Chang Feng kisses the trophy
"Homesickness" is the second part of the "Homecoming Trilogy" created by Qin Hailu
Bona Pictures will launch "China Pride Trilogy"
Yangcheng Evening News reporter He Jing
On the evening of June 23, the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Jubilee Award Ceremony and Closing Ceremony was held at the Shanghai Grand Theatre. Many movie stars walked the red carpet of the closing ceremony, including foreign film stars "Jitterson" Tom Hiddleston, Masami Nagasawa, Ryota Kataji, Mira Jovovich, Chinese actors Wu Jing, Wang Jingchun, Hao Lei, Wang Continental, Zhang Rongrong, Xu Weizhou, Zhang Zifeng, etc.
At this year's awards ceremony, the Best Actor Award was awarded "Double Yolk Egg", which was jointly won by the 97-year-old actor Chang Feng of "Homesickness" and the actor of "Castle of Dreams" Hamud Behad. The Iranian film "Castle of Dreams" also won two awards for best director and best picture, becoming the biggest winner of the night. The Chinese film "Spring Tide" won the Best Cinematography Award.
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Close-up of the Golden Jubilee Award
In Qin Hailu's debut film "Hometown Heart", Chang Feng played Jiang Sheng, a widowed old man who had been wandering in a foreign land for many years. Born during the war years, he grew up on the move, and returning home is his greatest hope today. This film is also the second part of the "Homecoming Trilogy" created by Qin Hailu after writing and starring in "Six Hundred Miles to Fuyang".
In "Hometown Heart", Chang Feng contributed a very delicate and moving performance. He was born in Harbin in 1923, is 97 years old this year, and has been acting for more than 70 years. At the award ceremony, the host Cao Kefan said that director Qin Hailu told him that Chang Feng had acted for decades, but he was still very true to every detail. During the filming process, one of the heaviest scenes was filmed until two o'clock in the morning, but Chang Feng did not go to bed immediately after returning to the hotel after filming, but drank a little wine, because the completion of this scene made him feel relieved. This awe and love for the performance career won warm applause from the scene. Cao Kefan said: "In his heart, the drama is bigger than the sky!" Looking forward to three years later, Teacher Chang Feng will come back to the Shanghai Film Festival, and we will celebrate his 100th birthday together! ”
After winning the award, Chang Feng came to the backstage with the trophy to be interviewed by reporters, and he excitedly held the trophy and made a kissing action. Chang Feng revealed that when Qin Hailu invited him to star in "Homesickness", he had not come out to act for more than 20 years, and he had some hesitation in his heart: "I am not physically good, and it is not convenient to walk, I said let's read the script first." At first glance, I liked the script very much, and I liked the role even more, so I had to take it 'helplessly': I would sell an old life and fight for my life! Who knows I'm so lucky to get this award today. The humorous and modest Mr. Chang Feng once again touched the media at the scene, and the warm applause sounded again.
Previously, Chang Feng was more likely to meet the audience in TV dramas. In ma Jingtao's 1994 version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", he played Zhang Sanfeng. In his decades of acting career, Chang Feng has won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, Supporting Actor, Lifetime Achievement Award, Golden Bell Award for Best Actor, Special Contribution Award, etc.
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On the film festival industry observation
As China's only international A-category film festival, the annual Shanghai International Film Festival gathers most of China's film and television practitioners, and it has also become a barometer and weather vane for the development of Chinese films.
On June 23, box office data from the Film Monopoly Office showed that the box office of Chinese mainland films in 2019 exceeded 30 billion yuan, and the time taken to achieve this data was 7 days later than last year. Another set of data is: from January to May this year, the year-on-year growth rate of Chinese mainland film sub-account box office (excluding service fees) and movie attendance was negative, which was also the first decline since 2011.
Box office revenue declined, the number of film and television projects started and declared decreased significantly, and capital turned from excitement to low... How should we view the cooling film market? How to deal with the development of film and television into a trough period? These issues have become the hot topics of this year's Shanghai Film Festival.
Capital retreats, industry reshuffle
"Last year's average daily box office was 168 million yuan, but this year's daily box office for nearly 40 days was only 30 or 40 million yuan." Wang Changtian, president of Light Media, lamented at the Golden Jue Forum of this year's Shanghai Film Festival that this year's number of boots and project declarations have decreased significantly, and capital has shifted from excitement to low.
The same Is Wang Changtian, at last year's Shanghai Film Festival Golden Jue Forum, said: "In the future, thousands of film and television companies will go out of business." "Prophecy is becoming a reality. This year, he explained: "At this time last year, there were already harbingers of industry changes, and I just made a judgment. Unexpectedly, from the second half of last year to the present, the cold winter has been intensifying. At present, there are about 20,000 film and television companies, and in Wang Changtian's view, the closure of thousands of film and television companies is normal market feedback: "Some companies have just been established and have closed their doors." However, he does not expect the cold winter to last long and will improve around the second half of next year.
In the view of Yu Dong, president of Bona Pictures, the current film industry is in a period of reshuffle, although the cold wave will continue for a period of time, but the pace of development of Chinese films will not stagnate. Yu Dong believes that the more economically bad the times, the film has become people's spiritual comfort: "The rise of Hollywood in the United States was after the Great Depression. ”
Zeng Maojun, president of Wanda Film, believes that the problems that have emerged in the Chinese film market today are the result of excessive capitalization in previous years. Ren Zhonglun, chairman of Shanghai Film Group, said: "Chinese films are in a healthy development, we should not rush to surpass the United States at any point in time, but also think about how to form their own style of play, style and path in the Chinese market." ”
Focus on reality and embrace the mainstream
This year coincides with the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, so it is also known as the "main theme of the year" in the industry. A series of tribute films such as "My Motherland and Me", "Liberated", "The Climber", "The Moment the Sun Rises" and so on will be released this year.
At the press conference of Beijing Culture's film list, Song Ge, chairman of Beijing Culture, said in his concluding speech: "If you make an art film, it is no problem to cut into the story from your own point of view and perspective. But to get investors' money to make movies, it is best to strive to make movies that reflect mainstream values in today's social state. We must seize the opportunity to leave good works for the audience. ”
Mainstream values are the high-frequency words of this year's Shanghai Film Festival. Wang Changtian revealed that Guangguang's key films this year include Zhang Yimou's "Rock Solid". The film integrates anti-corruption, police bandits, anti-gang crime and other elements in one, which will reflect the practice and exploration of mainstream film companies at the level of showing mainstream values.
Bona Pictures will launch a "China Pride Trilogy" based on real prototypes and reflecting contemporary styles - "Heroes of Fire", "Decisive Moment" and "Captain China". Adapted from Borji Wilderness's long-form reportage "The Deepest Water is Tears", "Heroes of Fire" shows the real work and life of firefighters, and is also the first realistic film focusing on Chinese mainland firefighters. "Captain China" is based on the real incident of the successful handling of the special situation by the crew of Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633, and will be released in the National Day file. In addition, there is China's first work on the theme of sea rescue and salvage, "Emergency Rescue", which is scheduled to be released on the first day of the Chinese New Year in 2020.
In addition to film companies, Internet film and television companies have also played the main theme project. Alibaba Pictures has participated in high-quality film projects such as "Wolf Warrior 2", "Red Sea Action", "Wandering Earth" and so on, and Fan Luyuan, chairman of Alibaba Pictures, said: "We will continue to adhere to the 'little Dazheng', that is, small people, big feelings, positive energy, carry forward mainstream values, and present the motherland with high-quality film and television works." ”
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