Legal Evening News2017-11-1113:37:06
On November 10, the Fifth German Film Festival opened in Beijing, with Beijing opening film "The Age of Fading Light" directed by Marty Gischenek, "Maria" director Michael Koch, "Trial" director Russ Klaumer, "My Simple Brother" starring Frederick Law, film festival promotion ambassador Yang Chao, director Liu Jian and others.
The 5th German Film Festival will be held from November 10 to 27 in Beijing, Chengdu, Nanjing, Shenzhen these four cities tour, the audience can through the studio APP, ticket shopping, Maoyan and other platforms or on-site ticket purchase, the same period will also hold the "Berlin Film Festival Short Film Collection", "Ke Premiere Short Film Screening", talk about "the birth of literary adaptation of the film" and "the female image and perspective in the film" and other activities, and cooperate with the China Film Archive, on November 12, the silent film "Juggling Class", Chui Live soundtrack for wan bands.
"The Age of Fading Light" kicked off the film festival
This year's screenings feature a wide range of 15 films, including a number of literary adaptations, as well as Oscar-winning actress Kate Lee. Blanchett's "Manifesto" intricately interprets thirteen characters; Boyce's documentary "Boyce", which openly performs the artist Boyce's top-secret footage; and "The Trial", in which the audience decides whether the protagonist is guilty or not. There is also a series of popular commercial films, the comedy film "Welcome to the Hartmanns", which tells the story of a German family taking in refugees, swept the 2016 box office list of German films; the tense and funny action comedy "Legendary Agent" also attracted a large audience. At the opening ceremony, the creators of the four screening films also came to the scene to recommend the film and communicate with the media fans present. Beijing's opening film, "The Age of Fading Light," tells the story of four generations of the East German family from the 1950s to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, until nearly half a century at the beginning of the century, showing the "afterglow of the end of East German rule." Starring Bruno Gantz, a heavyweight actor in german-language cinema, the film was nominated for the German Film Award and received rave reviews from the media and audience on the opening day. Director Marty Gischenek said that he grew up in East Germany, and the East German family in the film is very real, and he also deliberately reflected the thoughts of people in the era before the fall of the Berlin Wall through the birthday of the protagonist.
Guest Frederick Law has a deep relationship with the German Film Festival, and the previous starring role in "Victoria" was selected as the opening film of the 2015 German Film Festival, and this year's "My Simple Brother" starring him is also one of the opening films in Beijing. Many of the audience were fans of Frederick Law,000, and even some fans came from other provinces to meet their idols. "My Simple Brother" tells the story of Ben's brother "Little Pure" whose psychological age is only 3 years old. After the unexpected death of their mother, Ben takes his brother on a journey to find his father. During the screening, many viewers were moved to tears, and Law also shared his own mental journey when shooting the film, "When preparing for the film, we are really like the brothers in the film, walking around Berlin hand in hand to see how people react to us, which is a very beneficial performance experience or experience." ”
Chinese director Liu Jian revealed that "Big World" will be released
In addition to the four German guests, Chinese directors Yang Chao and Liu Jian also stood for the festival as ambassadors. Director Yang Chao won the Silver Bear Award (photography) at the 66th Berlin Film Festival for "Yangtze River Map", and director Liu Jian's self-written and self-directed animation film "Big World" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 67th Berlin Film Festival.
In the view of director Yang Chao, German film and culture show a thick and deep thinking temperament, which is the ultimate of rationality, "I have long been nourished from German culture and film. I would like to have the opportunity to ask the directors why the tone of German films is so comfortable and solid. "On the red carpet, Yang Chao commented that the actor Frederick Law has a cool appearance and a tough guy, but his eyes are also full of romance and feelings, and he will recommend the Chinese movie "Gunfire" to him."
Director Liu Jian also said that he was impressed by Germany, who loves movies and loves art, "A German film in 1998, "Lola Run", both the narrative method made me happy, and its aesthetic influenced me. "On the red carpet, he revealed that "Big World", which appeared in the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival this year, has won the dragon label and plans to be released before the Spring Festival."
Ke premiered 10 internationally award-winning short films
This year's German Film Festival presents two short film sections, "Ko Premiere Short Film Screening" and "Berlin Film Festival Short Film Collection", with Ke Premiere as a partner to screen 10 outstanding short films from home and abroad on November 18 and 19 at the German Cultural Center Goethe-Institut in Beijing.
Ke premiered the short film film divided into two units: "Reconstructing Fantasy" and "Youth". The "Reconstructing Fantasy" section will feature "Dark Story" which won the 2016 Cannes Film Festival Director's Biweekly Unit Eli Award, the Indian director's work "Fitoban", which won the 2016 Los Angeles Short Film Festival Best Animation, "Unintentional Offense", which won the 2016 Bordeaux European Short Film Festival Jury Prize, "Deserted City Moon", which won the Best Animation Film at the Taipei Film Festival 2016, and "Beast Man", which was shortlisted for the Short Film Competition at the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Shortlisted for six short films, including Suicide Forest at the 2016 Clermont-Fijon International Short Film Exhibition. The animated short films in this unit are all written by directors from different cultural backgrounds around the world, and their reflections on the world and human nature will bring a different audiovisual experience to Chinese audiences in the form of a "short hit".
Compared with the "Reconstructing Fantasy" unit, which attracts the audience with heavy topics and smooth animations, the "Youth" unit pays more attention to observing the pain of adolescent survival and growth in the real state. The section includes four short films, "See", which was shortlisted for the Busan International Short Film Festival in 2016, "Lamb and Lamb" and "Wakao" at the 22nd IFVA Independent Film Festival, and "Patriot", which was shortlisted for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival short film Palme d'Or.
During the festival, the "self-narrated video" recorded by the director of ke's premiere film short film will build a closer connection between the audience and the director, while the unit cross-screening with the Berlin Film Festival short story collection will stimulate a different viewing experience and extend the shock triggered by the work itself.