This November, in addition to super blockbusters such as "Justice League", literary and art films also came to a "group appearance" in late autumn. "Blizzard Is Coming", a film newly released by the Tokyo Film Festival, has been released on the 17th. Later, we can also see the Golden Horse award-winning film "No Problem" (released on November 21), and the Venice shortlisted film "Carnival" (released on November 27).
For Shanghai film fans, November this year is undoubtedly like a small film festival, the artistic atmosphere is unprecedented, through the film festival and cinema line, the audience can enjoy or classic or modern works, get rid of the hustle and bustle of the city, quietly feel its special audiovisual language and aesthetic elements, understand the characteristics of the times and the implied meaning flowing behind the film, call for the strength of the great actors and directors who have been born, and contribute to the box office for excellent and heartfelt films.
EU Film Festival poster
Fans who are accustomed to watching Asian films and want to taste the western atmosphere will not miss the annual EU Film Festival, which is not only a platform for the wonderful works of film creators in 28 member states of the European Union, but also has become a regular cultural event that is iconic in China.
This year's EU Film Festival kicked off in Shanghai on the 17th of this month, with the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or-winning rubik's Cube (aka Freedom Square), best picture nominations for "The Guardian of Jupiter", and "A Kind of Attention" nominating films "Direction" and "Far Away", as well as the director's bi-weekly finalist "Frost".
In addition, the director of "The Guardian of Jupiter", Kenel Mudluzo, who has been shortlisted for the main competition section of the Cannes Film Festival many times, Vasilis Kucaragani, the star of "Plaza de La America", and André Magnani, director of "Fat Not Easy", and producer Chala Gbagbo, attended the exhibition.
As the "first decade" of the EU Film Festival, this year's EU Film Festival has another breakthrough innovation, that is, the film festival joins hands with the only domestic "film voice review" producer "Turn Off The Lights Pictures" to introduce the "simultaneous commentary" film review service for film fans, and help the audience in need to deeply appreciate the high-quality masterpieces from different cultural contexts through the way of well-known film critics commenting on the soundtrack of the whole film.
The Guardian of Jupiter
The 67-year-old Wang Yang rushed from Hangzhou to Shanghai to attend the opening ceremony and watched the opening film of the Shanghai station, "The Guardian of Jupiter". He expressed his opinion on this movie-going experience: "I loved to watch movies when I was young, and I watched it for forty or fifty years. The same-voice review of the film is still the first time to see, the help for me to understand the film is too much, I hope to experience such a valuable movie in the future. ”
The Printer of the Soul: An Exhibition of European Expressionist Masters
Another European-related film festival, "Soul Printer: European Expressionist Masters Exhibition", is also the "Film Memorabilia" in November, which was specially planned by the Shanghai Film Museum from the 12th to the 19th of this month.
Expressionism is a literary and artistic genre that was popular in France, Germany, Austria, Northern Europe and Russia in the early 20th century, and expressionist films are also known as German Expressionism. Eight historical classics by W. Maunau, Robert Wayne, and Fritz Lang.
The opening film of this exhibition is director Robert Wayne's 1924 film "The Hand of Aurac", adapted from a 1920 novel by the French writer Maurice Lenal, which tells the story of a pianist whose hands are crippled in a train accident, and the doctor receives a pair of "evil hands" for him, because the original owner of these hands is a death row murderer, and the pianist has since fallen into the abyss of pain...
"The Hand of Olak" opened up the possibility of "psychological horror films", reflecting the theme of war trauma under the surface of horror, and was praised by the media at the time as "the best Austrian film".
The Hand of Olak
At the opening ceremony of the festival, Austrian musician Gerhard Gruber scored "The Hand of Aurac" live.
In the following days, seven classic films, Dr. Carrigari's Cabin (1920), Metropolis (1927), Dr. Mabus the Player (1922, parts two parts, parts two parts), Northferatu (1922), Nibelungen 1: The Death of Siegfried (1924), Nibelungen 2: The Revenge of Crenhilde (1924), and M (1931), were screened. At the same time, all the film festival screenings are restored versions of DCP, and the lucky ones who have the opportunity to "get close" with the masterpieces are simply not too happy.
Looking at the whole country, since November, the film circle has also blown a gust of literary and artistic winds, and films such as "Love and Affection" that have been released and "Carnival" that will meet with the audience have won good word of mouth and industry recognition, and the literary and art film market has gradually become clear. All along, the "fortune" of young Chinese directors seems to be closely integrated with literary, niche and independent film genres, and how to support young directors who are interested in the film industry, the "Green Onion Project" may give us the answer.
Green onion plan live group photo
Guided by the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and sponsored by the China Film Directors Association, the third "CFDG China Young Film Directors Support Program and Green Onion Program" was held in Beijing on the 16th of this month and officially launched.
Jiang Ping, general manager of China Film Co., Ltd., Li Tao, director of the Business Development Department of China Film Archive, professors of Beijing Film Academy, directors Yin Li, Lü Le, Xu Zheng, actor Xu Fan, screenwriter Dong Runnian, as well as Lu Yang, Xie Dongshen, Zhao Tianyu, and many other well-known young directors and representatives of industry companies such as Dadi Pictures and iQiyi Pictures also attended the press conference.
The "Green Onion Project" aims to continuously discover and support young directors in China and cultivate industry talents. At the press conference, Wang Hongwei, executive director of the Green Onion Project, said, "I hope that the first works of more young directors will be pushed from this platform to the screen and to the audience." Many directors also said that they will continue to support the Green Onion Project, support young directors to realize their film dreams, and send fresh blood and inject new strength into the Chinese film industry.
After Feng Xiaogang and Jia Zhangke served as the chairmen of the first two green onion projects, the famous director Zhang Yimou served as the chairman of the third green onion project. Zhang Yimou was unable to arrive at the scene in Busan, and the VCR recorded thanked him, saying that he would pay attention to the progress of the competition and the dynamics of the students throughout the process, and strive to have more film exchanges with everyone during the training camp stage. In addition, actor Xu Fan will serve as a guest lecturer for the third Onion Project performance course, training newcomer directors to correctly understand performance creation and learn how to guide actors to perform.
Actor Xu Fan
In return for all care and support, "Mountains Moved by The Sun" produced by The Top Ten Projects of the Green Onion Project, directed by Wang Qiang and Produced by Youku Pictures, has won many film awards. Derg Cairang, who has worked as a recording engineer for many films, is also a green onion student, he was rated by Wang Hongwei as a "small crossover" and has rich production experience, and Derg Cairang thanked his mentors for giving him a lot of support in script creation.
The film industry's efforts in supporting young directors may make your heart soft as you are reading the article, and you can't help but want to "experience sensibility" quickly, so there is just one movie to choose from, which is the "Dong NationalIty Song" released nationwide on the 17th of this month. A movie of "awkward mountain songs without a word" is the most dazzling national style, and it is estimated that there are few films.
This week, the director of the movie "The Great Song of the Dong Nationality", Ugly ugly, and the main creators wang Jia, Xiao Haoran, Wu Yujuan and other main creators appeared in Shanghai to share a "slow-paced" love with the audience at close range.
Group photo of the film's creators
"The Great Song of the Dong Nationality" is based on real events, telling a beautiful and moving love story, the Young Ah Lian of the Dong Nationality and Qianshu are related to each other with songs and love each other, but the rich young master Nafu also has a special love for Ah Lian, the three of them have endured the torment of love and friendship, with sixty years of mutual companionship and companionship, interpreting the ordinary but unforgettable true love in the world, there is no touching confession, only the longest love companionship.
The film is written by Jiang Xiujia, ugly screenwriter, ugly director, young actress Wang Jia partnered with the new generation of male actor Xiao Haoran, Taiwan's well-known singer Wei Lian, well-known Chinese filmmaker Lu Yan at home and abroad and the powerful "old drama bone" Wang Qingxiang joined, Wu Yujuan, Wang Chunzi and other co-starring.
From the first movie "Anayi", the second film "Sun on the Clouds", and now today's "Dong Song", in more than ten years, the director Ugly has shot three movies, which can be described as low production. But she said, "I want each of my films to have unique qualities," and "I want to make it slowly, and although it's difficult, I want to make a film that has vitality, and everyone who sees it will be touched." ”
"The Great Song of the Dong Nationality"
At domestic and foreign film festivals such as the Houston International Film Festival in the United States, the Victoria International Film Festival in Canada, and the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, the film "The Great Song of the Dong Nationality" has won many important awards. During the competition at the Victoria International Film Festival in Canada, more students from China spontaneously organized themselves to watch the film, and they were also touched by the touching stories on the other side of the ocean.
Some viewers said, "Now many of our concepts often think of materials and money, but the true love and true feelings in the movie are slowly ignored by us, and when we watch this movie, we will wake up these things that exist in our hearts again, and even educate our younger generation, telling them: Money may make us rich, but sincerity, true love and kindness can make our hearts more beautiful and let our spirit have a dependence." ”