BEIJING, March 30 — The China Film Directors’ Guild have recently released the list of nominations for this year’s awards.
As reported on Phoenix, the Guild held a press conference on March 22 to announce the nominations, which sees an interesting mix of award-winning films like Love Education and Angels Wear White, and box office commercial projects like Wolf Warrior 2 and The Ex-File: The Return of the Exes.
The Guild also announced the panel of jury, which is led by film director Zhang Yimou. Other jury members include filmmaker Zhang Jianya, producer Li Shaohong, and actress Zhao Wei.
Last year, it was Feng Xiaogang’s I Am Not Madame Bovary that won Best Picture, with its lead star Fan Bingbing and screenwriter Liu Zhenyun winning Best Actress and Best Screenwriter, respectively.
The nominees are as follows:
Director of the Year
Feng Xiaogang (Youth)
Chen Kaige (Legend of the Demon Cat)
Wu Jing (Wolf Warrior II)
Vivian Qu (Angels Wear White)
Zhang Yang (Soul on A String)
Movie of the Year
Youth
Wolf Warrior II
Legend of the Demon Cat
Soul on A String
Angels Wear White
Actor of the Year
Huang Xuan (Youth)
Duan Yihong (The Looming Storm)
Tian Zhuangzhuang (Love Education)
Tu Men (Old Beast)
Fan Wei (Mr No Problem)
Actress of the Year
Sylvia Chang (Love Education)
Zhou Dongyu (This is Not What I Expected)
Zhou Xun (Our Time Will Come)
Elane Zhong (Youth)
Vicky Chen (Angels Wear White)
Young Director of the Year
Zhou Ziyang (Old Beast)
Han Han (Duckweed)
Tian Yusheng (The Ex-File: The Return of the Exes)
Dong Chengpeng (City of Rock)
Wang Ran (Our Shining Days)
Screenwriter of the Year
Mei Feng, Huang Shi (Mr No Problem)
Wen Yan (Angels Wear White)
Zhou Ziyang (Old Beast)
Dong Yue (The Looming Storm)
You Xiaoying (Love Education)
The 9th China Film Director’s Guild will be held on April 21. — CinemaOnline