In the most beautiful autumn colors in Beijing, on September 29, 2021, the 11th Beijing International Film Festival also came to a successful conclusion. When Beijing meets movies, when movies fall in love with Beijing, the legendary stories written by light and shadow love affairs are circulated here.
The closing ceremony and award ceremony of this year's Beijing Film Festival closely focus on the concept of "community of human destiny", follow the experience of "on the cloud" in technology and form, and share unforgettable legendary memories in front of the screen with invited domestic and foreign crews and award guests through cloud technology, so that full enthusiasm can be transmitted in the clouds, and also witness world movies closely linking the human destiny of different colors, nationalities and regions. At the same time, this year is also the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and on the night of the closing ceremony and the award ceremony, the main theme of the film works and the performances of young filmmakers also sincerely pay tribute to this great historical process.
Cloud technology connects the world's emotions
Virtual images break through the visual senses
Today's closing ceremony and award ceremony of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival can be called the "wonderful night that will always be remembered" in the history of the Beijing Film Festival, which breaks the usual mode of traditional award ceremonies, boldly adopts real-time multi-point connection technology, and realizes the twelve shortlisted film crews of the "Temple of Heaven Award" who are overseas to participate in the closing ceremony award ceremony synchronously through the network cloud and the scene. Although because of the epidemic, the main creators of the overseas award-winning crew could not come to the scene to receive the award in person, but the joy and emotion were still synchronized - the announcement of all the awards was transmitted to every crew in various countries in real time in the form of "on the cloud", and the fate of the world filmmakers was also closely linked on the platform of the Beijing International Film Festival at this moment.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the world film industry has been impacted. The closing ceremony and award ceremony of this year's Beijing Film Festival not only got rid of the difference in time difference and overcame regional obstacles, but also condensed the emotions and strength of domestic and foreign filmmakers. This program not only promotes the development of the chinese and world film industry, but also accumulates strength for the world's filmmakers to concentrate their energy and spread their wings at this time of global suffering and common suffering.
At the same time, in order to give all filmmakers and fans the best visual sensory experience, the 11th Beijing International Film Festival will take the visual effects to the extreme, using virtual technology to add the "Temple of Heaven Award" virtual trophy to the image, so that the flat vision of the traditional award ceremony becomes more full and three-dimensional.
The Golden Age filmmakers reunite
Recall the golden years of Chinese cinema
Driven by He Bing and Wu Gang, the two old drama bones, the award ceremony scene was lively and moving. Chen Daoming, Gong Li, Ge You, Jiang Wen, Liu Xiaoqing and many other golden age filmmakers reunited, which also made the audience fall into infinite boiling. Gong Li and Jiang Wen walked hand in hand to the front of the stage to award the "Temple of Heaven Award" for best film, recalling the cooperation between the two in the movie "Red Sorghum" 34 years ago, a "grandmother" set off the memory of the majority of fans to kill. Emotionally, they said: "In another 34 years, we will come here to give them awards, and we will not see each other!" It can be seen that the Significance of the North Film Festival as the "base camp" of Chinese filmmakers lies in Chinese films.
Chen Daoming and Ge You presented the "Best Director" award in a humorous and humorous way, and also ridiculed Gong Li on the spot as "the most honored person on the scene", because the "three husbands" - Jiang Wen, Ge You, and Chen Daoming were all present. Chen Kun and Liu Xiaoqing took the understanding and resonance of the new and old generations of filmmakers on the acting career as the starting point, awarded the best actress award, Liu Xiaoqing a seat "always in awe of the movie, always fight for the movie, always tears, always burning passion" speech, not only let the audience praise, applause, but also make the live filmmakers moved and moved.
As the atmosphere of the awards ceremony reached its climax, the classic memories of chinese filmmakers who once sang all the way to lead Chinese films to the world were also presented one by one in front of the screen. "Zhang Yimou Berlin Film Festival 'Catching Bears'" and other photos freeze the young filmmakers who once had a sincere heart, with youth and blood cast the film jianghu, but also let the audience can't help but recall the golden years of Chinese films. These first batch of filmmakers who stood on the international stage after the founding of New China used a unique film language to not only write about the prosperity of Chinese films, show the cultural self-confidence of Chinese films, but also tell us that Chinese filmmakers have been working hand in hand with world filmmakers to make new contributions to the common prosperity and development of world films.
Ten "Temple of Heaven Award" trophies were spent on whoever owned it
Attract the attention of the world's filmmakers
The fifteen films shortlisted in the main competition unit of this year's Beijing International Film Festival are all-encompassing, diverse in genre and rich in perspective, including not only the sincere works of famous directors and predecessors, but also the innovative works of newcomer directors. The "Temple of Heaven Award" also adheres to the beautiful meaning of traditional Chinese culture with the core value of "unity of nature and man, beauty and commonality", and praises these outstanding film works and outstanding filmmakers from all over the world.
On the night of the closing ceremony, the three shortlisted domestic films "Everything About My Mother", "If One Day I Will Leave You", "Above the Clouds" crew and the main creative representatives of the closing film "Lyceum Grand Theatre" came to the scene to witness the glorious birth of the ten awards of the "Temple of Heaven Award" with filmmakers from all over the world online.
With Gong Li, chairman of the international jury of the "Temple of Heaven Award", judges Chen Kun, Chen Zhengdao, Urshan, Zhang Songwen, Chen Daoming, Cao Yu, Duan Yihong, Ge You, Jiang Wen, Jing Boran, Liu Heng, Liu Xiaoqing, Ma Yili, Wang Xuexi, Yang Qianwei and other guests who opened the award, the ten "Temple of Heaven Awards" also ushered in their belonging.
The domestic film "Above the Clouds" became the biggest winner of this year's Beijing Film Festival, winning three major awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Cinematography. This war-themed work depicts the story of the Red Army with "ink texture", and through the aesthetics of Chinese poetic film, the world can see the cultural temperament and the ever-changing oriental civilization that has been inherited for thousands of years. At the award ceremony, director Liu Zhihai and the film's main creators could not hide their excitement and joy, hugged each other, tearfully, and expressed their deep gratitude to the Organizing Committee of the Beijing Film Festival and the international jury of the "Temple of Heaven Award".
In addition, the best actress award was spent on the film "Snow Girl" starring Noah Abita. Iranian actor Shahab Al-Husseini and Danish actor Nana Skarop vos won the Temple of Heaven Award for Best Supporting Actor and Actress for their performances in the films "This Time of Love" and "The Oath", respectively. At the same time, the film "This Time of Love" also won the best music award, and the screenwriter of the film "The Oath" Christian Top also won the best screenplay award, and the best director award was won by "Siege Diary" director Andrei Zaitsev. At the closing ceremony, several international filmmakers also delivered their acceptance speeches online and expressed their gratitude to the Beijing International Film Festival.
A new generation of filmmakers sang
Pinning on film sentiments and ideals
With the mystery of the ten Temple of Heaven Awards being unveiled, the young new generation of filmmakers also came to the front of the stage one by one and used wonderful performances to pin their feelings and ideals for the film. These young Chinese filmmakers have passed on the spirit of film and injected new hope into the future of Chinese cinema.
Musicians Ayunga, Wu Tong, Chen Jun and Wang Shuai first opened with the National Style Ritual Music "Tianlai Heming", showing the strong traditional Chinese culture. The instrumental ensemble integrates a variety of Chinese and Western instruments, including sheng, pipa, erhu, violin, cello, etc., reflecting Beijing's tolerance as an oriental cultural center, and also highlighting the integration and exchange of music under the community of human destiny.
Li Zhiting, Guan Xiaotong and Xiao Shi and the children's choir emotionally performed "Love Letters to Filmmakers", paying tribute to the filmmakers who work hard and never give up, and once again expressed "Come to Beijing!" See the best films in the world", an invitation from the Beijing International Film Festival to filmmakers around the world.
Good movies leave us with memories, not only the people and things in the story, but also the music in the story. Film music promoter Zhou Shen sang the theme song of the same name from Zhang Yimou's film "On the Cliff", telling the moving story of giving up life and forgetting death in the movie, and praising the unsung heroes who dedicated their youth, blood and life to the feelings of their homeland. Singer Yang Kun also performed the theme song of the movie "The Endless River" with the Beijing Film Academy Choir, conveying the spirit of the warrior forever, conveying the yearning for the victory of freedom and the call for peace and love.
This international film event has come to a perfect end, but the movies we love will never end. In 2022, let's gather at the Beijing International Film Festival again to "come to Beijing to see the best movies in the world"!