More from Day One, Beijing International Film Festival

Another view of the Fan Bing-Bing dress. Not sure of the color--it could be anywhere from dark blue to dark gray but probably isn't black which is how it showed up on most of the pictures carried on the internet. I lightened this one a bit (note the pinkish wall) trying to show a bit of detail.

Fan Bing-Bing,Tang Wei and a guy in a striped shirt (who may well be more famous than either of them) backstage. Here is where one would like to be a Mandarin speaking fly on the wall to overhear who is saying what to whom.

Yu Rong-Guang and Mary Ma (Ma Yanli), each very intrigued with something. Nice pink evening purse.

Zhang Jingchu looks lovely and ignored by her date. Three minutes later they were probably texting their friends about what a dull party this was.

Guo Xiaodong keeps a firm hold on Wang Likun and Zhou Xianxin whose pairing of a low-cut minidress with an odd chiffon wrap was not a good idea.

This is Han Yuqin in blue and Huang Xiaolei in green. Women on display must get tired of the crossed ankles in stilettos stance but it seems to come with the territory.

Top picture of Fan Bing-Bing is from bjiff.com, the official site of the festival.

The rest are the work of photographer Wang Jing and were aggregated by sina.com in one of their many blogs. Wang Jing behind the camera:

First Beijing International Film Festival early red carpet pictures

The inaugural BIFF kicked off yesterday (depending on which side of the International Date Line your are) and Zimbio had a few red carpet pictures. I would imagine there will be many more particularly from Chinese sources in the next few days. Dennis Lee, as usual, will be where most of us start looking. He is also running some darling images of Karen Mok from her miniblog that shouldn't be missed. For now, a few pics from Zimbio:

Fan Bing-Bing goes with some of her strengths--classic profile and alabaster complexion with no jewelry and an unusual hairdo. One wonders what was happening way up by the ceiling that she found so intriguing.

Not quite sure what she is wearing here but she has a large following among fashion mavens so we will know soon enough.

Tang Wei with Peter Chan. Love the pattern on her dress, lovely looking fabric but it (or at least this outfit) drapes very badly--as if it was still being put together backstage.

Nice curly-girl tousled look although whoever loaned Tang Wei the necklace and earrings might have wished for a less flamboyant hairstyle--or at least something that didn't cover up her accessories quite so well.

Model/designer Mary Ma looks great in red, all 5' 10" of her.

Zhang Ziyi lends an ear to the diva-starved masses of China's capital city.

Something new--pedicure coverage showing nail polish matching a gown.

Zhang Ziyi in blue:

Mary Ma in red--more interesting is the detail on her gown. Looks like it might have a full length satin lining, possibly one of the reasons Mary Ma looks so confident in the photo above.

All images from Zimbio