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The film BUDDHA MOUNTAIN two nights ago held a theme song music video press conference in Beijing. Director Li Yu, actors Fan Bingbing, Chen Bo-Lin, and song writer Mavis Fan Hiu Huen attended together. The lyrics write Han Han was absent due to a car race.

Li Yu said that this music video was a work of fate. A group of young friends who passionately set it up because their love for film. She personally directed the music video, Bingbing and Chen Bo-Lin starred. Bingbing even volunteered to sing. Fan Hiu Huen said that Bingbing's

performance in BUDDHA was very surprisingly beautiful to her. Han Han's lyrics also touched her so this song went very smoothly for her. Later she would like to sing this song as well.

Bingbing said that after this time the trio would be called Fan Fan Han, she hoped that everyone would support her. Speaking of the experience of singing this song, Bingbing honestly said, "Indeed I didn't sound as good as Fan Hiu Huen, but during the performance I was very focused and relaxed. Instead I was not nervous at all; Han Han's lyrics and Fan Hiu Huen's music need round after round of feeling to truly grasp this song's real meaning. I would let myself feel young and perform it again. That feeling is 'madness'." In the music video, Bo-Lin and Bingbing had to shoot in the water together. How was his underwater abilities? He only said, "Being able to make such a special music video with friends who like this film indeed was very fun, the shoot also brought me back to the initial condition of the film production."

Fan Bingbing in the new film BUDDHA MOUNTAIN played a wild and rebellious bar singer. In the film she performed Mavis Fan Hiu Huen's WAR, privately Bingbing also admired Fan Hiu Huen a lot. Thus Bingbing had the inspiration of inviting Fan Hiu Huen to create a theme song for the film and discussed it with director Li Yu. Fan Hiu Huen quickly agreed. After watching the film she was filled with inspiration and worked the song in the short time. Li Yu's friend Han Han after hearing the new music related to it and rapidly wrote lyrics for the new song. Finally Fan Bingbing performed the theme song as the trio's collaboration came to fruition! Today Bingbing will work on the theme song music video with lead actor Chen Bo-Lin. The music video will be released later this month.

Winner of Best Artistic Contribution and Best Actress at last year's Tokyo International Film Festival, BUDDHA MOUNTAIN two days ago held a press conference in Beijing. Director Li Yu and leads Fan Bingbing, Chen Bo-Lin and others attended. The film will be officially released on March 4. In the 30 second trailer was Fan Bingbing and Chen Bo-Lin kiss scene. Li Yu and Bingbing received commemorative gifts from the producer. The former received a new take board, while Bingbing received a crystal apple. She with APPLE won a Europe Asian Film Festival Best Actress. Bingbing emotionally said, "With the opportunity from APPLE, I wouldn't have the success of BUDDHA MOUNTAIN. This is an apple that is worthy of my collection."

Li Yu spoke about working with Bingbing again after APPLE. What changed the most about her? Li Yu said that Bingbing's performance was more and more mature and although she was more and more famous she still took risks with her acting.

The 23rd Annual Tokyo International Film Festival yesterday held its award and closing ceremony. The Best Actor and Best Actress prizes went to Chinese actors Wang Qianyuan and Fan Bingbing. Taiwan actors Sylvia Chang (Cheung Ngai Ga) and Wilson Chen Bo-Lin's BUDDHA MOUNTAIN won Best Artistic Contribution award.

The Best Actress award went to BUDDHA MOUNTAIN's Fan Bingbing. When director Li Yu accepted the award on behalf of Fan Bingbing she said, before coming to Tokyo she asked Fan Bingbing who could not visit Japan "what to do if you win?" Fan Bingbing said she probably would not, all 15 films in competition were great films. Best Actor went to THE PIANO IN A FACTORY's Wang Qianyuan, who received from the award from Judy Ongg. Wang Qianyuan felt very honored to receive the award from his childhood idol Judy Ongg. He said, the award to him was like a child who got a lollipop. Today's award was a lollipop for adults; he even said that

this was his first film, first film festival and first time on stage, it was also his first award. He felt he was very lucky.

The Li Yu directed BUDDHA MOUNTAIN received the Best Artistic Contribution Award. She said that the award was truly very surprising and very toughing. She had to thank this film's actors Sylvia Chang (Cheung Ngai Ga), Fan Bingbing, Chen Bo-Lin and others. In particular she

had to thank producer Fang Li, without his persistence for the film this film would not be possible.