China News Service Client, Beijing, September 21 (Reporter Ren Siyu) On September 21, the 11th Beijing International Film Festival opened at Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center.
From September 21st to 29th, many celebrities, several film forums, and a large number of global best films will gather here. What are the highlights of this Beijing Film Festival?
The opening ceremony of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival.
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Many filmmakers tell the fate of the movie
At the opening ceremony, Gong Li, Chairman of the International Jury of the Beijing International Film Festival "Tiantan Award", joined the jury member actor Chen Kun, director Chen Zhengdao, director Wu Ershan, and actor Zhang Songwen.
Gong Li said that all the judges will use a serious and professional attitude to select the best films in their hearts.
"I hope that through the Beijing International Film Festival, more people in the world can learn about our Chinese culture, art and Chinese stories. I also hope that during the film festival, Chinese audiences can see more and better people from all over the world. Excellent movie."
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Director Renee Haring and director Nadine Labaki, members of the jury, also sent greetings via video.
Out of consideration for the prevention and control of the epidemic, foreign guests who participated in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing International Film Festival this year all interacted with the box through network connections.
In the "Mid-Autumn Festival" session, many actors shared their fate with the film. Zhang Yi told the creation stories of films such as "Above the Cliff". He said that art comes from life and feeds back to life. Movies not only belong to filmmakers. , It belongs to people who need movies.
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Yu Hewei called himself the "atmosphere group" and used humorous narration to connect many guests at the scene. Lin Yongjian combined his own performing arts experience to illustrate the core values of the horoscopes of the literary and art world: "patriotism, for the people, respect for morality, and for the arts", which is to let the performing arts work. Evergreen’s "secret" and mentioned many classic old movies such as "Children of the Party", "Song of Youth", "Children of Heroes", "Wildfire Spring Wind Fighting Ancient City", "Eternal Waves" and so on.
When the three performing artists Tian Hua, Xie Fang and Wang Xiaotang took the stage, there was continuous applause and many guests were moved to tears.
Tian Hua, 93, said, “You are young, and I am young too. Your youth is always written on your face, and our youth is hidden in your heart.” Wang Xiaotang sent a message to the young filmmaker: “Think carefully about failure in good times, and a hundred in adversity. I can't turn back, I want to say that I am the best in desperate situation. Don't forget the original intention and dare to win!"
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15 excellent works shortlisted for "Tiantan Award"
It is understood that the main competition unit of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival, the "Tiantan Award", has a total of 889 films from 77 countries and regions registered for the competition, including 15 films including "Everything About My Mother", "Siege Diary", and "Credit". Finalists for global masterpieces.
At the opening ceremony, Zhu Yilong and Zhou Dongyu, as guests of promotion, introduced five selected works related to "growth"; Yao Chen and Yang Ying introduced five shortlisted works that explored the peace of mind in life; Bai Baihe and Du Jiang recommended five works The work explores how individual lives "under the sky of history" assume the responsibility of the country.
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This year's "Tiantan Award" launched the "Cloud Evaluation" solution to actively respond to the adverse effects of the global epidemic, and took the lead in transferring the "Tiantan Award" and "Focus on the Future" awards and awards to the online.
In addition, the "Beijing Screening" unit also left Beijing for the first time. 31 theaters from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei will screen nearly 300 Chinese and foreign films with more than 1,000 shows.
This year’s film festival will also hold multiple forums on themes such as the centenary of the founding of the party, the development of art films, and the development of young filmmakers. Five master class activities will invite well-known filmmakers to teach film practitioners and share their experience and ideas in film creation. This year, there will be an additional "Beijing Film Festival Release" event for the first time to give play to the role of the North Film Festival's industrial weather vane.
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In this edition of the Beijing Film Festival, many films on display have also attracted the attention of the audience.
As the opening film of this North Film Festival, the war giant "Changjin Lake" held the world's first public screening on September 20. It is reported that more than 16,000 people made reservations during the ticket rush stage, and the tickets were sold out in only 4 seconds.
At the opening ceremony, "Changjin Lake" producer and chief producer Yu Dong, director and screenwriter Huang Jianxin, producer and director Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Lin Chaoxian, starring Wu Jing, Zhu Yawen, Li Chen, Han Dongjun, etc. shared the filming Behind-the-scenes.
Huang Jianxin said that it has been the fifth year since he has participated in this work. The script is 187 pages, 130,000 words, and 37 drafts have been revised. After filming and finishing, he is often immersed in it, because the true meaning of this film is "the hymn of life."
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In addition, some new films announced their latest trends on the red carpet at the opening of the Beijing Film Festival.
"Moses on the Plain" starring Zhou Dongyu and Liu Haoran announced that it was renamed "The Flame on the Plain". Director Zhang Ji explained: "There are many elements of fire in the movie. I hope that fire can open up time and space and open up emotions, and hope that fire can shine. Bring light and strength to everyone in our lives."
The movie "Railway Heroes" starring Zhang Hanyu, Wei Chen and others has also announced a change of files and will be released on November 19. The filmmaker Wang Zhonglei said: "The film is in the process of post-production for excellence. I hope that the hard work of all the creators will not be lost, and it will bring the audience a very good-looking film." (End)