THE Sixth Silk Road International Film Festival concluded Sunday in Fuzhou, the capital of East China’s Fujian Province. A total of five awards for the best feature film, animated film, documentary film, and the most popular actor and actress of the year were given out at the event. “The Wandering Earth,” produced by China, and “Lazzaro Felice,” co-produced by Italy, Switzerland, France and Germany, were among three joint-winners of the 2019 Golden Silk Road media honor for feature film of the year. Italian actor Adriano Tardiolo starring in “Lazzaro Felice” and British actress Katie Proctor starring in “Sorry We Missed You” won the most popular actor and actress of the year awards. More than 400 films from over 40 countries and regions along the Belt and Road competed for the awards at the film festival, which screened more than 160 films from 52 countries and regions since its opening Oct. 15. A total of 32 projects covering copyright transactions, film co-production and other fields worth more than 18 billion yuan (US$2.54 billion) were signed during the event. Established in 2014, the film festival is hosted by Fujian and Northwest China’s Shaanxi provinces in rotation. (Xinhua) |