On December 11, the organizing committee of the 5th Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF) announced the jury lineup for the Golden Coconut Awards of this edition, with world cinema master Nuri Bilge Ceylan serving as the president of the jury.
In 1995, Nuri Bilge Ceylan officially launched his directorial career with the short film Cocoon, which was nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 48th Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Turkish short film to receive this honor. To date, Nuri Bilge Ceylan has directed 9 feature films, earned 7 Cannes nominations, and won 4 awards, holding one Palme d'Or, two Grand Jury Prizes, and one Best Director Award, making him an outstanding art film director in the international film arena of the 21st century.
The Golden Coconut Awards competition of this edition of the festival is divided into three major categories: feature-length fiction, feature-length documentary, and short documentary, with a jury lineup composed of 13 renowned domestic and international film industry professionals.
Among them, the feature-length fiction category has Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan as the president of the jury, with French cinematographer Caroline Champetier, Iranian director Shahram Mokri, Chinese director and actor Da peng, Chinese actor and producer Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor Ma Yili, and Chinese screenwriter Liu Yi serving as jurors; the feature-length documentary jurors are Chinese documentary director Zhang Tongdao, Vice President of Content at Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Vikram Channa, and international producer Sun Shuyun; the short film jurors are Italian director Stephen Natanson, Chinese director and screenwriter Wang Lina, and Chinese director and screenwriter Liu Yulin.
Hainan Daily Reporter Zhang Wanqian
