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Venice Film Festival: Founded in 1932, it is one of the oldest international film festivals in the world. One of the three major film festivals in the world. Held annually in Venice, Italy, from the end of August to the beginning of September, it is the first major film festival held internationally. The festival is known for its high-level competition units and important film awards, such as the Golden Lion (Best Film) and the Silver Lion Award.
In 2023, the 80th Venice International Film Festival announced the jury members of the main competition unit.
President of the jury: Damian Chazelre
Jury Members:
Sarai Bakri (Palestinian actor)
Jane Campion (New Zealand Director)
Mia Hansen-Love (French director)
Gabriel Menetti (Italian director)
Martin McDonald (Irish Director)
Santiago Mitre (Argentine director)
Laura Petras (American director)
Shu Qi (Chinese actor)
It is worth mentioning that Shu Qi counted as the jury of the main competition of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in 2009 and the main competition of the 58th Berlin Film Festival in 2008, becoming the third Chinese actor to complete the jury slam of the three major film festivals after Maggie Cheung and Gong Li.
At this year's Cannes Film Festival, Chinese-language films did not win. So this year's Venice Film Festival, are there any Chinese-language films shortlisted? According to the tone of Venice in the past, there may be the following films:
1. "Snow Leopard"
Director: Wan Ma Tsedan
Screenwriter: Wan Ma Tsedan
Starring: Kim Ba / Xiong Ziqi / Tashi Tashi
This is a story about how humans and animals end up getting along. A snow leopard broke into a herdsman's pen and killed nine lambs. As a result, the herders were at loggerheads. The son insisted on killing the leopard, but the father insisted on releasing the snow leopard.
2. "Fertile Soil"
Director: Wang Xiaoshuai
Screenwriter: Li Shijiang
Starring: Yongmei / Zu Feng / Wang Zichuan / Li Jun / Wang Jingchun
The film is the second part of the "Homeland Trilogy", based on Li Shijiang's short story "Grandpa's Ghost Trick", hoping to show the story of a rural family, which is a story that originated in the city and returned to the countryside. After "The Earth Is Long and the Sky is Long", another masterpiece.
It is worth mentioning that Yongmei and Wang Jingchun previously won the best actor and actress at the 69th Berlin Film Festival with Wang Xiaoshuai's "The Earth is Long and the Sky is Long". I hope that Yongmei can also gain something this time.
3. "Grass and Wood World"
Screenwriter: Guo Shuang / Gu Xiaogang
Starring: Wu Lei / Jiang Qinqin / Chen Jianbin / Wang Jiajia / Yan Nan / More...
Genre: Drama
Director: Gu Xiaogang
Gu Xiaogang directed the second feature film in the "Landscape Map" series, from the bank of the Fuchun River in the "Spring River Plumbing" to the West Lake Tea Mountain in the "grass and wood world". The story tells that in order to find his father who left home for Hangzhou and disappeared for ten years, his son Mu Lian came to Hangzhou to study alone; In order to take care of her son, who is about to graduate from college, her mother Moss came to Hangzhou to pick tea to make a living. The originally peaceful days gradually began to ripple due to the emotional changes between Moss and the tea-picking owner, Moss strayed into a fraud organization, and Mu Lian tried to save her, the turmoil seemed to subside, but the mother and son fell into a more desperate situation. The son who hesitated and confused, the mother whose faith collapsed, the father who had no news, the story of the modern version of "Mu Lian's Salvation Mother" in Hangzhou City, West Lake, and Chashan Lian will take place in this corner of the grassy world.
The Venice International Film Festival's tenet is "film in the service of serious art", and a different slogan is put forward every year, and the judging criteria are pure - artistry. From this standard, perhaps Wang Xiaoshuai's "Fertile Soil" is more expected.
All in all, although it is predicted, I also hope that this year's Chinese films can shine in Venice and have awards! . If you have different views, you can also leave a message to discuss. #头条创作挑战赛#