Dragonfly soars with three top honors as Beijing film fest ends

The 16th Beijing International Film Festival concluded on Saturday evening, with the British film Dragonfly emerging as the biggest winner, walking away with three Tiantan Awards — the event's highest honors.

The film, which tells the story of an unlikely friendship between an 84-year-old widow and her younger neighbor, won in the Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Best Actress categories. Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough shared the Best Actress prize, making it only the second time in the festival's history that the award has been shared by two winners.