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2022 Sea Film Festival · H! Action Venture Capital Conference Final Review Shortlisted Projects Announced

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2022 Sea Film Festival · H! Action Venture Capital Conference Final Review Shortlisted Projects Announced

1905 Film Network News On October 26, 2022, the 4th Hainan International Film Festival H! A total of 617 script projects were received, and after preliminary review and review, 24 project on-site proposals, 15 projects were finally selected to enter the final review stage. From a film country to a film power, China needs a group of filmmakers who understand not only creation and production, but also the audience and the market. Since its birth in 2019, the Hainan Island International Film Festival H! Action Venture Capital has always adhered to its original intention, striving to provide a platform for a new generation of film creators to interact and communicate with outstanding filmmakers in related industries, and escort the birth of high-quality projects and high-quality newcomers in the film industry.

Listen to the discussion and create stories to help new forces in Chinese cinema

The review of the project proposal took nearly two days, and the project team and the jury actively discussed the script creation and project development. The four senior filmmakers who participated in the VC judging were Jiang Peng, Vice President of Warner Bros. China Film Development and Production Department, Yang Weiwei, screenwriter of the films "Favorite" and "Manslaughter", Zhang Dalei, director of the 71st Berlin Film Festival Short Film Jury Prize Silver Bear Award "Half the Afternoon Has Passed", and Zhang Yisong, General Manager of Beijing Television Art Center Co., Ltd.

2022 Sea Film Festival · H! Action Venture Capital Conference Final Review Shortlisted Projects Announced

At the scene, in the face of projects with diverse styles, the judges on the scene listened carefully to the initiative to ask questions, threw out clue ideas, and helped young filmmakers think about and improve the core of the story. Screenwriter Yang Weiwei, who is good at describing the relationship between characters and characters, faced the character settings of the protagonists of "Not Allowed to Turn Around", the new and old generations of rockers, and asked what was the director's original intention and idea for setting it up? Director Wang Zheng said that in the early stage of determining the theme, he found that the rock music market was mostly young bands, of course, there were middle-aged bands such as New Pants, but most of them were young bands, which was particularly different from his previous video games like Black Panther in the Tang Dynasty. So I thought about designing two rock characters, old and new, from conflict to fusion, changing and learning from each other, and then discussing with the audience what rock is. Judge Yang Weiwei also mentioned that the character relationship in "Manslaughter" has a typical dramatic conflict. The jury will give suggestions from the perspective of their own expertise.

While listening to the project roadshow, the jury also needs to select the most promising projects to be shortlisted for the final judging. Warner Vice President Jiang Peng said that in the selection of venture capital projects, more stories that can reflect the new atmosphere of young people may be favored, because the creation of films needs to keep pace with the times, President Xi Jinping recently proposed to do a good job in "three stories", to reflect the Chinese story of China's excellent culture, to grasp the pulse of the times, to undertake the historical mission of the story. It reflects the young people of the new era and the new atmosphere of China now, which is also H! Action Ventures will expect the new generation of Chinese films.

2022 Sea Film Festival · H! Action Venture Capital Conference Final Review Shortlisted Projects Announced

Newcomer creators have fantastic ideas, and 15 projects have been successfully shortlisted

The types of projects involved in this year's venture capital conference are richer, including family, comedy, suspense, etc., and you can also see themes with era, Republican period, and relative epic. Zhang Yisong, general manager of Beijing Television Art Center Co., Ltd., said: "These types really make us feel the efforts made by the organizing committee in the venture capital session. The organizing committee presents us with films that are diverse, in line with the various possibilities in the film market, I think this is coming to Hainan Island H! Action touched me the most. ”

2022 Sea Film Festival · H! Action Venture Capital Conference Final Review Shortlisted Projects Announced

After the jury's review, 15 projects were successfully shortlisted for the final judging, namely: "Local Doug", "Welcome to Tonia Hotel", "Sure enough", "Good things are coming", "Southern Studio", "Into the Sea to Find the Lotus", "Fast Food", "Heavenly Joy", "Roofing", "You Long", "Goodbye", "Ussuriysk", "Between Spring and Autumn", "Father of Sons", "Until the End of the World", "The Last Evenki".

Among them, "Local Doug", which tells about overseas study life and is close to the youth highway type, impressed screenwriter Yang Weiwei and director Zhang Dalei, and Yang Weiwei directly said that the film is very textured. "Goodbye, Ussuriysk" also caused a lot of discussion on the spot, the director of 96, the producer of 97, chose a character mainly after the 70s, the core event occurred in the late nineties to create the story, so that the judges empathized and felt surprised at the same time, the shortlisting of the project is a good proof that good stories can move generations of people, whether new or old, love is the best creative driving force for films.

2022 Sea Film Festival · H! Action Venture Capital Conference Final Review Shortlisted Projects Announced

2022H! The Action Venture Capital Conference featured heated discussions between creative teams and judges, as well as stories from creators and films of different ages. Film is never an easy task, film festivals carry the hopes of creators, and venture capital should dig up the gold that has not yet radiated, so that those who persevere on this road can get recognition and opportunities.

For the Hainan Island International Film Festival, good projects are the starting point of everything, and the venture capital conference is for determined and sincere filmmakers. H! Action Ventures will join hands with more senior filmmakers in the industry to provide effective assistance for the whole process of the creation of a new generation of filmmakers, inject vitality and vitality into Chinese films with the passion of youth, and contribute to passing on the torch. Let more filmmakers shine, promote the high-quality development of Chinese films, and adhere to the original intention of light and shadow.