[Commentary] On July 15, the 11th Beijing International Film Festival held a press conference in Beijing.
Yu Junsheng, vice chairman and secretary-general of the Beijing International Film Festival Organizing Committee, introduced that the theme of this Beijing International Film Festival is "New Machine·New Bureau", which will be held in Beijing from August 14th to August 21st. Under the combined form.
[Concurrent] Yu Junsheng, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of Beijing International Film Festival Organizing Committee
In the offline aspect, the opening ceremony and red carpet ceremony, film carnival, and closing ceremony awards ceremony of the "Tiantan Award", which have been highly anticipated by all sectors of society, will be fully upgraded and will once again meet everyone in the dazzling light and shadow.
On the online side, combined with the successful experience of the 2020 "Cloud North Film Festival", digital means such as cloud connection, remote transaction, video conference, live interaction, online movie viewing, etc., provide better for guests, media, and fans Immersive participation experience in the cloud.
[Explanation] This year's Beijing Film Festival is composed of eleven activities including the "Temple of Heaven Award", the opening ceremony and the red carpet ceremony, the "Beijing Screening", the film carnival, the closing ceremony and awards ceremony, and the Beijing University Student Film Festival.
A total of 15 films were shortlisted for the "Tiantan Award", including 12 foreign films and 3 domestic films.
[Concurrent] Yu Junsheng, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of Beijing International Film Festival Organizing Committee
The main competition unit "Tiantan Award", from which the best film, best director, best screenwriter, best photography, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, and best music are selected 10 awards including the best visual effects.
The red carpet ceremony added fashion blockbuster filming, creative short video, star moment filming, KOL live broadcast, and brand help Chinese film public welfare live broadcast.
Invite key crews, old artists, industry guests, Peking Opera film crews, Winter Olympics themed crews, representatives of key projects of Huairou Film City, film industry leaders, etc., to appear in various combinations to enrich the red carpet ceremony.
[Explanation] In addition, the "Beijing Screening" event will go out of Beijing for the first time, setting up screening theaters in Tianjin and Zhangjiakou.
On the screening list, all the shortlisted films of the "Tiantan Award" will be open to the public.
[Concurrent] Zhang Xiaoguang, Deputy Secretary-General of Beijing International Film Festival Organizing Committee
"Beijing Screening" will select more than 250 excellent Chinese and foreign film works, and will be screened in 32 cooperative theaters.
The high-profile "Tiantan Award" shortlisted films and all participating films in the "Focus on the Future" unit will all be open to the public during the screening.
The "Special Exhibition: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China" unit will screen 15 domestic films that record the glorious history of the Communist Party of China in the past century; the "Special Exhibition: Winter Olympics" unit will show domestic sports films showing the charm of ice sports.
The "President of the Jury" section will screen a group of representative works of Gong Li, the chairman of the jury of the Temple of Heaven Awards, from his career in filmmaking.
Reporting from Beijing by reporter Lang Jiahui, Chen Hang, Yi Haifei
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】