The picture shows the media meeting of the international jury of the "Temple of Heaven Award". Photo courtesy of the Organizing Committee of the 11th North Film Festival
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The total amount of contracts signed in the Beijing market reached 35.223 billion yuan; nearly 300 chinese and foreign films were screened in 31 theaters in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei; the "Temple of Heaven Award" built a diversified international exchange platform for world films; "Film +" used cross-border integration activities to drive new hot spots for film culture consumption... On September 29, the nine-day 11th Beijing International Film Festival came to a successful conclusion, handing over to the world a "Beijing plan" to build a boom in Chinese cinema.
International standard to expand the "circle of friends" of the North Film Festival
The 11th Beijing International Film Festival invited world films to be beautiful and cooperative, from the international jury lineup to the shortlisted film lineup, the "Temple of Heaven Award", to build a more comprehensive, more high-end, more diversified international exchange platform, so that the global "circle of friends" of the Beijing Film Festival expanded dramatically.
The "Temple of Heaven Award" International Award Committee praised the quality of the shortlisted films, the top ten awards are fiercely competitive, and Gong Li, chairman of the jury, revealed that in the discussion and judging process, there are different views and views on the shortlisted films, but at the same time, it is also emphasized that "art has no borders, and artists' feelings about art have many similarities."
In addition, this year's Beijing Film Festival also invited foreign foreigners in China for the first time to enter the Beijing cinema, visit the National China Film Digital Production Base and the China Film Museum, and share the film feast with global audiences in the form of live interaction and video recording.
The picture shows the scene of the signing ceremony of the "Beijing Market". Photo courtesy of the Organizing Committee of the 11th North Film Festival
The Beijing box office reached a new high
The 11th Beijing International Film Festival "Beijing Screening" curated and colored, screening nearly 300 Chinese and foreign films in 31 theaters in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, more than 1200 times, the film is both entertaining and academic, and the 9-second sold out "Beijing Film Festival Speed" shows the charm and weight of the Beijing Film Festival in the hearts of film fans. The box office of the films screened at this year's Beijing Film Festival is higher than in previous years, which plays an incentive role in this year's National Day file.
The 11th Beijing International Film Festival TV screening, opened by Beijing Radio and Television Station, crossed the limitations of space, allowing Chinese audiences to enjoy the world's best-looking movies through television, and the "living room theater" entered thousands of households. The 19 overseas films in this TV screening unit include comedy master Chaplin's classic film series "Gold Rush" and "Modern Times", as well as recent new works by directors from many countries, such as "The Last Tango" and "Helena: Life on canvas", etc., striving to be multi-national, multi-style, multi-genre, multi-experience, covering audience groups of all ages.
iQIYI Cloud Shangbei Film Festival launched nearly 100 domestic and foreign films for screening, and together with Beijing Radio and Television Station, it formed a variety of communication methods to serve movie fans. The Cloud Film Festival and TV + Film Festival not only help users break the restrictions and watch the world's best films, but also freely listen to the speeches of the masters, observe the industry's cutting-edge forums, and share the beauty of light and shadow.
Beijing market signed into the industry's "iron absorbing stone"
The "Beijing Market" of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival gives full play to the leading role of the cultural platform of the Beijing Film Festival, and "shares resources and wins a win-win future" with filmmakers around the world.
On September 25, the 11th Beijing International Film Festival held a signing ceremony for the Beijing market, with a total of 44 key projects and 39 enterprises signing and releasing in the Beijing market, with a total amount of 35.223 billion yuan, an increase of about 6% year-on-year, breaking the record again.
In the past 11 years, based on the development of the film industry, the "Beijing Market" has promoted the negotiation and signing of 346 key projects, with a total transaction volume of 200.251 billion yuan, with the theme of "display, promotion, exchange and transaction", and built three major platforms of "film elements", "project venture capital" and "copyright trading", attracting outstanding projects to participate in the evaluation and many commercial entities to sign contracts and cooperation, forming a strong aggregation force and influence in the industry.
The picture shows the scene of Gong Li's film master class. Photo courtesy of the Organizing Committee of the 11th North Film Festival
Bring cutting-edge ideas to the film industry
The 11th Beijing International Film Festival held five film master classes and five theme forum activities to lead everyone to discuss the development prospects of the film industry from a professional perspective. "Movie +" integrates new content and new gameplay into film art, expands the creative dimension, and breaks the boundaries of images with cross-border integration activities, pulling new hot spots for film culture consumption.
Among them, Gong Li, chairman of the jury of the "Temple of Heaven Award", gave a lecture on the theme of "Film and Us", and invited Lou Ye, Zhang Songwen and Zhao Youting to serve as "teaching assistants" to discuss the topic of performance.
The opening forum "Just a Centennial Style and Celebration of the Centenary of the Founding of the Party Film Theme Forum" summarized the experience and achievements of the progress and development of Chinese filmmakers in the past century and continued to promote the development of China's film industry.
In addition, the two new "Beijing Film Festival Release" activities set up by this year's Beijing Film Festival, "China Film Investment and Financing Summit" and "China Film Marketing Summit Forum", focused on the hot spots of film development in the new era, and released monographs and research reports with both academic value and practical influence, highlighting the leadership and authority of the Beijing Film Festival.
The film carnival held in Huairou District of Beijing lights up Beijing's night economy, explores a new model of film + technology + tourism, and shows the charm of Huairou's "shadow capital". The Beijing International Film Festival also has a special derivative area to make the Beijing Film Festival a film and television event that can be seen, touched and taken away. (End)
Source: China News Network