2020 China (Guangzhou) International Documentary Film Festival opens, 3227 works from 126 countries and regions participate in the exhibition
Documentaries gather in Huacheng to understand you
My Father and My Mother-Chinese Family Memories and Village Years Jiao Bo Video Exhibition Site
Video exhibition scene
Jiao Bo has taken more than 12,000 photos and more than 600 hours of videos for his parents over 30 years to create a collection of themed images
The scene of the video exhibition attracted the public to stop and admire.
Yesterday, the 2020 China (Guangzhou) International Documentary Film Festival officially opened.
Over the past 18 years, the number of participating exhibitors in the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival has increased from 147 in 2003 to 3227 in 2020; from an academic seminar at the beginning, it has transformed into today’s business card for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. A national professional platform with financing and trading functions.
Due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, many international film festival exhibitions in 2020 have been suspended, but the China (Guangzhou) International Documentary Film Festival still collects 3227 works from 126 countries and regions on five continents around the world to participate in the exhibition. The works accounted for 81.90% of the total number of works.
Through the combination of online + offline, the power of the global industry is gathered, and for the first time freely open to the public, it continues to provide practical and effective services to the documentary industry at home and abroad, and brings tangible cultural benefits to fans and ordinary citizens.
By Huang An and Mo Siqige, All Media Reporters of Guangzhou Daily
Picture\Guangzhou Daily All-Media Reporters Zhuang Xiaolong and Wang Weixuan
2020 China (Guangzhou) International Documentary Film Festival
The data of this documentary festival is brilliant
The data of this documentary festival is eye-catching.
It is reported that a total of 3227 works from 126 countries and regions participated in the selection of this documentary festival.
Among them, 2,644 were overseas works, accounting for 80% of the total exhibited works, covering topics such as history and culture, social and humanities, science and technology and education.
According to Liang Bibo, the final judge of this documentary film festival, many of the works that participated in this year's review focused on the topic of the times, and the production level is comparable to international high-level works.
At the same time, the 7th China International University Student Documentary Contest has solicited 823 works from 21 countries and regions from all over the world to participate in the competition, and received 285 Chinese and foreign students from Tsinghua University, Peking University, New York University, Boston University, etc. Universities responded positively.
The 2020 "China Story" International Proposal Conference collected a total of 199 documentary proposals from 33 countries and regions. In the end, 28 proposals were shortlisted for final evaluation. 48 international decision makers from 11 countries and regions selected 2020 online. "China Story" International Proposal Conference Top Ten Programs and Documentary Program with Most Market Potential.
At the same time, the documentary store of the China (Guangzhou) International Documentary Film Festival contains 1,009 documentaries from 52 countries and regions, with a total duration of more than 32,000 minutes.
Since the copyright transaction, more than 77,000 minutes of copyright transactions have been completed.
Documentary
new trend
The number of female audiences is rising
Yesterday, emerging Internet documentary platforms from Tencent, Youku, Station B, etc. released a new list of films at the Guangzhou International Documentary Festival, while discussing the development trend of future documentaries.
Zhou Mo, chief editor of Tencent Video’s documentary IP content operation center, said that as documentary audiences gradually become younger and sinking, Generation Z has become the main body of Tencent Video’s massive users, accounting for 66% of the total number of users.
Among them, users born between 1990 and 1995 accounted for 26%, and those born after 1995 accounted for 40%.
Young users have created new demands for documentary content.
The three major driving factors for young users to watch documentaries are "interests, hobbies," "enrichment," and "satisfying curiosity." In the pursuit of content quality, young users also present three major characteristics, namely, distinctive personality tags, content and The user’s interactive relationship and circle of interest.
In the traditional sense, the audience of documentaries is dominated by elite men, but Youku has found that in recent years, users have become more feminine and younger.
Especially for cultural and humanistic programs or documentaries, the number of female audiences has increased significantly.
Online + offline big coffee gathering
Document society, record history
"To make people feel honest is the most important quality of a documentary." The famous British director and screenwriter Kevin Macdonald, sitting in front of the camera, sincerely shared with the audience.
There are many online "master classes" like this in this year's Guangzhou International Documentary.
Internationally renowned Oscar-winning directors Kevin Macdonald and Mark Harris, Oscar-finalist director Christian Frey, BBC popular work "Earth Pulse II" and "Dynasty" producer Michael Gunton, internationally renowned producers The filmmaker Marco Alessi, and the Canadian ace program "Road Accident Rescue Action" producer Mark Miller and other big names all appeared on the stage, communicating with practitioners and audiences from multiple perspectives of actual cases.
"You can listen to the lectures of international masters without leaving home and benefit a lot," said Ms. Chen, a fan.
It is reported that the content of this documentary festival is all online on GZDOC official website and Youku, supporting national audiences to watch online, and benefiting more documentary fans and practitioners.
Offline, Professor Situ Zhaodun of the Beijing Film Academy, and well-known directors such as Zhou Hao, Zhao Qi, Fan Jian, etc. also appeared in succession to share their valuable experience in documentary creation.
This year, from the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic to the decisive battle against poverty, to the commemoration of the resistance to US aggression and aid to Korea, the documentary recorded the great Chinese people and their touching deeds.
"Forgotten Spring" is a documentary showing the situation in Wuhan during the epidemic.
Director Fan Jian uses the lens to observe "the emotions and relationships between people under abnormal conditions".
In his view, human emotions are the core part of documentary creation, and documentaries should not only record briefly, but should guide the audience to rational thinking. In the view of director Zhou Hao, shooting a documentary is actually "observing the world." "The method", "When you learn how to observe the world, you will feel that everyone has a story, so that you will respect each of your subjects."
Beginning in 2012, documentary director Jiao Bo focused his lens on the vast countryside of China, leaving behind documentaries showing the real life in rural areas such as "China in the Country", "Out of the Mountain" and "Lao Nest".
And his latest work "My Father and My Mother" is a photograph of his parents, showing simple family affection. "The country can never be filmed because this land is my father and mother's parents." Jiao Bo said. .
Situ Zhaodun, a professor at the Beijing Film Academy, said, "All records are valuable." "If you slowly like documentaries and want to start making documentaries, you must remember that documentaries are just like Ogawa Shinsuke said. A world created by the photographer and the person being photographed. When you take pictures of people and their lives, you have to respect them. It is a process of communication, a process of mutual observation, mutual understanding and understanding."
The audience is enthusiastic about watching movies
Many shows are sold out
The 2020 China (Guangzhou) International Documentary Film Festival "Golden Cotton Tree Film Festival" selected 20 domestic and foreign excellent documentaries to be screened offline. The scope of offline screening is not only limited to Guangzhou, but also extended to Shenzhen and Foshan. More than 40 screenings will be shown. Starting on the 15th, an online broadcast will be launched on Youku's "China (Guangzhou) International Documentary Festival Feature Page".
Among them, the French "Cinema Manual" recently announced the top ten best films of 2020-Frederick Wiseman's latest masterpiece "Boston City Hall" selected for its premiere in China at the "Golden Red Cotton Film Festival".
At the same time, Huang Shuhui, the curator of the Chicao Old Film Museum in Conghua, who has screened 10,000 films, used a 1970 16mm film projection device to screen Frederick Wiseman's classic "Cheap Public Housing".
In addition, this year's Golden Kapok screening list also includes a growth-themed documentary "Bon!" directed by Xu Huijing.
Excellent domestically produced documentaries such as "Youth", "The Light Talker" directed by Feng Feng, and "Son of Light" directed by Ka Jiaxian.
This year's Golden Hongmian Film Festival also invited domestic documentary film directors, film creators and industry experts to conduct in-depth communication with the audience after the screening.
As the screening brand of the China (Guangzhou) International Documentary Film Festival, the Golden Hongmian Film Festival in 2020 ushered in its 6th anniversary.
After 6 years of accumulation, the Golden Hongmian Film Festival has formed a unique documentary watching culture in Guangzhou, and it has become the long-awaited repertoire of documentary fans in Guangzhou and the whole country every year.
People in Guangzhou love to watch documentaries, and data has long been supported.
According to iQiyi, in recent years, people in Guangzhou have spent more time watching documentaries than other cities, ranking first in the country.
At the same time, Guangzhou is also a big ticket warehouse for documentaries.
This year, the audience is still full of enthusiasm.
"Since the opening on the 12th, many shows have been sold out. The four and a half hours of Master Wiseman's work is hard to find. The whole film continues its pure observational shooting method of'zero interviews, zero narration, and few soundtracks' , But the audience will not feel boring. No one left the scene before the filming process.” Zhang Li, deputy secretary-general of the Organizing Committee of the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, said that Guangzhou has been committed to promoting documentaries to take root and develop here.
Every December, the "Golden Red Cotton Film Festival" is a grand festival for documentary fans. There are the most professional fans, screening teams, and enthusiastic volunteers. "The whole city is gradually growing into a Documentary City'".