The "Assembly" Wins Big at Student Film Festival

The "Assembly" by noted Chinese director Feng Xiaogang swept three heavyweight awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, at the 15th Beijing Student Film Festival that closed on Tuesday night. Feng Xiaogang, who snapped the award for the first time, said he was thrilled for his 14-year film career grew with the film festival, which turns 15 this year.

Number of applications and entries was the most ever this year and the red-carpet show for the closing ceremony was studded with stars. A total of 23 awards were given out during the ceremony and Zhang Hanyu in "Assembly" and Miao Pu in the Chinese and Japanese cooperative production "Phoenix" were crowned the Best Actor and the Best Actress, respectively.

Feng Xiaogang