The China Short Film Festival is a place where youth chase their dreams. Zhang Nan, Du Duzhi and a group of young Chinese and foreign directors set off again with the latest ideas. At 11:10 a.m. this Sunday, Shenzhen Satellite TV's "Warmth is Around" takes you close to several original directors and tells the story behind the movie.
On November 26, 2018, the 9th China International New Media Short Film Festival opened at the Shenzhen Guangming District Mass Sports Center. 56 short films from 20 countries and regions around the world will meet the audience in the next week, and they will also launch their own "dream road" around the major awards of the short film festival.
On this stage, regardless of age or nationality, the youngest participating screenwriter is from China, her name is Liu Yujing, who is only 16 years old this year, and mark Plain, a short film director from the United Kingdom, is over 50 years old. Their work was selected from nearly 5,000 short films, and the selection process took half a year.
The Short Film Festival is divided into the main competition unit and the university student competition unit, and a total of 11 awards are set up, which will be based on the purpose of the "Short Film Festival Original Director Support Program". To this end, for the first time in nine years, the Short Film Festival has set up an image ambassador.
Short Film Festival Ambassador - Li Na
It is very consistent with the purpose of the short film festival to discover and support film and television creative talents and promote international cultural exchanges and cooperation, and hopes that Li Na's spirit of perseverance, hard work and persistent pursuit of dreams can inspire young directors to dare to meet challenges, dare to chase dreams, and create excellent film and television works.
At the opening ceremony, all the entries such as drama, documentary, and animation will be displayed one by one.
The animated short film "Snake Scourge" created by Du Duzhi and Wan Jinyue is the entry of the main competition unit of this short film festival. The short film is based on traditional Chinese mythological stories, but the expression method is very contemporary, and the strong color expression and the use of 3D technology make the whole short film contrast with traditional Chinese animation.
The two are classmates of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and went to the United States to study graduate school together, working together in Hollywood, and their "Snake Scourge" is based on traditional Chinese mythological stories, but the expression method is very Hollywood, and the strong color expression and the use of 3D technology make the whole short film have distinct American characteristics.
Du Duzhi and Wan Jinyue
Zhang Nan was a participating director of the last short film festival, when his excellent performance was unanimously recognized by the industry. After a year, the "Original Director Support Program" of the Short Film Festival was preparing to go to Turkey for film shooting, and Zhang Nan got this opportunity.
Zhang Nan
Zhang Nan's short film is called "The Magic Magician", which tells the story of a magician who guides a child who may have gone astray through a magic show. The film is jointly completed by Chinese, Turkish and German directors, and the script and music in the film are original.
The shooting scene of "The Magic Magician"
Stills from The Magic Magician
The purpose of the Short Film Festival "Original Director Support Program" is to discover talents, incubate high-quality projects, promote the integration and development of new media and film and television industries, and promote international exchanges.
This episode provides in-depth interviews with several short film festival directors, who will take you through the stories behind animation and filmmaking, and tell you interesting stories between them and the festival. At 11:10 a.m. this Sunday, Shenzhen Satellite TV "Warmth is Around" Please pay attention.