盛況空前：第18屆上海國際電影節將開幕

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屆上海國際電影節在即，據主辦方稱，本屆電影節共收到108個國家和地區的報名影片2096部，將更加凸顯亞洲文化。

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.
金爵獎公佈的九部入圍作品中，有俄羅斯大師尼基塔·米哈爾科夫新作《中暑》、韓國名導姜帝圭新作《長壽商會》、美國導演丹尼爾·巴恩茲的作品《蛋糕》，也有中國臺灣地區導演王童新作《對風說愛你》。

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).
其他獲得提名的作品還有波蘭導演Jacek Lusiński的作品《女友的祕密》，法國導演約瑟夫·莫德的作品《華沙女公爵》，伊朗導演Hamid Ghotbe的作品《意外的真相》，導演安提·喬金恩的作品《助產士》（芬蘭/立陶宛），導演皮埃爾·祖利維的作品《守夜人》（法國/比利時）。

The festival is to be held from June 13 to 21, and ticket sales will begin about one week ahead of the festival.
本屆電影節將於6月13日至21日舉行，在節前一週左右的時間開始預售門票。

The red carpet event will welcome nearly 400 stars from home and abroad to the opening ceremony, including Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, Yao Chen, Jackie Chan, Aaron Kwok, Leon Lai, Liu Ye, and Eddie Peng.
鞏俐、章子怡、范冰冰、姚晨、成龍、郭富城、黎明、劉燁、彭于晏等國內明星和多位重量級國際明星將參加首映式，在紅毯上亮相。

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.
亞洲新人獎今年共有15部影片獲提名，包括《少年巴比倫》、《鐵原紀行》、《河》、《戰狼》、《13》等優秀作品。

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.
本屆電影節的影片將在上海市45家影院展映，比去年的35家影院有所增長，1200場展映幅及上海市17個地區。今年還有兩場特殊的電影盛宴即將舉行，一是國際電影嘉年華，二是成龍動作片電影周。