1905 Film Network News The 11th Beijing International Film Festival in 2021 is even more precious. A series of Chinese and foreign films have long been eager to meet with fans and friends, waiting for everyone to go to the cinema to taste.
In previous years' Beijing screening units, the "Midnight Show" has always been the most special one, because the films in it are often thrilling, or hilarious, which can make the audience experience the audiovisual pleasure of being invigorating. This year, the content of this unit will be even more exciting!
After careful selection, the "Carnival - Midnight Show" section consists of six films, including the long-awaited Malaysian thriller "Southern Witch" by many fans and friends, as well as two high-quality thriller comedies shot by emerging directors from Japan and Turkey, which are guaranteed to make everyone addicted. The hit Hollywood thriller "Escape room" will also be on the big screen again, warming up for the second domestic release. In addition, two of the familiar classic comedy series "Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy" will also join forces to hit your brain!
Southern Witch 2020
The Story of Southern Islet
Malaysian director Zhang Ji'an's new work "Southern Witch" was not screened first, and it even appeared on Weibo hot search some time ago. The film is set in the countryside on the border between Malaysia and Thailand, where yin and yang meet and people and ghosts coexist in an idyllic life. There are many portrayals of folk customs in the film, showing solemnity and mystery in the slow shot. It is both a thriller and a humanistic folklore film, and it is a unique existence in either category of these two types.
The Impulse on the Tip of the Tongue 2021
Sexual Drive
Stills from "The Impulse on the Tip of the Tongue"
The new work "Impulse on the Tip of the Tongue" by the new Japanese director Kota Yoshida is a very interesting film, there are no intimate scenes in the film, but it makes a "small movie" feeling. Using a three-part story, he combines three delicacies with three different impulses to explore the similarities between desires. The film is short and concise, with a peculiar perspective, a relaxed and bright style, and is full of jokes in the performance and dialogue.
The Jamil Show 2021
The Cemil Show
Stills from "The Jamil Show"
The latest work brought by Turkish director Barris Salhan, "Jamil Show", is a thriller comedy about small people, telling the story of security guard Jamir who wants to become a big star, but eventually goes crazy in the play, which makes people feel both funny and tragic. Salhan uses handheld photography to convey Jamil's inner state very well, so that the audience can empathize with him. The story is simple, but it contains a wealth of emotions.
Room Escape 2019
Escape Room
Stills from "Escape from the Chamber of Secrets"
Released the previous year, "Escape from the Chamber" received good word-of-mouth and box office, and the film put the room game that everyone often loved to play in recent years on the screen, adding a "battle royale" type survival element, making the story thrilling. In the "Midnight Field" section, this film may be the most entertaining and "popcorn" one, if you want to feel the excitement and brain-burning after seeing the works of many masters, then "Escape from the Secret Room" is definitely the best choice for you.
Hot Blood Detective 4K 2007
Hot Fuzz
Stills from "Hot Blood Detective"
The World's End
Stills from "The End of the World"
The "Blood and Ice Cream" series is a classic comedy starring Simon Peggy and Nick Frost, and at this year's North Film Festival, its second "Hot Blood Detective" (4K) and the third "The End of the World" will meet the audience. Fans and friends who have seen the film will surely know the black humor in the film very well, as well as the nonsensical jokes from life, and the middle-aged "sense of waste wood" emitted by the two people can't help but be funny.
The six films of the "Carnival - Midnight Show" unit of this year's North Film Festival have their own characteristics, full of topicality, and entertainment explosions, and everyone is welcome to come to the theater to experience a different kind of wonderful!