Jury Member
Huang Jianxin
Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter
One of the leading figures of the Fifth Generation of Chinese directors
Selected Works: Stand Up, Don't Bend Over, 1921, The Battle at Lake Changjin series
Biography
In 1985 he directed his first feature, The Black Cannon Incident, which won the Huabiao Awards, the Golden Rooster Awards, the Hong Kong Film Awards and other film awards. Films he has directed and executive-produced have repeatedly broken Chinese box office records, and he has won awards many times at film awards in China and at international film festivals. In 2021, 1921 won Best Screenplay at the 34th China Golden Rooster Awards.