China News Service, Beijing, May 22 (Reporter Gao Kai) Guided by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, produced by the China Film Association and Beijing iQiyi Technology Co., Ltd., commemorating Comrade Mao Zedong's "Speech at the Yan'an Literature and Art Symposium" The 80th anniversary of the announcement and the special program celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Hundred Flowers Awards will be officially broadcast on May 22 at 20:00.
On May 23, 1942, Mao Zedong's "Speech at the Yan'an Symposium on Literature and Art" put forward the policy that literature and art serve the workers, peasants and soldiers.
On April 28, 1956, at the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong put forward "letting a hundred flowers bloom" on artistic issues and "a hundred schools of thought contending" on academic issues.
In order to implement the "Double Hundred" policy, under the initiative of Premier Zhou Enlai, the "Popular Film" magazine of the China Film Association, a subsidiary of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, established the Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films in 1962. This is the first nationwide film award in New China and the only one. A mass film award.
The first Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films was held on May 22, 1962 in the auditorium of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing on May 22, 1962, the day before the 20th anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong's "Speech at the Yan'an Symposium on Literature and Art".
Under the background of the epidemic, the special program interviewed more than 20 representatives of the Hundred Flowers Award over the years in various online and offline forms, and told the glorious history of the vigorous development of the film industry since the founding of New China through the unforgettable moments since the establishment of the Hundred Flowers Award for popular films 60 years ago. , focusing on the far-reaching impact of the Yan'an Literature and Art Symposium on the development of the Chinese film industry, focusing on the review of the achievements of the Chinese film industry in the past 60 years of the Hundred Flowers Award, focusing on the innovation and breakthrough of Chinese movies since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the positive progress of film workers. It will further unite and lead the majority of film workers to stand on the new stage of development, implement new development concepts, build a new development pattern, and inject new forward momentum into the high-quality development of Chinese films in the new era.
The program group invited representatives of the Hundred Flowers Award winners and organizers (ranked by surname strokes): Niu Ben, Wen Muye, Yin Li, Liu Ruoying, Liu Xiaoqing, Li Xuejian, Zhang Liang, Zhang Hong, Zhang Yimou, Zhang Guoli, Chen Chong, Chen Daoming, Lin Chaoxian , Zhou Dongyu, Zhu Xijuan, Guo Fan, Huang Jianxin, Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Xie Fei, Nicholas Tse, a total of 22 filmmakers shared their unforgettable moments with the Hundred Flowers Award, and shared their practical experience of going deep into life and rooting in the people in film creation .
May 22, 2022 is the 60th anniversary of the Hundred Flowers Award.
On this day 60 years ago, the first Hundred Flowers Awards ceremony was held in the auditorium of the CPPCC in Beijing. Premier Zhou Enlai and Vice Premier Chen Yi attended the ceremony to congratulate, showing the great importance that national leaders attach to the Hundred Flowers Awards and the film industry.
In a period of Jiazi, the Hundred Flowers Award has been brilliant, encountered ups and downs, reborn in difficulties, and developed in reform.
What remains unchanged is the pure heart that comes from the people and for the people.
What the Hundred Flowers Award represents is the voice of the broadest masses of the people. It comes from the people and goes back to the people. The millions of votes contain the enthusiastic support of ordinary people for Chinese films and the sincerity of the outstanding actors. favorite.
Sixty years of flowers, eighty years of the spirit of Yan'an literature and art.
Regarding the relationship between filmmakers and film audiences, Zhu Xijuan said: "I think the Hundred Flowers Award is a film award established in response to the audience's love for films. Today we are already a big and powerful film country, which is due to the support and love of the audience. It is inseparable. I hope that the audience and our filmmakers will join hands to create a spring where light and shadow stories bloom."
Chen Chong recalled, "I remember one time, after the Hundred Flowers Awards, I was shooting a movie in Xi'an, and I went on the road with Gao Fei and Xu Huanshan, and was surrounded by thousands of spectators, completely blocking it. It was very, very enthusiastic. , and this kind of enthusiasm is really like watching the movie and like you, there is no other reason. We serve them (the audience), we hope (the work) can bring empathy to the audience, can bring them catharsis, hope Our thinking makes them think.”
Li Xuejian said: "(I play) Jiao Yulu is a typical representative of our parents' generation, and it can also be said to be a representative of an outstanding Communist Party member. He served the people wholeheartedly, and he did it, so the people liked him, loved him, and trusted him. Don't forget him."
Zhang Yimou said, "Actually, all our creations are based on the love of the people and serve the people. I hope everyone can love them, so they all come from the expression of people's inner emotions and spiritual strength. The Hundred Flowers Award for Popular Films accompanies Chinese films. After 60 years, it has a special meaning. The Hundred Flowers Award is a people's film award. It is an award voted by thousands of movie audiences one person, one vote. Therefore, it has a special weight and represents the people's love. reputation of the people."
Zhang Ziyi said: "The Hundred Flowers Award celebrates her 60th anniversary this year. In my heart, she has both old wisdom and youthful vitality. Wisdom comes from her testimony over the years, accompanied by batch after batch of motherland. The growth of film works and filmmakers; her vitality comes from the renewal and growth of audience groups, and she carries the love and support of generations of audiences for films and filmmakers."
Guo Fan believes, "For science fiction films to appear, it needs a soil. This soil is actually that our country needs to have a very strong comprehensive strength. Only when the country is strong can we make science fiction films. I especially value Baihua. The award is also because it is the recognition given to us by the audience. We make movies for the audience to see. Since everyone trusts us so much, we should work harder and create better works in the future.”
"Every movie has its own audience, it can find audiences, and audiences can find their favorite movies. I think we are very lucky, both for our movie creation and the movie itself. This year is the 60th anniversary of the Hundred Flowers Awards, and it has passed After 60 years, I think this is enough to show that the Hundred Flowers Award is very credible." Wen Muye said.
Zhang Hong, member of the party group and secretary of the secretariat of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, secretary of the party group of the China Film Association, and vice chairman of the conference, pointed out, "As the China Film Association, we will continue to lead the selection of the Hundred Flowers Awards in the following aspects: strengthen film criticism; Conscientiously demonstrate and further improve the technical aspects of the awards; further optimize the awarding mechanism in the process of awarding awards; vigorously publicize and promote the works and winners selected by the Hundred Flowers Awards, so that filmmakers can follow the public's goals and aesthetic requirements. Improve your creativity even further.”
Chen Daoming, chairman of the China Film Association, said, "Creation is not a castle in the air. You have to experience life, experience human nature, experience fate, and experience social development in order to create good works. Creation comes from life and serves people."
The program will be broadcast on platforms such as Xueqiangguo, iQiyi, and CCTV-6 from 20:00 on May 22, 2022 (Sunday).
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