China News Service, Taiyuan, February 19 (Reporter Hu Jian) The reporter learned from the Pingyao International Film Festival Organizing Committee on the 19th that the Pingyao International Film Festival will hold a filmmaker party at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany on the 18th local time. The artistic director of the film festival The planning team led by Lin Xudong appeared in front of Chinese and foreign filmmakers. Senior film selectors Naoki Kamiya and Junko Fukatsu, who have more than 20 years of experience in film curation, will serve as international program planners for the Pingyao International Film Festival. Together with Chinese program planner Wu Jueren and short film program planner Song Jia, they will work with Pingyao International Film Festival on a global scale. Choose the best movies.
Pingyao International Film Festival held the "Pingyao Film Festival in Berlin" event at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany. Provided by Pingyao International Film Festival Organizing Committee
Since 2017, the program planning of the Pingyao International Film Festival has been handled by former artistic director Marco Muller. In 2021, after the current artistic director Lin Xudong took office, Marco Muller was transferred to the chief consultant of the Pingyao International Film Festival, responsible for international film selection. In 2024, Marco Muller resigned as chief consultant in order to focus on his newly founded Macau Asia-Europe Youth Film Festival.
"Thank you Mr. Marco Muller for his contribution to the Pingyao International Film Festival over the past seven years." At the event, Jia Zhangke, founder and director of the Pingyao International Film Festival, said, "I believe that artistic director Lin Xudong will work with the new international program planners Kamiya Naoki and Fukatsu Junzi will work together to adhere to the film selection concept of the Pingyao Film Festival and bring more excellent international films to Pingyao."
Ulrich Gregor, founder of the "Forum" section of the Berlin International Film Festival, attended the "Pingyao Film Festival in Berlin" event. Provided by Pingyao International Film Festival Organizing Committee
The Filmmaker Party was held during the 74th Berlin International Film Festival and is an important part of the "2024 Pingyao Film Festival in Berlin". This is also the first time in four years that the Pingyao International Film Festival has conducted promotional activities overseas. At the event, Chinese directors such as Wang Xiaoshuai, Qiu Yang, and Lei Lei, program planners from many international film festivals such as Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Tokyo, Italian Far East, Mumbai, and Singapore, as well as many international distribution companies, and dozens of Reporters from domestic and foreign media gathered together to communicate with young directors.
Jia Zhangke, founder of Pingyao International Film Festival, was at the filmmaker party. Provided by Pingyao International Film Festival Organizing Committee
In addition, members of the executive committee of the "WINGS INTERNATIONAL" jointly launched by Jia Zhangke and Tang Yan, chairman and CEO of Zhiwen Group, also appeared at the party. They included Japanese film producer Naozo Ichiyama, Hong Kong program planner Wang Qingqiang and Liang Jiayan, CEO of Pingyao International Film Festival. This plan will fund about five outstanding overseas film productions every year and support their filming and production work. (over)