盛况空前：第18届上海国际电影节将开幕

The 18th edition of the Shanghai International Film Festival has received a record 2,096 entries from 108 countries and regions, organizers said, and this year's event will have a strong Asian focus.

第18届上海国际电影节日前隆重召开，据主办方成，本届电影节共收到108个国家和地区的报名影片2096部，将更加凸显亚洲文化。

Among the films nominated for the Golden Goblet Award are Sunstroke, from Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov, Kang Je-kyu's Salut D'amour, Cake by Daniel Barnz from the U.S. and Taiwan director Wang Tung's Where the Wind Settles.

金爵奖公布的九部入围作品中，有俄罗斯大师尼基塔·米哈尔科夫新作《中暑》、美国导演丹尼尔·巴恩兹的作品《蛋糕》，也有中国台湾地区导演王童新作《对风说爱你》。

The nominations also include Polish director Jacek Lusiński's Carte Blanche, The Duchess of Warsaw by France's Joseph Morder (France), Jameh Daran by Iran's Hamid Ghotbe, The Midwife by Antti Jokinen (Finland/Lithuania) and The Night Watchman, directed by Pierre Jolivet (France/Belgium).

其他获得提名的作品还有波兰导演Jacek Lusiński的作品《全权委托》，法国导演 Joseph Morder 的作品《华沙公爵夫人》，伊朗导演Hamid Ghotbe的作品《贾玛·德兰》，导演Antti Jokinen的作品《产婆》(芬兰/立陶宛)，导演Pierre Jolivet的作品《守夜人》(法国/比利时)。

The festival is to be held from June 13 to 21, and ticket sales will begin about one week ahead of the festival.

本届电影节将于6月13日至21日举行，在节前一周左右的时间开始预售门票。

The red carpet event will welcome nearly 400 stars from home and abroad to the openingceremony, including Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, Yao Chen, Jackie Chan, Aaron Kwok, Leon Lai, Liu Ye, and Eddie Peng.

巩俐、章子怡、范冰冰、姚晨、成龙、郭富城、黎明、刘烨、彭于晏等国内明星和多位重量级国际明星将参加首映式，在红毯上亮相。

15 films were nominated for the Asian New Talent Award, including a crop of wave-making Asian films, such as Teenage Babylon, End of Winter, River, Wolf Warrior and 13.

亚洲新人奖今年共有15部影片获提名，包括　《少年巴比伦》、《铁原纪行》、《13》等优秀作品。

This year's festival will include 45 screening locations, up from last year’s 35, covering 17 districts in Shanghai with 1,200 film screens. Two special events, the Internet Film Carnival and Jackie Chan Action Movie Week, will also take place this year.

本届电影节的影片将在上海市45家影院展映，比去年的35家影院有所增长，幅及上海市17个地区，1200个影厅。今年还有两场特殊的电影盛宴即将举行，一是国际电影嘉年华，而是成龙动作片电影周。