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Keanu Reeves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>FTA is looking to option scripts for Chinese production companies<\/em><\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Director <strong>Oliver Stone <\/strong>caused a stir at last year&#8217;s festival when he called on Chinese filmmakers to make movies that addressed controversial historical issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/besson_a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7780\" src=\"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/besson_a-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Luc Besson BJFF 2015\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/besson_a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/besson_a-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/besson_a-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a title=\"Luc Besson lead jury BJ Film Festival\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/luc-besson-chair-beijing-international-761332\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/luc-besson-chair-beijing-international-761332<\/a><\/p>\n<address class=\"byline author vcard\">Celebrity booking agency in China &amp; Overseas film consulting services<\/address>\n<address class=\"byline author vcard\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address class=\"byline author vcard\">Luc Besson, Beijing International Film Festival, Chinese Celebrity booking, Hollywood Celebrity in China, Hollywood agent in China, Investment, scripts, consulting, \u5916\u6a21, \u5916\u7c4d\u6f14\u5458, \u5916\u56fd\u827a\u4eba<\/address>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Clifford Coonan French director Luc Besson, whose sci-fi action-thriller Lucy was a huge hit in China last year, will chair the International Jury at the Beijing International Film Festival in April, organizers said. 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