The Fifth Pingyao International Film Festival has come to an end, and the new works "Certificate of Ashes" and "Getaway" brought by the emerging film and television production company "Eye Health Exercise" have appeared in Pingyao.
In the "Pingyao Venture Capital Drama Project" activity, a total of 335 drama projects were submitted for the competition, and a total of 22 works were shortlisted. Sun Jiang of the Press and Publicity Department of the Shanxi Provincial Fire rescue corps served as the screenwriter, Xiao Xiao, brand partner and producer of the "Eye Health Exercise" brand, served as the producer, and the drama project "Certificate of Ashes" was officially unveiled as the project development company of the eye health exercise production (Beijing).
Screenwriter Sun Jiang stated
"Certificate of Ashes" rarely touches on the subject of fire investigation in China. Compared with the previous film and television dramas that show the heroism and fearlessness of firefighters, the drama series "Certificate of Ashes" has another way, the fire field detective, the ruins of the murder, the unknown fire investigation on the screen, from a large number of real fire cases for story adaptation, with suspense, thriller, crime type narrative, showing the Chinese fire personnel little-known behind-the-scenes story and the new image of wisdom and courage.
In addition to the professional and informative fire tone cases, the story of each episode will eventually return to human nature and social thinking, and after searching for the bus arson case, the story will end in the discrimination encountered by outsiders in the big city, social reflection and human nature torture.
Screenwriter Sun Jiang and producer Xiao Xiao
Before each film screened at this year's Pingyao International Film Festival, trailers for five films were posted on the screen, one of which was Liang Ming's "Getaway".
Concept poster for The Getaway
Director Liang Ming once won the best director of the 2019 3rd Pingyao International Film Festival Fei Mu for "Under the Sun". "The Getaway" is based on Ban Yu's novel, starring Lu Xingchen, Li Xueqin, Tu Men and Arya. The film tells the entangled relationship between a northeastern girl and her family and friends after her illness, showing the complicated human feelings in the faint world. The film's promotional words show a dashing attitude towards life, "a flux of the crotch, across the sea".
For "eye care exercises", new directors and new films will be an important direction for future production and production. This joint production of "Getaway" will be a test of "eye exercises" to support young directors and support young films with artistic and commercial potential.
Stills from The Getaway
At this year's Pingyao International Film Festival, "Eye Care Exercise Production (Beijing)" and pingyao International Film Festival have carried out in-depth official cooperation, and set up the "Pingyao Venture Capital Eye Health Exercise Creative Award", which directly gave 200,000 cash prizes to the winning projects.
Li Xiaoyu, founder of the "Eye Exercises" brand
At the venture capital awards ceremony, "Wildfire", directed by Luo Runxiao and written by Luo Runxiao and Wang Luka, stood out and finally won the "Pingyao Venture Capital Eye Care Exercise Creative Award", and 200,000 cash will support the post-development and production of the project.
"Wildfire" is a film that focuses on women, telling the heroine Lin Meng, who knows that playing professional tennis again may destroy her chances of becoming a mother, but she is not willing to continue to spend time in a small city, nor can she suppress her desire to come back. "Wildfire" focuses on the actual situation of many urban professional women at present, presenting the dilemmas, choices and identity anxieties faced by contemporary Chinese women.