The 11th Beijing International Film Festival opened on September 21. On the same day, the film festival jury meeting was held, and Gong Li, chairman of the jury of the main competition of the film festival "Temple of Heaven Award", attended with the judges Chen Kun, director Chen Zhengdao, director Urshan, and actor Zhang Songwen. Because of the epidemic situation, director Rennie Haring and director Nadine Labaki "met in the cloud" online.
When it comes to judging work, Gong Li and Zhang Songwen both think that they can't be absolutely rational, Gong Li said that she will watch the film with a rational attitude, but in the end she will choose a film that makes sensibility overcome reason, "When I am attracted to it and moved by it, I will feel that this movie is what I like and love in my heart." ”
Gong Li has served as a jury member of the International Film Festival for many times, for this time as the chairman of the jury of the Beijing International Film Festival, Gong Li said that film is a cause she loves, only love can persist, she thanked other judges for working with her to select excellent films for this Beijing Film Festival. Asked about the criteria of this selection work, Gong Li said that she would look at each movie from a rational point of view, would put her emotions aside, and see the overall situation and details of the entire award, "But when you see a good movie appear, my rationality will be moved by feelings." Treat each film with a positive, professional attitude. ”
Zhang Songwen also believes that although each country has unique emotions and culture and art, human beings have a common emotion, so good movies can resonate with people, and emotional resonance is the first criterion for him to judge movies.
Zhang Songwen admitted that in this year's 15 main competition unit films, there are works that he does not like, "but because I am a judge, I will go to see it twice, and it must have a reason for being shortlisted, and I can't read it and my superficiality." Zhang Songwen Happily, as a judge this time, everyone was very free to watch, and did not tell the corresponding background of the film in advance, "so that I will not be biased." He also laughed that after the jury meeting, they were going to discuss the awards, "I don't know what kind of preferences we will have, maybe there may be a fight." ”
For serving as a judge, Chen Kun is humble and "ignorant", but he has the experience of asking his friends Zhou Xun and Shu Qi to be a judge. For his own selection criteria, Chen Kun pays more attention to the performance of actors, "First, whether the actor's performance can really survive in this film genre; in addition, good performance is a personal subjective expression, and many times actors must conform to the style type of film and director." If this actor can fit in well into this genre and move me at the same time, it will definitely be a good performance. ”
Director Chen Zhengdao, who served as a judge of the "Temple of Heaven Award" for the first time, lamented that he was very happy to grow up with the North Film Festival, although he was a commercial genre film director, but he had watched many literary and art films in the past, and would pay attention to the director's author consciousness and artistic expression during the judging process.
The awards of the main competition section of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival "Temple of Heaven Award" will be announced at the closing ceremony on September 29.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yang
Photo / Beijing Youth Daily reporter Cui Jun
Editor/Ying Qiao