Russia wins best actor, actress awards at Beijing film festival
Non-political
April 23, 2015, 17:45
Artem Tsypin starring in "White White Night" drama was named the best actor, and Yulia Peresild won Best Actress award for the Russian-Ukrainian film "Battle of Sevastopol"
BEIJING, April 23. /TASS/. Russian actors won two Tiantan awards at the 5th International Film Festival in Beijing on Thursday.
Artem Tsypin starring in "White White Night" drama was named the best actor.
Yulia Peresild who played Soviet World War II sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko in Russian-Ukrainian film "Battle of Sevastopol" won Best Actress award.
The Best Feature Film award went to Mexican movie "The Beginning of Time".
A total of 15 films competed for Tiantan Awards.
The festival's international jury was headed by French filmmaker and producer Luc Besson.