The 11th BJIFF
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Tiantan Award
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Panorama
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Opening and Closing
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Forum
- China Film Development Forum
- Young Filmmakers Forum
- Arthouse Film Forum
- The 1st China Movie Capital Development Forum
- China Animation Film Forum
- China Film Investment and Financing Summit
- China Film Marketing Summit
- Masterclass: Gong Li
- Masterclass: Bille August
- Masterclass: Peter Chan
- Masterclass: Asghar Farhadi
- Masterclass: Timmy Yip
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Market
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BCSFF
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Carnival
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Film+
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Online Film Mmarket
Subvert Traditions from Tradition, To Share Creative Ideas with World-class Art Master
The film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee is well-known in the circle of film fans. With the interpretation of Chinese aesthetics so deeply rooted in people’s mind, it has been highly praised at home and abroad. This year, Mr. Timmy Yip, a world-renowned film and stage art director, costume designer and visual artist, will be invited as the guest of the BJIFF Masterclass. Focusing on the theme "Rebirth of Chinese Traditional Aesthetics", he will share with us his insights on Chinese aesthetics and traditional culture in combination with his years of cross-border creative experience.
Mr. Timmy Yip continues to advocate his own ideas on the enlightenment of the culture on the future with constant explorations on the aesthetic value of the “neo-orientalism”. He focuses his creation on multiple fields such as the contemporary film, stage, art and literature.
Timmy Yip
In 2001, Timmy won the “Academy Award for Best Art Direction” (now “Academy Award for Best Production Design”) and the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the first Chinese filmmaker to win the awards. In the field of stage art, he has cooperated with several world-renowned artists, such as Zhang Yimou, Lai Shengchuan and Yang Liping, as well as the world-renewed leading groups, such as Cloud Gate Dance Theater and Contemporary Legend Theatre, with his creation widely spread all over the world. 
Stage Photo of the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
In addition, Timmy has also held solo art exhibitions all over the world, involving photography, painting, installation and other art forms. In 2007, his solo art exhibition "Illusions of Silence" was held at Today Art Museum in Beijing; he has published more than ten kinds of works including Lost in Time – The Art of Yip Kam Tim, Flower of the Wind, Floating: Photography by Tim Yip, Circulation – The Art of Yip Kam Tim II, ROUGE – L’ART DE TIM YIP and Illusions of Silence in many languages including Chinese, English and French. In January 2010, his original "autobiographical" essay Collections: The Aesthetics of Tim Yip was published.
In addition, he also participated in the art and costume design of the Olympic Games twice -- in 2004, he participated in the art and costume design for the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games and the flag handing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. In 2021, he once again designed the "Champion Dragon Suits" for the Chinese team, which witnessed the highlight moments of Chinese athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Timmy Yip and "Champion Dragon Suits"
The "Online BJIFF " this year includes many theme events such as the Tiantan Award, Opening Ceremony and Red Carpet, Beijing Film Panorama, Forward Future, Theme Forum, Workshop & Masterclass, Beijing Film Market, Film Carnival, Closing & Awards Ceremony, Beijing College Student Film Festival and "Film+". The “Online BJIFF" will be available at iQIYI and all the film fans can access to the “Online BJIFF” at iQIYI for the selected films, wonderful live broadcasts and latest industry news!
Timmy Yip Masterclass
Theme: Rebirth of Chinese Traditional Aesthetics
Time: 10:00AM, September 22, broadcast in “Online BJIFF” at iQIYI
