'Macbeth' opens British Film Section of Beijing Int'l Film Festival

Audience wait for the projection of movie Macbeth, the opening movie for the British Film Section of the the 6th Beijing International Film Festival at the China Film Archive in Beijing, capital of China, April 18, 2016. In total 13 British movies produced in 2015 will be shown during this section of the film festival that will last until April 23.[Photo/Xinhua]

John Crowley's Brooklyn was a worldwide box office hit grossing $45 million. The film, produced by Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, was awarded the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film and was nominated for three Academy Awards.

Ex Machina, written and directed by Alex Garland, grossed $37 million worldwide and beat fierce competition to win the Academy Award for Visual Effects. Andrew Haigh's compelling drama 45 Years premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015 where British actors Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay won Silver Bears for their performances, and earlier this year Rampling was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the film.

Other films screened during the "UK on screen" season are Sunset Song, Listen to Me Marlon, Suffragette, The Program, A Royal Night Out, Just Jim, Man Up, Urban Hymn and The Incident, and all of them were critical hits all over the world.

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