Fujian Pingtan held the second IM Cross-Strait Youth Film Festival, and Taiwanese youth were highly motivated to participate

The Paper's reporter Han Yuting

The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) learned from the Organizing Committee of the Second IM Cross-Strait Youth Film Festival that the festival is scheduled to be held in the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone in Fujian province from November 18 to 20, 2021.

The above-mentioned film festival was initiated and founded by Straits Television, Fujian Provincial Radio, Film and Television Group, Fujian Provincial Film Bureau, Fujian Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, Fujian Provincial Radio, Film and Television Group, and pingtan comprehensive experimental zone management committee, strait satellite television, southeast satellite television, Pingtan comprehensive experimental zone party working committee propaganda and film and television development departments, cross-strait entrepreneur summit modern service industry and cultural and creative group as supporting units.

With the goal of supporting the image creation power of young people in colleges and universities on both sides of the strait, the film festival has now become a high-standard professional film festival integrating short film forums, screenings, master classes, training camps and commendation conferences, and has been highly recognized and participated in by young people in colleges and universities on both sides of the strait.

From November 18 to 20, 2021, the 2nd IM Cross-Strait Youth Film Festival was held in Pingtan, Fujian Province. Fujian Provincial Radio, Film and Television Group Strait Satellite TV Courtesy of Photo

"Although the epidemic situation is still grim, I did not expect that the participation of young people in Taiwan is so high." Hong Lei, director of the Satellite Television Center of Fujian Radio, Film and Television Group, told the surging news.

Compared with the first IM Cross-Strait Youth Film Festival, this year is larger in scale and more influential.

According to the statistics of the organizing committee, a total of 290 young creators from universities around the world participated in the main competition unit of this film festival, with a total of 1376 registered works; a total of 2387 volunteers signed up for the volunteer activities of this film festival, and finally 110 students became official volunteers; the "youth screening" activities of 70 colleges and universities across the country have been completed, and nearly 17,000 students from various colleges and universities around the world have seen the excellent award-winning works of the IM Cross-Strait Youth Film Festival on the spot.

A total of 3.245 million yuan of support funds were set up at the festival, which was the highest prize money for the global short film festivals, of which the best film support fund in the "Qilin Recognition" unit was 300,000 yuan, and for the first time, "the most exploratory spirit" and "most creative works" were set up to encourage young creators with breakthroughs in video expression.

In order to ensure the professionalism and authority of the film festival, Wang Xiaoshuai, the representative figure of China's "sixth generation" directors, served as the chairman of the jury of the film festival, Hu Zhifeng, vice president of the Beijing Film Academy (presiding over the work), served as the chairman of the academic committee of the film festival, and Chen Lingzhen, Hao Lei, Zhang Dalei, Geng Jun, Mao Jian, Li Youning and many other filmmakers, directors, screenwriters, film critics and university scholars from both sides of the strait jointly formed the jury of this year's film festival.

After preliminary review and review, a total of 36 short films and 14 non-drama short films, totaling 50 short film works were shortlisted. The judges unanimously agreed that this year's entries have made a significant leap compared with the overall level of the first edition, showing the broad perspective and mature expression ability of young filmmakers on both sides of the strait.

"The film festival is a cultural activity based on artistic ideals, standards and aesthetics, and there is no ideological baggage at all, so young people on both sides of the strait can better communicate and communicate with each other in art activities, treat each other sincerely, give play to their respective strengths, learn from each other, and learn from each other, and I believe it is a good platform for artistic exchanges." Hong Lei said.

Responsible editor: Zhong Yuhao Photo editor: Jiang Lidong

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