China News Service, Jinzhong, January 15th (Reporter Hu Jian) The 6th Pingyao International Film Festival opened in the ancient city of Pingyao, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province on the evening of the 14th. As a film festival based in Shanxi, for six years, the film festival has highlighted Shanxi Elements, promoting and serving the development of Shanxi films are the concepts, and this year's film festival not only has more striking Shanxi elements than previous ones, but also shows a trend of sudden emergence.
A total of 6 Shanxi films were shortlisted for this year's film festival, among which "Army" and "Night is Coming" were selected for the "Hidden Dragon" unit that has attracted much attention.
Director Kan Haodong showed the customs of his hometown in "The Night Is Coming", and told the story of Shanxi with a video style with Shanxi's local characteristics.
"Junjun" directed by Niu Niu tells the story of the old driver Junjun who was forced to start racing cars due to life, and a series of stories that show the kindness of humanity that happened during the process.
The four shortlisted films in the "Starting from Shanxi" section are also impressive, including "Baby Don't Cry" directed by Jia Lin, "The Year the Flowers Bloomed" directed by Huang Caiping, "Your Tenderness" directed by Wang Kaiwen, and "Your Tenderness" directed by Guo Xiaohan. "Yesterday's Us".
These films are either participated by Shanxi's main creators or produced by Shanxi companies, and they will all have their world premieres at the Pingyao International Film Festival.
The review of the "Starting from Shanxi" unit.
Photo courtesy of the Pingyao International Film Festival Organizing Committee
In addition to finished films, some screenplays in development and unfinished films in production also presented high quality.
3 Shanxi film projects "Dear Meiying", "The Stranger in Majiaocheng" and "Summer in Sherry" were shortlisted for the "Pingyao Venture Capital (PPP)" unit; Three films in production, "One Year Old and One Dry" directed, filmed in Pingyao, Shanxi, and filmed the story of Pingyao, and "Hezhou", filmed in Hukou Waterfall, Linfen, Shanxi, were shortlisted for the "Films in Progress Project (WIP)" of this year's film festival.
It is understood that Shanxi Province shoots more than 50 films each year and completes more than 20 films. The overall development of the film and television industry is stable and improving.
After 6 years of development, the Pingyao International Film Festival has become a window to continuously observe the development of Shanxi films.
The curatorial team of the film exhibition said that the quality of Shanxi films in the previous year has been significantly improved, showing the characteristics of diversified genres.
A film practitioner from Shanxi.
Photo courtesy of the Pingyao International Film Festival Organizing Committee
On the other hand, a number of literary and art workers from Shanxi in different fields who have already marched across the country also returned to the Pingyao International Film Festival with their works.
In the newly established industrial unit "Migration Plan·From Literature to Film and Television (LPP)" of this year's film festival, the novel "Dear Honey" by Shanxi writer Di An was selected as the recommended work. The novel tells the story of the times with a warm touch Warm and has attracted the attention of the industry.
As a film exhibition rooted in Shanxi, Pingyao Film Festival has always attached great importance to the creation of local filmmakers in Shanxi and actively supported the output of Shanxi works.
Over the past six years, the permanent unit "Starting from Shanxi" has unearthed many excellent films.
After "Pian Jing Bao Yin" directed by Shanxi director Yang Jin was selected into this unit in 2018, the film held its premiere in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and was released nationwide.
The shortlisted film "Zhou Jun's Walk" in the "Hidden Dragon" section of the 3rd Pingyao International Film Festival became the unit film of the 48th Rotterdam International Film Festival "Bright Future" competition.
The shortlisted film of the 5th Pingyao International Film Festival, "Beyond the Green Shade", written and directed by Shanxi filmmaker Guo Zhirong, was subsequently screened in theaters. Its warm and healing style was widely praised by the audience.
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