China News Service Client, Beijing, September 28 (Reporter Ren Siyu) On the evening of September 25, the "Tiantan Award" International Jury Media Meeting, the main competition unit of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival, was held in Beijing. The chairman of the Jury Li Gong, Chen Kun, Chen Zhengdao, Wu Ershan, Zhang Songwen and other members of the award committee appeared.
As of this meeting, the evaluation work for the 11th Beijing International Film Festival "Tiantan Award" has been completed, and the top ten awards will be officially announced on September 29.
Group photo of the "Tiantan Award" international jury.
Source: Beijing International Film Festival official website
What are the judging criteria?
As the chairman of the Beijing Film Festival’s “Temple of Heaven Award” jury, Gong Li said that the internationalization of the Beijing Film Festival has attracted all the judges. “We treat each film with a relaxed, serious, serious and professional attitude. Their cooperation is really a pleasure and they have learned a lot."
It is reported that a total of 15 global masterpieces were shortlisted for this "Temple of Heaven Awards". Talking about the judging criteria, director Wu Ershan said that he is most concerned about the overall quality of the film: "The first is the theme of the film, its depth and whether it can resonate with the audience. ; The second is the aesthetics of the film, whether it has a breakthrough, whether it has created its independent and complete aesthetic system; the third will focus on the technical aspects of the film and the creative department, whether the quality of their respective completion is worthy of our awards to show Encourage."
Gong Li, Chairman of the International Jury of the "Tiantan Award".
Source: Beijing International Film Festival official website
Actor Chen Kun said that the performances of many films are very solid, and it is not only the pictures that resonate with them, but also the "soul" of the roles interpreted by the actors.
"I'm watching a movie while I'm studying, so this time the entire viewing process of the Beijing International Film Festival is a very happy trip for me."
Director Chen Zhengdao also said that during this review, many films can be seen to present stories from different angles. "For example, in this shortlisted film, two films used different angles to interpret the war, and they also used different film techniques to follow. Language, and even use a more unique perspective to interpret the growth of women."
Discussion for eight hours, no quarrels
At the first media meeting, Zhang Songwen once joked that the judges might "fight" because of disagreement. Now that the awards work is over, he laughed that everyone did not quarrel and shared some behind-the-scenes stories. At first they thought it was three hours. The results should be discussed inside, and the meal was not fixed. I didn't expect to discuss it for eight hours as soon as I entered.
Why is the time so long?
Zhang Songwen said that it may be because the two foreign judges discussed simultaneously online, and the second was that they agreed that everyone should talk about their own movie-watching experience instead of just judging the awards. The atmosphere was peaceful that day, and he also learned a lot.
Zhang Songwen, a member of the "Temple of Heaven Prize" international jury.
Source: Beijing International Film Festival official website
He mentioned that he usually has three feelings of "good-looking", "not good-looking" and "normal" when watching movies, but as a judge, he cannot have this kind of emotion.
Although some of the 15 shortlisted works seem to be strenuous, and some want to give awards when they see them, he will remain relatively rational, "strive to be fair and tolerant, and strive to deconstruct a film with the film-related knowledge he has learned".
Gong Li also revealed that during the discussion and review process, the judges will have some different views and opinions on the shortlisted films, but at the same time, he also said that "art is borderless, and the artist's feelings about art should have many similarities."
Look forward to working together again
At the end of the meeting, Gong Li, chairman of the "Temple of Heaven Award" jury, said that this judging trip with the judges is more like a "temporary family" and hopes to have the opportunity to cooperate in the future.
"Now I feel a little bit reluctant, because we may have to devote ourselves to our respective work after the meeting."
Chen Kun, a member of the "Temple of Heaven Award" international jury.
Source: Beijing International Film Festival official website
Chen Kun said that Gong Li is his idol. When he learned that he was going to be a judge with Gong Li, he deliberately revisited classics such as "A Lawsuit Against Qiu Ju".
In his opinion, watching performances at each stage will have different understandings, "When I started to understand her performances, and began to appreciate and respect her performances, I was already after 30 years old. If I have the opportunity now, I can follow She cooperates and I will be very happy."
He also said that he has cooperated with Wu Ershan and Director Chen Zhengdao, and he is expected to continue to cooperate with Songwen in the future. "Please give our older actors a little more opportunity, please write more Give us actors a good role to act.”
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