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china news service, taiyuan, august 30 (reporter hu jian) ​​the organizing committee of the 8th pingyao international film festival announced the list of audience judges on the 30th. these 45 audience judges come from 24 cities at home and abroad, including beijing, shanghai, guangzhou, chengdu, xi'an, dalian, wuhan, taiyuan, seoul, edinburgh, and los angeles.

since the recruitment notice was released on august 10, the number of valid audience judges for the 8th pingyao international film festival has reached 2,101 by the registration deadline. the final audience judges range in age from 22 to 62 years old, including two from the united states, one from the united kingdom, and one from south korea.

in addition, this year's audience judges have diverse occupations, including but not limited to lawyers, travel route planners, aigc creators, pub owners, ai large language model evaluators, freelance translators, it software engineers, etc. these members with different professional backgrounds will provide more diverse perspectives and viewpoints for the audience review work.

during the 8th pingyao international film festival, all audience judges will be divided into several film viewing groups according to the official screening units of the film festival. they will watch the films in their respective units and select the "audience choice honors" from them.

the "audience choice honors" was established since the first pingyao international film festival. it aims to give moviegoers the opportunity to participate in film reviews, express their viewing feelings, convey their aesthetic tastes, express their respect and recognition for outstanding film works and outstanding filmmakers, and at the same time build a platform for interactive communication for the audience.

in addition to watching the films in the designated units, audience judges will also be invited to participate in other activities of the film festival to experience the pingyao international film festival from multiple angles. the 8th pingyao international film festival will be held from september 24 to 30 at the pingyao film palace in the ancient city of pingyao, jinzhong city, shanxi province. (end)

(china news network)