China News Service, Changchun, August 20 (Reporter Li Yanguo) The reporter learned from the Organizing Committee of the 15th China Changchun Film Festival on the 20th that there are many highlights in the exhibition section of this film festival, and the "film world" and "Fore Force" will be established. "Tribute" three first-level units, and on this basis, carefully planned and launched seven second-level units, added an international film festival unit, and gathered hundreds of Chinese and foreign films.
The poster of "Golden Monkey and Demon". Photo courtesy of Changchun Film Festival Organizing Committee
The 15th China Changchun Film Festival will be held from September 5th to 10th. As an important part of the festival, the film exhibition unit will last from September 4th to September 15th.
"Wentini" stills. Photo courtesy of Changchun Film Festival Organizing Committee
It is known that the "Film World" is the most important, core, and largest first-level unit in the international film festival. This unit will fully demonstrate the diversity of today's film world, pay close attention to the latest appearance and current situation of film development, and present various new films of different genres, different countries, different cultures, and different temperaments. The second-level sub-units under it include "International Vision", "Film Festival Express", "Chinese New Film Exhibition" and "Beautiful Women in the North, Peerless and Independent" Women's Film Festival.
The "The Force" screening unit focuses on the future, focusing on the new forces of film growth, and tapping the driving force of film development. "The Force" is the first-level unit in the Changchun Film Festival International Film Festival that demonstrates creative vitality and advocates the spirit of exploration. The shortlisted films are the first or second feature films of young directors. Among them are "old acquaintances" who act and direct. There are also emerging directors of newborn calves.
"Salute" is a unit in the International Film Festival that expresses nostalgia and shows the humanistic spirit. The second-level units under it include "A Century of Classic 4K Restoration", "Shanghai Art Film Studio Classic 2K Restoration" and "Passing on the Fire". A retrospective exhibition of blue works.
"A Serenade" stills. Photo courtesy of Changchun Film Festival Organizing Committee
The addition of an international film festival unit has also become a key step for the Changchun Film Festival to move towards the world. It is understood that the overseas films of this International Film Festival will be presented in the four exhibition units of "Hundred Years of Classic 4K Restoration", "The Force", "Film Festival Express" and "International Vision", which not only include many classic old films with famous film history. There are also many recent global new films with great influence in the world, ensuring the classicity and viewability of the entire international film festival unit.
Every year the classic film restoration unit of major film festivals around the world will become the "highlight". In this year's Changchun Film Festival "Hundred Years Classic 4K Restoration" unit, there are both the 1920 black and white silent film "Outside the Law" and Alfred De Hitchcock's "Butterfly Dream", Billy Wild's "Sunset Boulevard", "Peachy Apartment", Martin Scorsese's "Good Guy" and other classic works.
In addition to revisiting and reviewing classic old films, another prominent feature of the films shown at this International Film Festival is the "new"-most of the participating films have not yet been officially released in the domestic market. The "Festival Express" screening unit will screen the latest award-winning and finalist films from world-renowned international film festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, etc., including the opening film of the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the film directed by the famous Japanese director Hirokazu Kee. "The Truth", the "Golden Bear" award-winning film "Innocent" at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival, and "Roubaix's Light", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 2019 Cannes International Film Festival. The "International Vision" screening unit will screen more than ten new film masterpieces full of exotic cultures and customs from all over the world, including "A Serenade" starring Miura Haruma and many Weihuazi, and won the 2020 Berlin Film Festival The "Windini" for the Best Actress Award also includes the documentary "Pavarotti: A Sound of Love", which records the glorious life journey of a generation of opera king Pavarotti.
Stills of "Pavarotti One Voice for Love". Photo courtesy of Changchun Film Festival Organizing Committee
The Chinese section of this year’s Changchun Film Festival has set up a special women’s film festival "There are beautiful women in the north, peerless and independent", which will bring fans a series of Chinese female filmmakers including "A Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart", "Xiao Hong", and "Jianghu Children" And leading excellent works.
The "Shanghai Art Film Studio Classic 2K Restoration" exhibition is also a screening unit carefully planned and launched at this year’s Changchun Film Festival. During the film festival, five 2K restoration versions of classic animations produced by the US Film Studio will be shown. "Lotus Lantern", "Golden Monkey Falling in the Demon" and "Nezha Naohai" are the first screenings.
On June 27, 2020, the famous film performance artist Yu Lan died in Beijing at the age of 99. In order to commemorate Yu Lan’s outstanding contributions to Changchun and even Chinese-language films, this year’s Changchun Film Festival specially planned a retrospective exhibition of Yu Lan’s works, including "Longxugou" and "Lin's Shop". Excellent work.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the exhibition units of this year's Changchun Film Festival will be divided into cinema screenings, outdoor screenings and some online screenings. (Finish)