Director John Woo, president of this year's Beijing International Film Festival jury, shows off the Tiantan Award trophy (CRI)

The full list of Tiantan Award jurors that will be at the Beijing International Film Festival or BIFF, has been officially released today.

World renowned director John Woo is president of the International Jury this year, and the other six members including European film producer Andres Vicente Gomez, famous Irish director, scriptwriter and producer Jim Sheridan, Chinese director Lu Chuan, and famous Italian actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta are on the list.

A total of 837 films from 88 countries and regions are registered with the Organizing Committee of the BIFF. Fifteen films made the short-list for this year's Tiantan Awards.

The film festival lasts on April 16-23, opening with the 2014 Franco-German romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast.

(CRIENGLISH.com March 28, 2014)