China News Service, Xiamen, November 26 (Feng Gang) As one of the important sections of the 33rd China Film Golden Rooster Awards, the opening ceremony of the Golden Rooster Film Festival domestic new film screening event was held on the 25th, announcing the official launch of the 4-day new film screening .
Yan Shaofi, deputy secretary and secretary-general of the China Film Association, said in his opening speech that the epidemic cannot stop the development of the industry, the pace of creators will not stop, and the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies has never faded.
Since the film market restarted on July 20, the National Day Festival has ushered in a familiar movie-watching boom after the summer season warm-up.
According to data from the National Film Specialty Office, under the epidemic prevention requirement that the attendance rate of theaters nationwide does not exceed 75%, the National Day box office reached 6.35 billion yuan, attracting a total of 165 million people to watch movies, far exceeding the data of the same period in 2017 and 2018. Close to the box office of the same period in 2019.
Among them, the monthly box office and the number of movie viewers set a new record in the global single market this year.
Yan Shaofi believes that this fully demonstrates the strong resilience and bright prospects for the development of China's film industry and industry.
During the film festival, there will be 24 outstanding domestic new films and 3 4K restored films participating in the screening, and 3 press conferences will be held. At the same time, a 3-day outdoor film screening event will be held at Bailuzhou Sunken Plaza.
Compared with previous years, during this year's film festival, a new dynamic movie night was set up. The link aims to promote and commend the latest works of outstanding domestic young directors from an industry perspective.
Including Rao Xiaozhi's "Crowd Crowd", Zhou Ziyang's "Wuhai", Dapeng "Auspicious Ruyi", Peng Fei "Meeting Nara Again", Li Xiaofeng's "The Wind Is Calm", Dong Xingyi's "Why Singing is Slow in Half a Beat", etc. Works were selected.
Director Zhou Zhou, as a representative of young actors, mentioned in his speech that after countless waves, the thorny years of 2020 will turn around and leave.
With the global epidemic situation still severe, film creators can gather in Xiamen to meet the audience and communicate with their peers. They feel extremely lucky and emotional.
At the same time, he expressed his gratitude to the Golden Rooster Awards for continuing to pay attention to and support young filmmakers in such a special year.
I believe that even under the influence of the epidemic, Chinese films have not slowed down for a moment, and the stage of young directors is still bright.
It is worth mentioning that 2020 is the year of the final year of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and the year of decisive victory for poverty alleviation. This year’s screening event has specially opened up the theme film exhibition for poverty alleviation and the Bamin film tour activity section. With the theme of "Forge ahead and pursue a well-off life", 366 films were shown in 21 cinemas, 6 universities and 20 villages in Fujian Province.
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