The competition for this edition of the Golden Coconut Awards is divided into three sections: Feature Films, Feature Documentaries, and Short Films, with a jury composed of 13 renowned domestic and international film industry professionals.
They will use their rich and diverse forward-looking perspectives and rigorous evaluation standards to discover outstanding visual works. They focus not only on the technical performance and artistic style of the films, but also on the profound exploration of society, human nature, and culture within the works. They believe in the power of cinema, and that every work has its unique value and can touch the hearts of the audience. They will bring broader perspectives and richer cultural collisions to the film festival, and give fair recognition and affirmation to the dedication and efforts of filmmakers.
Jury President
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
(Director)
Turkish director, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, and producer.
In 1995, 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, been nominated for Cannes 7 times and won 4 times, holding one Palme d'Or, two Grand Jury Prizes, and one Best Director Award. Almost every one of his works has won numerous awards, making him one of the most influential art film directors in the international film arena of the 21st century.
His representative works include The Town, Clouds of May, Distant, Climates, Three Monkeys, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Winter Sleep, and About Dry Grasses.
Feature Films
The Feature Films jury is presided over by Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 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.
Caroline Champetier
Caroline Champetier
(Cinematographer)
French cinematographer and director.
Since 1979, Caroline Champetier has participated in over 100 films.
In 2010, her collaboration with Xavier Beauvois on Of Gods and Men earned her the Best Cinematography Award at the César Awards and the Best Cinematography Award at the Lumières Awards, as well as a nomination for Best Cinematography at the 23rd European Film Awards. Her two collaborations with Leos Carax, Holy Motors and Annette, won the Silver Frog Award at the Camerimage International Film Festival in Poland and the Best Cinematography Award at the 27th Lumières Awards, respectively.
In 2022, the film The Cursed Doesn't Cry, which Caroline participated in, was nominated for the Queer Lion Award at the 79th Venice Film Festival.
In 2023, Caroline received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Shahram Mokri
Shahram Mokri
(Director)
Iranian director, screenwriter, and editor.
In 2013, he won the Special Creative Award in the Orizzonti section at the 70th Venice Film Festival for his feature debut Fish & Cat.
In 2018, his second feature film Invasion was nominated for the Best Film Award in the Teddy Bear section at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2020, he was nominated for Best Film in the Orizzonti section at the 77th Venice Film Festival with Careless Crime, and won the Golden Bisato Screenwriting Award from the Venice Independent Critics' Association and the Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival.
Da peng
Da Peng
(Director, Actor)
Director and actor.
He has directed multiple films including Jianbing Man, City of Rock, Viva L'Ambizione!, Post-Truth, and One and Only. In 2017, he received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 11th Asian Film Awards for I Am Not Madame Bovary.
In 2018, he won the Most Popular Actor Award for College Students at the 25th Beijing College Student Film Festival for City of Rock. In the same year, his directed short film A吉祥 won the Best Dramatic Short Film Award at the 55th Golden Horse Awards.
In 2020, Viva L'Ambizione! was selected for the Golden Goblet Awards at the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival.
In 2023, he won the Best Actor Award at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Goblet Awards for Dust to Dust.
Huang Xiaoming
Xiaoming Huang
(Actor, Producer)
Actor and producer.
Representative works include American Dreams in China, The Bravest, The Message, Forever Young, and The Return of the Condor Heroes.
With the film American Dreams in China, he won the Best Actor Award at the 29th China Film Golden Rooster Awards, the Best Actor Award at the 15th China Film Huabiao Awards, and the Best Actor Award at the 32nd Hundred Flowers Awards. He is currently the youngest Best Actor grand slam winner in mainland China.
In 2022, he once again won the Best Actor Award at the 33rd China Film Golden Rooster Awards and the Best Actor Award at the 35th Hundred Flowers Awards for the film The Bravest.
In 2023, the film Heart's Motive, which he produced and starred in, was released and received widespread acclaim.
Ma Yili
Yili Ma
(Actor)
Chinese mainland actress.
Representative works include B for Busy, Lost, Strive, and The First Half of My Life.
In 2008, she won the Best Actress Award at the 9th China Changchun Film Festival for the film Jiangbei Good Person.
In 2018, she won the Best Actress Award at the 24th Shanghai Television Festival Magnolia Awards for The First Half of My Life. In the same year, she won the Annual Actress Award at the 10th China Film Directors' Guild for Lost, and was nominated for Best Actress at the 32nd China Film Golden Rooster Awards.
In 2019, she won the 17th China Film Performance Art Society Award.
Liu Yi
Yi Liu
(Screenwriter)
Screenwriter. Vice President of the China Film Literature Society.
Representative works include Wolf Warrior, Magic Card Action, Cook Up a Storm, Wolf Warrior II, Sky Hunter, Young Justice Bao, Young Justice Bao II: Heroic Spirit, and The Return of the Condor Heroes.
His screenwriting work China 1921 won the Best Television Series Award at the 26th China TV Golden Eagle Awards.
Wolf Warrior was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 33rd Hundred Flowers Awards, and Wolf Warrior 2 was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 34th Hundred Flowers Awards and Best Asian Film at the 59th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards.
Feature Documentary
The Feature Documentary jury consists of Chinese documentary director Zhang Tongdao, Vice President of Content at Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Vikram Channa, and international producer Sun Shuyun. We look forward to them injecting new meaning into reality!
Zhang Tongdao
Tongdao Zhang
(Director)
Director of the Documentary Center at Beijing Normal University, and Professor at the School of Art and Communication. President of the Film, Television and Media Committee of the China Association of Higher Education.
In 2010, he hosted the release of China's first documentary blue book, Research Report on the Development of Chinese Documentaries, which has been published consecutively for 12 years.
His works include the documentary films Little Kingdom, Post-00s, and Chasing Light for Ten Thousand Miles, as well as multiple television documentaries. His works have won awards at home and abroad, including the Golden Panda, Golden Kapok, and the Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Qatar.
Vikram Channa
Vikram Channa
(Vice President of Content, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific)
Vice President of Content at Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, having executive produced and produced over a thousand documentaries.
Representative works include How China Governed: China in the Past Five Years, Extreme Land, Kung Fu Apprentices, In Dialogue with the Past, Hong Kong Please Answer, Revelation of the War on Epidemics, How China Works, China by Numbers, and Gaming Planet.
Awards received include the Asian Television Awards, Asian Academy Creative Awards, China Documentary Academy Awards, New York Festivals TV & Film Awards, Promax International Awards, the US Telly Awards, and the Omni Intermedia Awards.
Sun Shuyun
Shuyun Sun
(Producer)
Creative Director of EOS FILMS.
She focuses on international co-productions of high-end humanities and natural history documentaries, and has successfully launched a series of works with profound influence in mainstream global media, including A Year in Tibet (BBC), National Parks: Wildlife Kingdom (CCTV/BBC), River from the Himalayas (CCTV/ORF/ZDF/ARTE), 1421: China Discovers the World (PBS), and Art of China 3000 Years (CCTV/BBC/ZDF).
Short Film
The Short Film jury consists of Italian director Stephen Natanson, Chinese director and screenwriter Wang Lina, and Chinese director and screenwriter Liu Yulin. Together, they will explore the boundaries of cinema!
Stephen Natanson
Stephen Natanson
(Director)
Italian director, cinematographer, and editor.
In 2011, Natanson was nominated for Best Documentary at the 55th David di Donatello Awards and won the Best Documentary Award at the Italian Golden Globe Awards for directing the documentary This Is My Land... Hebron. The film won over 20 awards globally.
Natanson's works have been selected and screened at multiple international film festivals including Venice, Berlin, and Toronto. He has also received nominations for three major awards in the Italian film industry, winning two of them. Meanwhile, since 1995, Natanson has taught filmmaking, directing, and new media technologies at several universities and the National Film School of Italy.
Wang Lina
Lina Wang
(Director, Screenwriter)
Director, screenwriter.
Representative works include A First Farewell and Village Music.
As screenwriter and director, her work A First Farewell won the Generation 14plus Grand Prix of the Jury at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, and the Best Film Award in the Asian Future section at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival, among other major awards. She herself won the Best Director Award at the 2nd Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF) and the Media Focus Filmmaker at the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival Belt and Road Film Week, among other awards.
As director and co-screenwriter, her work Village Music won the Venture Capital Award at the 7th Silk Road International Film Festival and the Jury's Outstanding Project at the 33rd China Film Golden Rooster Awards' Golden Rooster Film Venture Capital Market, among other awards.
Liu Yulin
Yulin Liu
(Director, Screenwriter)
Director, screenwriter.
In 2014, her directed short film Door God won the Narrative Film Award at the Student Academy Awards (Oscars) and over 20 other international awards.
In 2016, she directed her first feature film Someone to Talk To.
In 2018, she directed the short films Where We All Want to Be, Time Flies, and Light in Life for VOGUE FILM. In the same year, representing China, she directed the short film Dumplings, and collaborated with four other female directors from different countries to create the BRICS countries anthology feature Half the Sky.
In 2020, she directed and wrote the feature film Ordinary Men and Women; in 2021, she directed the feature film Never Forget Me. Both films were released in 2023.
