Record common culture and imagine a better future
The lights came on, and the audience was still immersed in the atmosphere of watching the movie, lingering for a long time.
"The filming is very good, I'm very moved! Pay tribute to the older generation of artists, and be proud of our beautiful hometown of Cantonese opera!" After watching the documentary "Centennial Cantonese Rhyme", Mai Suixiu, a citizen of Foshan, Guangdong, was deeply moved and couldn't help it Comment online.
Like her, there are also many netizens from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, who are full of praise for the common Cantonese opera culture.
Tell Chinese stories with true feelings and enhance cultural connection with documentary.
The 19th China (Guangzhou) International Documentary Festival (hereinafter referred to as the "Documentary Festival") sponsored by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the Guangdong Provincial Government has just come to an end, and many excellent works have entered the public eye.
In recent years, as the largest professional documentary festival in Asia, the Documentary Festival has become a window for the Greater Bay Area to communicate with the world, attracting more and more outstanding works to appear on stage, stirring the common memory of the people in the three places.
"The award has added motivation to us who are filming "Infinite Road 2", and we must continue to work hard!" Chen Beier, the Hong Kong host of the documentary "Infinite Road", learned that his production company - Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Co., Ltd. I am very excited to be awarded the title of "China's Top Ten Documentary Promoters".
In 2021, the 12-episode national poverty alleviation documentary "Infinite Road" will be widely acclaimed after its broadcast.
In the film, from the perspective of a Hong Kong media person, Chen Beier and the team members truly recorded the moving story of poverty alleviation in the Mainland, vividly showing the results of poverty alleviation in the motherland.
After the documentary was broadcast, many Hong Kong viewers went to Chen Beier's social platform to leave a message, saying that the program made them understand more about poverty alleviation and became more curious about the mainland.
"I will encourage them to come to the mainland to experience and experience for themselves, communicate more and make more friends." Chen Beier said that the documentary has opened a door and enhanced the exchanges between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.
The Documentary Festival has a natural advantage in promoting cultural exchanges in the Bay Area.
Drink morning tea, drink old-fashioned soup, listen to Cantonese opera... Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have the same cultural origin, close relationship, and similar folk customs. Whether it is eating habits or cultural traditions, they all have deep roots and unique characteristics.
"The cultural genes of Lingnan are the common historical and cultural foundation of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. They share the same origin and are inseparable." Huang Guiping, an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, South China University of Technology, believes that the documentary festival is rooted in Guangzhou in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In Cantonese, documentary images are used as an important carrier of urban spirit, and have gradually grown into an important link to promote the integrated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
According to statistics, a total of 111 works from 7 cities including Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan and Zhongshan have signed up for the festival this year.
Eight works from the Bay Area, including "Growing Up with You in the World", "Above Firewood, Rice, Oil and Salt", "Lonely Note" and "Infinite Road", entered the final evaluation.
The creators use the lens to observe real life, and describe the new development of the times through the ordinary stories of the people of the Greater Bay Area, which has aroused widespread resonance among the audiences in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
From the creative themes of the participating works, it is not difficult to see the great vitality of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area urban agglomeration.
"One Hundred Years of Cantonese Rhythm" shows the ups and downs and evolution of Cantonese Opera culture over a hundred years; "We Are Young" tells the story of Shenzhen people's pursuit of dreams and interprets the new Shenzhen spirit... "These documentary images establish a dialogue between history and the present, and become history Sharing memory with the Bay Area, which blends with the times, allows the audience to imagine a better future through the power of images." An audience member said.