Natalie Portman to attend Beijing Film Festival next monthMarch 24, 2016 - 16:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Natalie Portman will be Hollywood's highest-profile attendee at the upcoming Beijing Film Festival next month, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The Chinese festival announced Tuesday, March 22 that the star would attend its red-carpet opening ceremony on April 17. She will later participate in a forum on co-producing films in China and introduce a screening of her directorial debut, A Tale of Love and Darkness, at the China Film Archive. Portman has had an avid following in China since her first appearance as an actress in Luc Besson's Leon: The Professional (1994), which enjoys cult status across much of Asia. Her Oscar-winning performance in 2010's Black Swan is also a fan favorite in China, although the film wasn't released there theatrically. A Tale of Love and Darkness is based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Israeli author Amos Oz. The film was shot in Jerusalem and is told entirely in Hebrew, with Portman both starring and directing. It premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Portman previously attended the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2014. She has regularly expressed interest in working with Chinese directors, but has yet to shoot in the country. The actress is currently shooting Jackie, a biopic about former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, directed by Pablo Larrain. Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |