On September 21st, under the guidance of the National Film Administration, sponsored by the Central Radio and Television Corporation and the Beijing Municipal People's Government, and hosted by the Beijing Municipal Film Bureau, the Beijing Municipal Radio and Television Bureau, the Beijing Radio and Television Station, the Beijing Huairou District People's Government, and the Beijing Holding Group Co., Ltd., the 11th Beijing International Film Festival was grandly opened at the Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center.
Mingyue invited
Global filmmakers gather in the autumn
At the opening ceremony on the evening of September 21, Shen Haixiong, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, director and editor-in-chief of the Central Radio and Television Station, and chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival, solemnly announced: The opening of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival! Mo Gaoyi, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, director of the Publicity Department, and executive vice chairman of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival, said in his speech that the film industry is showing vigorous development prospects, and the "new decade" of the Beijing International Film Festival will continue to adhere to self-confidence, self-improvement, integrity and innovation, based on strategic positioning, good use of high-quality resources, and strive to build a "Beijing plan" for the prosperity of Chinese films.
With the bright moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the 11th Beijing International Film Festival once again issued an invitation to the world, and filmmakers gathered on the shore of Yanqi Lake to usher in a grand reunion of the film family. At the opening ceremony, because He Wei, Tong Liya and Zheng Kai served as the representatives of the filmmakers, the opening media stage show "Chasing the Light and Chasing Dreams" used XR technology to put the performing guests in the vigorous vitality of Chinese films after the epidemic, and cooperated with film scenes such as "Revolutionary", "On the Cliff", "King Kong Chuan", "Hello, Li Huanying" and so on, so that the audience could immerse themselves in the film atmosphere and deeply feel the growing strength of the motherland.
The 11th Beijing International Film Festival invited Ms. Lena Menzoni, Minister of Culture and Sports of Greece, and First Lady of Ukraine, Oreena Zelenska, as honorary guests of honor at the Festival, and delivered a video message at the opening ceremony. In his speech, Minister Menzoni said: "For Greece, culture and the arts are the cornerstones of a country's international relations. Based on this foundation, we are closely associated with China, which also gave birth to an ancient civilization. In her speech, Mrs. Zelenska said: "I believe that the film and television industry will open a new chapter in Sino-Ukrainian cooperation... The Beijing International Film Festival will not only become a model for in-depth exchanges between filmmakers and other industries of the two countries, but also an important platform for cultural cooperation between China and Ukraine. "In the past ten years, the Beijing International Film Festival has been committed to promoting cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries and the development of the film industry, and has brought vitality and a new atmosphere to the world film industry with the youthful vitality of forging ahead and pioneering and innovating.
The Temple of Heaven Awards blend multiculturalism
Highlighting the international top level
At the opening ceremony of the international jury of the Beijing International Film Festival "Temple of Heaven Award", Gong Li, chairman of the jury, said that all our judges will definitely use a serious and professional attitude to select the best films in our minds. I hope that through the Beijing International Film Festival, more people in the world can understand the story of our Chinese culture, art and Chinese. She hopes that during the film festival, Chinese audiences can see more and better excellent films from all over the world.
Jury members - actor Chen Kun, director Chen Zhengdao, director Urshan, actor Zhang Songwen also came to the opening ceremony site, they said that the journey of the film can let the imagination run freely, as filmmakers, I hope we can always maintain this imagination of the film, good movies can make a hundred flavors of the world. Two foreign judges, director Rennie Haring and director Nadine Labaki, sent messages through video, hoping that the "Temple of Heaven Award" could launch more imaginative works and lead the trend of world cinema. This year's "Temple of Heaven Award" launched the "Cloud Award" solution, actively responded to the adverse effects of the global epidemic, and took the lead in transferring the awards and awards of the "Temple of Heaven Award" and "Focus on the Future" to the Online.
A total of 15 global masterpieces were shortlisted for the "Temple of Heaven Award". At the opening ceremony, Zhu Yilong and Zhou Dongyu, as the guests of honor, introduced five entries related to "growth"; Yao Chen and Yang Ying introduced five shortlisted works that explored the peace of mind in life; and the five works promoted by Bai Baihe and Du Jiang explored how the individual life "under the sky of history" assumed the responsibility of the starting country. The wonderful introduction of several introducing guests allowed the audience to see the beauty of the film's ideas, culture and art.
"Mid-Autumn Festival Shadow Talk" sent to the filmmakers
"Patriotic, for the people, reverence for morality, shangyi"
The opening ceremony of this year's Beijing Film Festival not only had glittering performances, but also paid attention to the relationship between movies and life and the times, highlighting the unique ideological height and creative depth of the Beijing Film Festival.
The song and dance "Youth" performed by Zheng Kai, Peng Yuchang and Rong Zishan recreated the heartfelt voice of the revolutionaries a hundred years ago, and dialogued with the filmmakers in 2021 in light and shadow; "Moonlight" sung by Tan Jianci, Huang Shengyi and Han Dongjun reflected the beautiful scenery of the shadow capital; "The Country" sung by Li Yuchun inspired filmmakers to interpret more heirloom works with the heart of the world, paying tribute to the people's heroes, paying tribute to the great era and the great country; Mao Amin and Zheng Yunlong sang the theme song of the movie "Chinese Doctor" - "We Are Not Afraid" Let people feel the nourishment of the heroic spirit again. Zhang Yingxi, Wang Kai and Ju Hongchuan sang "Beijing" to make people feel the temperature and texture of Beijing, the city of the Two Olympics.
In the "Mid-Autumn Festival Film Talk" session, several actors confided their "love" for the film industry and the actor's profession from different angles. Actor Zhang Yi told his beautiful fate and creative story with films such as "On the Cliff", he said that art comes from life and feeds back to life, and movies not only belong to filmmakers, but also belong to people who need movies.
The actor Yu Hewei used humorous and humorous narration to organically connect the guests with their own growth experiences, so that everyone could understand the nourishment of the big family of movies for everyone.
Actor Lin Yongjian has been in the arts for 35 years since 1986, and he combines his acting experience to illustrate the core values of the literary and art world - "patriotism, for the people, reverence for morality, and shangyi", which is the "secret" to make the art of performing arts evergreen. The old movies he mentioned, "Children of the Party", "Song of Youth", "Heroes and Children", "Wildfire Spring Wind Fighting Ancient City", and "Eternal Electric Wave" have evoked the common memory of a generation of Chinese people.
Tian Hua, Xie Fang, Wang Xiaotang, three well-respected old artists, also sincerely told their "heartfelt words" on the stage, and sent a message to young filmmakers: "In good times, we must think carefully about failure, in adversity, we must never return, and in desperate circumstances, we must say that I am the best." Don't forget your original intention, dare to win! ”
Tell the story of China well
The capital's film market is on the rise
China's film market is showing a vigorous vitality, the Beijing film industry is a bright color in this glory, in 2020, the country is facing the severe test of the epidemic, the Film Industry in Beijing is doing a good job in epidemic prevention at the same time, but also actively promoting the resumption of work and production of the whole industry. "Beijing production" is moving towards "Beijing boutique", last year, in the national annual box office ranking of the top ten theaters, Beijing occupied 6 seats, the annual Beijing production of 185 films, ranking first in the country, it can be said that for the collective recovery of Chinese films and even world cinema contributed to the Beijing model and Beijing wisdom.
It is worth noting that the war blockbuster "Chosin Lake", produced by Beijing and released on September 30, as the opening film of this year's Beijing Film Festival, can be said to be opportune. The film relies on the magnificent war background, takes the positive commemorative significance as the foundation, and has a very powerful team to invest in large costs to ensure that whether it is industrial strength or the main creative choice, it can represent the highest level of Chinese war films in recent years.
The film's producer and chief producer Yu Dong, director and screenwriter Huang Jianxin, producer and director Chen Kaige, Xu Ke, Lin Chaoxian, leading actor Wu Jing, starring Zhu Yawen, Li Chen, Han Dongjun, Li Mincheng and friendship starring Zhang Hanyu also came to the opening ceremony site, the creators shared behind-the-scenes footage of the film shooting, and recited the classic poem "The Loveliest Person".
In addition to the latest mainstream blockbusters that triggered a movie-going boom, the classic masterpieces of the "Beijing Screening" unit of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival also made the movie-watching atmosphere become hot, and the ticket sales report on the first day of the Beijing Film Festival showed that the 10 films that sold out the fastest were "Mulholland Road (4K)", "Imatoshi: Dream Machine", "Delusional Agent", "Immortal Radio Wave (4K)", "Red Sorghum (4K)", etc., of which "Mulholland Road (4K)" sold out in 9 seconds, becoming the "most desperate speed film". It shows the cultural prosperity behind the Chinese film market and the love and enthusiasm of Chinese film fans for movies.
"New Machine, New Bureau"
Create a film festival with world influence
This year's North Film Festival brings surprises from the three dimensions of film, filmmaker and film. Activities such as the "Temple of Heaven Award" awards, Beijing screening, film carnival, closing ceremony and award ceremony have been comprehensively upgraded, providing guests, media and fans with a better cloud immersive participation experience by digital means such as cloud connection, remote trading, video conferencing, live interactive, and online movie viewing.
Among them, "Beijing Screening" screened nearly 300 Chinese and foreign films with more than 1,000 performances in 31 theaters in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, allowing the audience to enjoy the feast of the film. The Beijing Film Festival also set up 17 screening units such as "Special Exhibition celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China", "Winter Olympics Video Exhibition", "Retrospective Exhibition of Gong Li's Works of Jury Chairman", "Restoration Of Classics", "Series of Food", "Review of Masters" and "Chinese Stories". The online film festival and iQIYI, the exclusive partner of the Cloud North Film Festival, jointly launched nearly 100 domestic and foreign films, including more than ten new films, and the settings include units such as "First Perspective", "Focus on Russia" and "Shocking Release". In addition, Beijing Radio and Television Station also opened the 11th Beijing International Film Festival TV screening, film fans have more viewing options, "living room theater" into thousands of households.
In terms of "filmmakers", in addition to "Changjin Lake" and "Lyceum Grand Theater" respectively leading the opening and closing ceremonies of many crews to meet with everyone, the forum master class also covers the directors, actors, investment, production, publicity and distribution of leading figures in the field, bringing wonderful speeches and industry value; the Beijing market gathers buyers, exhibitors, project parties, judges, mentors, and creators to create a perfect closed loop of the film industry; Beijing Screening also has the main creators to meet with film fans through offline and cloud, breaking the boundaries of time and space, and sharing the festival carnival.
In this year's North Film Festival, the charm of Huairou's "Shadow Capital" is presented in a more comprehensive and detailed way. The Film Carnival held in Huairou District designed offline activities such as the immersive experience of the sea of flowers in the film capital, the film and television animation modeling exhibition, the light show of film and television elements, the parent-child theme interactive experience, the film and television literary and artistic program performance, and made every effort to create a cultural and tourism feast of "coming to the film capital for the weekend".
The curtain is lifted, the light is born together, and in the most beautiful Golden Autumn Festival in Beijing, the wonderful activities of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival are flourishing. The light of film blooms passionately in Beijing, standing at the beginning of the new decade, inviting you to witness the new brilliant story of the Beijing Film Festival.