More than 200 filmmakers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Chinese
mainland gathered in Beijing on Saturday night to open the first Chinese
Film Directors Association Awards.
The Association's Chairman Haung Jianxin, vice-chairman and renowned
filmmaker Feng Xiaogang, and secretary He Ping, attended the big scale
awards ceremony, which included the six categories of Best Director, Best
Youth Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Life Achievement and Box Office
Director Awards.
Feng Xiaogang, the director of the
recently-released "A World without Thieves" and Lu Chuan, who made this
year's Golden Horse-winning movie "Ke Ke Xi Li" were on the nominee list,
with renowned
and popular stars like
Li Bingbing, Zhang Guoli, Xu Fan and Xu Jinglei also making an appearance
at the awards.
The results of the competition, which mainly focused on Chinese films
in 2004, will be announced on January 11th.
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