Being short-listed is the concept of eligibility for international film festivals. The organizing committee has its own quality requirements for films, such as Cannes International Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival. For films that are short-listed in the main competition unit, all actors in it are eligible to win prizes, and the prizes in other units are less. There are many domestic actors whose works are not even shortlisted for the main competition unit. Why dare to be nominated for the marketing international film festival? That is because their films are shortlisted for other units and are also eligible to win prizes in the selection of other units.

Nomination is a candidate concept for film awards, such as Oscar, Golden Horse, Golden Statue, Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers and Huabiao. It is a reward for nominees by selecting a small number of winners from all films that have signed up for the selection.