China News Agency, Luliang, August 24 (Yang Peipei and Fan Lifang) The opening ceremony of the 4th 86358 Short Film Exchange Week was held on the evening of the 23rd in Jiajiazhuang, Fenyang City, Luliang City, Shanxi Province. More than 40 Chinese and foreign short films will be screened here. On the basis of focusing on high-quality short films in the world Chinese language, this exchange week specially set up a "Focus on Hungary" unit, which opened a cross-temporal dialogue between Chinese and foreign short films through the screen.

　　The theme of this exchange week is "Sit around the stove and shine together", with "Chinese Short Films", "Special Screenings", "Focus on Hungary" and "Local Power" units. Among them, of the 16 Chinese short films shortlisted in the "Chinese Short Films" section, 11 were world premieres, 1 was premiered in Asia, and 2 were premieres in China.

　　According to Xu Zhipeng, the curator of this event, "Focus on Hungary", as the featured unit of this exchange week, is a collaboration with Budapest Film Festival and selected 8 high-quality short films from Hungary. "I hope to bring Hungarian short films to Shanxi, especially to smaller villages, to get the attention of the Chinese grassroots through the exchange week."

　　"The addition of foreign short films has made the exchange week more international. From then on, it will focus on Italy, France, etc., and communicate with more excellent short films from the world, and collide with new sparks." Xu Zhipeng said frankly, from the first to the fourth. The creators are getting younger and younger, and they will grow up quickly in the future and become the pillars of Chinese movies.

　　Chinese director Jia Zhangke said that the short film is small in size and flexible in creation. It can express young people's emotional understanding of society and people quickly and independently. It is also easier for young people to start and gain work experience. The Exchange Week is a platform for young filmmakers to communicate and learn from each other.

　　The opening film of this year's exchange week is "Love in the Land" by the new director of "post-00" Hu Xiaomeng. With this film, Hu Xiaomeng won the Best Short Film Director Award at the Fourth China-Canada International Film Festival held in Montreal, Canada in 2019, and also won the Best Film Award at the 2019 Macau International Film Festival and the China-US International Film Festival Short Film Festival.

　　Jia Zhangke said that 86358 Short Film Exchange Week is a film event held in rural China. He hopes that cultural resources can flow, so that young people in small and medium cities and rural areas will also have the opportunity to contact art and cultural resources. (Finish)