China News Service, Lv Liang, August 24th, title: More than 40 Chinese and foreign short films in Shanxi Village Screening Jia Zhangke: Rural Film Event

　　Author Fan Lifang Yang Peipei

　　A heavy rain failed to stop people's enthusiasm for film communication. The opening ceremony of the 4th 86358 Short Film Exchange Week planned by the internationally renowned director Jia Zhangke was held on the evening of the 23rd in Jiajiazhuang, Fenyang City, Luliang City, Shanxi Province. Jia Zhangke said that this is a film event held in rural China. While providing a communication platform for young filmmakers, it also hopes that cultural resources will flow so that young people in small and medium cities and rural areas can access art.

The theme of this year's film festival is "Sit around the furnace and shine together". Photo by Wei Liang

　　The charm of short films: the director's "first experience of creation"

　　The theme of this year's film festival is "Sit around the stove and shine together", with "Chinese Short Films", "Special Screenings", "Focus on Hungary" and "Native 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. From the 23rd to the 28th, there will be 9 screenings and exchanges, a film forum, a film open class, two movie people parties and other activities.

　　Four years ago, the first 86358 short film week landed in Jiajiazhuang like a seed. Since then, the short film week has focused on "committed to promoting the art of Chinese-language short films, promoting cultural exchanges, and discovering young film talents". The scale of the festival has continued to expand, becoming a highly influential cultural exchange platform for short films in China.

Jia Zhangke appeared at the opening ceremony to explain the significance of the short film to the director. Photo by Wei Liang

　　That night, Jia Zhangke appeared at the opening ceremony to explain the significance of the short film to the director. "The short film is small in size and flexible in creation. It can quickly and independently express the young people’s emotional understanding of society and people, and they are free from the shackles of industry because of film production. It is already an industrialized production model; on the other hand, short film scripts are short and filming cycles are short, but the entire production process (and feature films) is the same. It is easy for young people to start and gain work experience." In addition, after the rise of new media, The increase in terminal outlets makes it easier to play 5-minute and 10-minute short videos.

　　Ding Jianguo, deputy dean of the Television and Film School of Shanxi Media College, agreed with this. He said that most well-known directors started by shooting short films, because short films gave us the initial search for aesthetics, the exploration of the people we care about, and the initial identification of film methods.

A heavy rain failed to stop people's enthusiasm for film communication. Photo by Wei Liang

　Film Weekly Dialogue: Focus on Hungary

　　This year's 86358 short film exchange week selected the "post-00" new director Hu Xiaomeng's "Love in the Land" as the opening film.

　　Hu Xiaomeng said that he used three vacations to complete the filming of the film. That year, he was 18 years old. 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. The film also won the Best Film at the 2019 Macau International Film Festival and the China-US International Film Festival Short Film Festival. prize.

　　Xu Zhipeng, the curator of this short film exchange week, said, “In the past four years, creators have gradually become younger. In the future, they may grow up quickly and become the pillars of Chinese movies.”

　　In order to further enlighten young creators, on the basis of focusing on high-quality short films in the world Chinese language, 86358 Short Film Exchange Week and Budapest Film Festival conducted strategic cooperation, set up a "Focus on Hungary" unit, selected 8 high-quality short films, and launched them on the screen. A dialogue across time and space in a short film.

　　Xu Zhipeng said that through the exchange week, he hopes to bring short films from Hungary or more countries and regions to Shanxi and small villages to get the most grassroots attention.

The event was co-sponsored by Jia Zhangke Art Center, Shanxi Institute of Media, and Shanxi Jiajiazhuang Tengfei Tourism Development Co., Ltd. Photo by Wei Liang

　Film festival landing in the countryside: let the cultural resources flow

　　As Jia Zhangke said in an interview, 86358 Short Film Exchange Week is one of the few film events held in rural areas. “I hope that cultural resources will flow so that young people in small and medium-sized cities and rural areas can also access art and cultural resources.”

　　Talking about the relationship between the movie and the audience, Xu Zhipeng said that the two achieve each other and guide each other. “In Jiajiazhuang, Seed Theater will show movies every Saturday and Sunday and hold a movie salon. We found that the audience has older aunts, but There are more young students. Filming a seed will take root and grow in a small village." Ding Jianguo also bluntly stated that he hopes Jiajiazhuang will become China's future "Hollywood".

　　In recent years, in the revitalization of the countryside, Jiajiazhuang has explored a new path for the integrated development of cultural and tourism. Jiajiazhuang Industrial Cultural and Creative Park, Jia Zhangke Art Center, Seed Cinema, Writer Village, etc. have been completed. 86358 Film Short Film Exchange Week and Luliang Literature Season have successively become brand projects integrating cultural and tourism in Luliang and even Shanxi. Jiajiazhuang is now a film Numerous artists have also given different feelings to fans and literary youth.

　　From August 23 to 28, the 20th Rural Culture Tourism Festival in Jiajiazhuang was held simultaneously. As an important part of it, the 86358 short film exchange week has become one of the most iconic cultural business cards of Jiajiazhuang, Fenyang and even Luliang.

　　Xing Wanli, Secretary of the Party Committee of Jiajiazhuang Village and Chairman of Ascendas Tourism Development Co., Ltd., said that the short film week continues to innovate, focusing on tapping and cultivating new forces, enhancing its international influence, and also accelerating the growth of rural cultural construction. Shows and spreads the beauty of rural culture.

　　The event was co-sponsored by Jia Zhangke Art Center, Shanxi Institute of Media, and Shanxi Jiajiazhuang Tengfei Tourism Development Co., Ltd. (Finish)