(China Daily) As one of the most celebrity-studded events during the ongoing 24th Shanghai International Film Festival, which will end on June 20, the 2021 Weibo Movie Awards Ceremony -- an influential event jointly organized by Sina Weibo and China Movie Channel -- recently gathered around 100 filmmakers and A-list stars.Jackie Chan - the iconic kung fu giant -- took home the Outstanding Contribution by an Actor for Chinese-language Film Award, the top acting honor of the event, for his career spanning over 50 years and making over 200 movies.
Chan said he is busy working on projects that were postponed by the COVID-19 outbreak earlier last year, with his major effort focusing on the post-production of a new arthouse film.
The glamorous event also presented Zhang Yimou, one of the best of China‘s influential fifth-generation directors, with the Outstanding Contribution by a Director for Chinese-language Film Award.
Overtaking Patty Jenkins as the world‘s highest-grossing female director for a single film thanks to her directorial feature Hi, Mom, director-actress Jia Ling won the most popular director of the year award. The film’s lead actress Zhang Xiaofei won the most popular performer of the year award.
With her vivid depiction of a modern Shanghai beauty in the smash hit My Best Friend‘s Story, actress Ni Ni -- whose upcoming film 1921 was the opening film of the festival -- won the best performer award alongside actor Zhu Yilong.
Known for fantasy drama Guardian and the espionage TV series The Rebel, Zhu also stars in the revolutionary film 1921 playing Zhou Enlai, the first premier of the People‘s Republic of China.
A total of 20 awards were announced during the event, held on June 12. Currently, the hashtag releated to the event has garnered 18.8 billion views on the popular social platform Sina Weibo.
Source: By Xu Fan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-06-15 17:07