The Paper's reporter Chen Chen
The 24th Shanghai International Film Festival will officially kick off on June 11. Following the release of blockbuster films in various film lists, fans have long been waiting for it.
At the press conference held on June 1, the jury list headed by Chinese director Huang Jianxin was released, as well as the first batch of Golden Jue competition unit films.
At the same time, the organizing committee announced that this year's ticket sales will still be carried out online according to the epidemic prevention and control regulations, and the ticket sales rate will not exceed 75% per show. Tickets will be issued at 8:00 a.m. on June 5, and the schedule will be released on the evening of June 3.
Poster of the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival
The first batch of films in the Golden Jue unit was announced Zhang Yu, Ma Li, Zheng Yunlong, etc. were shortlisted for the Golden Jue
At the press conference, the first batch of Golden Jubilee Award entries were released. Directed by Dai Wei and starring Zheng Yunlong, "Willow Wave Singing Warbler", directed by Geng Jun and starring Zhang Yu and Ma Li, and Malaysian female director Chen Cuimei returned to the feature film "Barbarian Invasion" after ten years.
Poster of "Siberian Tiger"
"Siberian Tiger" is a comedy film directed by Geng Jun and starring Zhang Yu and Ma Li. The film tells the story of a Siberian tiger, a dog, a forklift driver, a middle school teacher, a poet, a debt collector, and a pregnant woman. Director Geng Jun has previously won important awards in the film industry with films such as "Hammer and Sickle Rest" and "Ease + Pleasure".
Zhang Yu was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Shanghai Film Festival last year with "Calm Wind and Waves", but last year, due to the special award of the epidemic year, he was shortlisted for the Golden Jue again this year, and whether he could win something also made fans look forward to it.
Poster of "The Willow Wave Singing Warbler"
Directed by Dai Wei, produced by Zheng Dasheng and Cheng Qingsong, and starring Wang Yang, Kan Xin and Zheng Yunlong, the film "Liulang Singing Warbler" tells the story of two girls in the Jiangnan Yue Opera Troupe who fight against fate, the whole drama takes Yue opera culture as the biggest attraction, and the scene will also show a large number of Shengzhou landscapes, ancient opera stages and nearly 20 minutes of Yue opera singing.
In the year of the epidemic, the number of registered films reached a new high
The COVID-19 pandemic is still raging around the world, and the film and television industry is one of the industries most severely affected by the epidemic. But despite this, the number of entries received at this year's Festival hit a record high.
It is reported that the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival received a total of 4443 registered films from 113 countries and regions, and the number of works increased by 750 compared with 2020 and 479 from 2019, the highest in the past. Of the more than 400 films screened, 73 premiered in the world, 42 premiered internationally, 89 premiered in Asia, and 99 premiered in China, for a total of 303 films.
Huang Jianxin, Chairman of the Jury of the Golden Jubilee Award
The Belt and Road Film Week, which has gradually developed into a brand unit of the Shanghai International Film Festival, has also achieved great results today. This year, the number of registered films in countries along the "Belt and Road" is 1136, and after the selection of filmmakers, the outstanding films will meet the audience in various units of the film festival. Relying on the "Belt and Road" Film Week held by the "Belt and Road" Film Festival Alliance, 20 excellent films were selected from the new films recommended by member institutions in various countries to meet with fans with the theme of "Opening the Heart World", of which 6 films from different countries will be screened in six theaters in the Yangtze River Delta region, enabling film fans in the Yangtze River Delta region to share the latest achievements of filmmakers in countries along the "Belt and Road" in light and shadow.
Undertake the responsibility and mission of praising the centenary of the founding of the party
2021 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the opening year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", and at such a historical moment, it is of special significance to hold the 27th Shanghai TV Festival and the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, the birthplace of the Party and the original origin of the Party. On the eve of "July 1st", the Shanghai International Film and Television Festival, which is held in the birthplace of the party and the place where the original intention originated, will consciously assume the mission and responsibility of praising the centennial birthday and creating a festive atmosphere.
The special unit of "Centennial Journey , Red Light and Shadow" in the screening section of the film festival will focus on many excellent domestic films focusing on the cpc's leadership of the Chinese people from standing up and getting rich to becoming strong, such as "The Eternal Radio Wave", "Nanchang Uprising", and "Heroes and Children".
In addition, during the film and television festival, a large number of new masterpieces of Acura Party, Acura Motherland, Acura People, acura heroes, etc., such as "Mountains and Seas", "Crossing the Yalu River", "Together", "1921", "Chinese Doctor", "Infinite Depth", "Changjin Lake", "Sniper", etc., gathered in Shanghai to show the great process of the CPC leading the Chinese people to stand up, get rich and become strong, and pay tribute to the centenary of the CPC.
This year's Jinjue Film Forum also determined the theme of "Market-oriented Exploration of Main Theme Films", exploring how filmmakers can choose good themes and tell good stories to promote the high-quality development of Chinese film and television.
During the film festival, Global Harbor, as the screening point for the benefit of the people this year, will screen more than 20 films such as "King Kong Chuan", "The Wandering Earth", "Heroes of Fire", "New Love" and so on.
The scene of the press conference
Gather outstanding and innovative film and television talents
In recent years, the Positioning of the Shanghai International Film Festival "based on Asia, paying attention to Chinese, and supporting newcomers" has become more and more accurate. As the only international A-category film festival in China, the Shanghai International Film Festival carries the spirit of The strong recovery of Chinese films and leads the world, and the value of the platform is increasingly recognized by all parties. This year, the "SIFF YOUNG Shanghai Young Filmmakers Support Program", which is directed by the Shanghai Film Bureau and jointly initiated by the Shanghai International Film Festival and the Cannes Film Market, will make its debut. This plan will not only allow China's outstanding young filmmakers to get the opportunity to show their talents and creativity on a larger stage, but also allow overseas film markets to have a more comprehensive and more realistic understanding of the new development of Chinese films.
"Plan Y" adopts the selection method of the nomination system. In addition to being invited to attend the series of activities related to the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival held in June this year, the final selected young filmmakers will also participate in the world's largest film trading market according to the actual situation of this year's Cannes Film Festival.
The "Image Dripping Lake • 48 Hours Challenge", launched for the first time this year, uses the new gameplay of the currently popular 48-hour creative image competition to show the livability and livability of The Lingang New Area with the lens of young filmmakers.
Online exhibitions, lectures on the cloud, and network connections to maintain international color
As a global A-category international film festival, the internationality of the festival has not been weakened by the impact of the new crown epidemic. The jury released this year includes an international lineup, and the participation of former Venetian helmsman Mark Muller and Singaporean famous director Chen Zheyi has guaranteed the international vision of the festival.
This year, there are a total of 750 exhibitors in the international film and television cloud market, more than nearly 600 in the TV market and film market in 2019. Overseas exhibitors accounted for 53.4% of the total this year, an increase over 2020. In the future, the market model of online and offline dual platforms will become the new normal.
The Film Academy of the Shanghai International Film Festival, with the profound resources accumulated by the Film Festival over the years, invites famous Chinese and foreign filmmakers to share their creative experience with practitioners in the form of master classes to solve problems for film fans. This year's master class will still be carried out in an online and offline connection method that breaks the boundaries of time and space, allowing Chinese and foreign film masters to communicate on the cloud, and presenting the "in progress" filmmakers to the majority of practitioners and fans. In addition, this year's film festival will also join the online screening, and more than 10 new film festival films will be presented in Migu Video and BesTV.
Although the face-to-face exchanges between the international community have decreased, the international quality has not diminished in the slightest through online exhibitions, lectures on the cloud, and network connections.
In addition, this year's film and television festival plans a series of activities related to the film industry in the Yangtze River Delta. The "Yangtze River Delta Film Theme Pavilion" in the film market, the promotion and negotiation of the Yangtze River Delta Film Company and the film and television shooting base, the joint promotion of key films produced in the Yangtze River Delta "Welcoming the Centenary of the Founding of the Party", the Yangtze River Delta Film Cooperation Forum, the "Belt and Road" Film Week and Yangtze River Delta Screening, etc., are linked in many places to further strengthen the coordination of cultural development. For the first time, the Belt and Road Film Week will push screening activities to five cities: Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Hefei, which is also the first time that the Shanghai International Film Festival has held a film festival in a city other than Shanghai during the film festival.
Editor-in-Charge: Xu Liyi