Picking the top 10 Chinese films of 2014

Filmmakers and critics from all sides of the Taiwan Straits gathered in Beijing to begin a major review of last year's Chinese cinema.

The third annual selection of The Ten Chinese Films, co-launched by the mainland's China Film Critics Society, and similar offices in Hong Kong and Taiwan, kicked off on Tuesday in a bid to pick the 10 best productions from all Chinese films screened across the country's theaters in 2014.

Initial appraisals will be processed in three regions between February and May, when the final round will be staged in Beijing. Hong Kong producer and director Ng See-Yuen is the president of the judging panel.