The enthusiasm of the domestic film investment market gradually recovered
Xinhua News Agency, Xiamen, November 27th (Reporters Yan Zhihong and Ren Qinqin) "We have voted for this project, and everyone in this room who is interested can join together." "A good horse must be equipped with a saddle, and the title of your film is worthy of it." "The plot of the movie" "creative comes, the money is in place, and the logic of the plot has room for improvement"... The 33rd China Film Golden Rooster Awards series event held in Xiamen on the 26th, the ultimate road show of the Golden Rooster Film Venture Capital Conference , Young filmmakers and investors’ representatives are engaged in a “creative deal” of domestic films in full swing.
The Golden Rooster Film Venture Capital Conference is one of the series of events of this year’s Golden Rooster Awards. The call for venture capital projects was launched on August 1st this year. In just one month’s solicitation time, the organizing committee received a total of 1,059 applications. Filmmakers also regard the venture capital conference as an effective platform for self-promotion and matching investors.
"During the internship at the police station, I remembered what Master said-the police never knew what was behind the door. If the mission requires them, they will definitely open these doors." Young director Gao Renjie graduated from a public security college. At this venture capital conference, he brought a self-edited and self-directed venture capital project "Into the Mountain", which made the judges on the scene shine.
Including Gao Renjie's works, 16 "Chinese-language feature film projects with complete scripts and not yet produced" stood out from more than 1,000 entries and appeared on stage at the ultimate road show on the 26th.
The reporter observed that under the background of good results in domestic epidemic prevention and control, investors' enthusiasm for investment in the domestic film market has gradually recovered.
"As of now, "Yai Hundred" has topped the annual global box office. This is the first time that a Chinese film has achieved this success." Zhang Hong, Secretary of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Film Association, said at the conference that the domestic film market is in the summer and Driven by the National Day file, "bottomed out" and led the Chinese film market to become the world's number one ticket warehouse.
At the same time, the industry has put forward higher expectations for the future development of domestic films.
"We look forward to seeing more dazzling works based on the real life of small people in the context of the big time." said Li Ning, senior vice president of Xinli Media and President of Xinli Film.
He proposed that young filmmakers should focus on the reality of life and use positive energy works with realistic themes to bring spiritual joy and ideological improvement to the audience.
Behind the recovery of investment enthusiasm is the strong support for the outstanding performance of domestic movies at the box office. Data shows that in October, the national film market produced 6.351 billion yuan in box office, attracting a total of 165 million people to watch movies. Not only did the ticket sales far exceed the same period in 2017 and 2018, but also approached 8.616 billion yuan in the same period in October 2019. Single-month box office and movie-going visits also set a new record in the global single market.