Fan Bingbing to Receive Cinema Icon Award at Singapore Film Festival
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Chinese superstar actor and producer Fan Bingbing will be the 2023 recipient of the Singapore International Film Festival‘s (SGIFF) Cinema Icon Award.
The festival will screen three of Fan’s films, curated by her – the recent “Green Night,” “Buddha Mountain” and “Double Xposure” – and the star will walk the red carpet on opening night, Nov.
30. As previously announced, Malaysian Cannes winner and Oscar contender “Tiger Stripes” will open SGIFF. The Cinema Icon Award and the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award are being reintroduced.
They were last part of the SGIFF Silver Screen Awards in 2019 and 2006 respectively. Past winners of the Icon Award include Michelle Yeoh (Malaysia), Simon Yam (Hong Kong), Koji Yakusho (Japan), Joan Chen (U.S./China) and Yao Chen (China).
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