Pingyao Film Festival Unveils Various Honors Jia Zhangkoninghao Joins Hands to "Pay Tribute to Film"

The Fifth Pingyao International Film Festival unveiled various honors on the evening of the 18th, and the small and medium-cost film "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department", which was praised by the judges as "opening a new path for Chinese science fiction films", won three honors and became the biggest winner, and the tribute film short film "The Last Director of the Earth" starring Jia Zhangke and Ning Hao also premiered on the same night.

"Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" is particularly low-key in this film festival, on the first day of the release of the film list, the film's stills and plot summary can not be queried, and fans also call watching this film "open blind box". The film tells the story of a middle-aged science fiction magazine editor who goes to southwest China to find aliens, and the film does not lose its care for human emotions in the absurdity, and the film has won three important awards: Fei Mu's honorary best film, youth jury honored best film and fan choice honor.

In addition, "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department", which won Fei Mu's honorary best film, will also receive a cash prize of 1 million yuan jointly funded by 10 directors, including Cheng Er, Chen Sicheng, Diao Yinan, Feng Xiaogang, Guan Hu, Jia Zhangke, Lou Ye, Ning Hao, Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhang Yibai, of which 500,000 yuan will be used for the development of director Kong Dashan's next work and 500,000 for the Chinese distribution of the film.

When receiving the award, director Kong Dashan talked about the origin of Peace Haruka. "I met Wang Yitong, the screenwriter and star of "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" in Pingyao, and it was also in Pingyao that I began to brew the script of this film, without the Pingyao International Film Festival, there would be no film. So I decided at that time that I would definitely return to Pingyao with this movie in the future. Kong Dashan choked constantly between words.

Another highly successful film, "Yong'an Town Story Collection", won two honors, Fei Mu Honorary Best Director and Youth Jury Honor best director, and the judges wrote in the award speech, "Wei Shujun proved to the audience his exuberant creativity with a relaxed posture. In addition to jokingly ridiculing the creation of the film, he extends the filmmaker's introspective perspective to a broader emotional level, to care for a more universal individual existence, showing the courage and energy that a young filmmaker should have. With this heat, the film's director Wei Shujun's first feature film "Mustang Mane" was also announced on november 26 on the 19th.

Huang Miyi, who has just stepped into the door of the movie, won the honorary best actress of Fei Mu for the movie "Street Baby", Zou Tao won the honorary best actor of Fei Mu for "Day and Night River", and the honorary evaluation honor of Fei Mu was awarded to "Venus by the Water". Roberto Rossellini honored best director to natesh Hegd, director of the Indian film Pedro, and best picture to the Egyptian film Feather, "is an allegorical film that expresses the great energy of using art against reality." The award speech reads.

At the beginning of the night of honor, the short film "The Last Director of the Earth", directed by Sherlock on the Plains director Xu Lei, held its world premiere, starring well-known directors Jia Zhangke and Ning Hao, telling the story of when the film became an intangible cultural heritage in the future, and the two former directors competed for the place of non-hereditary heirs. The two directors who often made cameo appearances in their respective films before have really passed an "actor addiction" this time.

People in the film industry applauded several times during the viewing process, and in their view, the short film was more like a "love letter" to pay tribute to the film. The film is full of ridicule of the decline of the film, and there is a trace of sadness under the absurdity. The two directors seem to be competing, but they tell a kind of love for movies in their twilight years. On the afternoon of the 19th, the short film will hold a charity screening for the public, and the funds will be used for the flood relief work in Pingyao. (Chen Wentao)

Source: China News Network