A film festival has driven a city, every April, the Beijing Film Festival will come as promised, always synchronized with the spring, 2019 is the seventieth anniversary of New China, the opening ceremony of this year will be "Home • Country" as the theme, the stars shine, together with the grand ceremony, this is dedicated to the global film fans friends a gift from Beijing, China, but also a birthday wish dedicated to the mother of the motherland, then let's go to see, what are the highlights of this film festival.
Founded in 2011, the Beijing International Film Festival has been adhering to the tenet of "sharing resources and win-win future" for several years, advocating the core concept of "unity of nature and man, beauty and commonality", and striving to promote film exchanges between countries. On the basis of inheriting the spirit of previous sessions, we strive to fully integrate resources, innovate forms, and show the strength of Chinese films around the time node of the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China. This year's Beijing International Film Festival has a variety of exciting activities, including the main competition unit "Temple of Heaven Award" awards, opening ceremony, Beijing screening, Beijing planning • theme forum, Beijing market, film carnival, closing ceremony and award ceremony of the seven main activities, as well as the specially planned "India Film Week", as well as the "Focus on the Future" unit, film concerts, "classic Peking Opera films" and other more than 300 activities.
The 9th Beijing International Film Festival "Temple of Heaven Award" for the global collection of feature films produced after January 1, 2018, a total of 775 films from 85 countries and regions registered for the competition, the types of films participating in the competition are rich, diverse in style, after layers of screening, a total of 15 films shortlisted for this year's "Temple of Heaven Award" below the introduction of the shortlisted films.
1. Danish film "Lucky Pierre"
Director: Billy August
Pierre decided to break away from his strict rural religious family and go to Copenhagen to work as an engineer. His career and love are smooth sailing, and happiness seems to be close at hand. However, his childhood experiences, the constraints of his original family, and his deep-rooted religious background have always plagued Pierre, making it difficult for him to start a new life.
2. Japanese Film "Half World"
Director: Shunji Sakamoto
Takamura inherits his father's business, making long charcoal in the mountains and being indifferent to family affairs and his wife and children. After learning about his old classmate and former self-defense officer Eisuke, he began to think about how to spend the rest of his life and decided to face his work and family seriously.
3. American film "Ben Is Home"
Director: Peter Hedges
On Christmas Eve, Ben Burns returned home without warning. Mother Holly was very happy, but still cautiously welcomed her beloved son. However, as the two get along, more and more problems are gradually exposed. Within 24 hours of what could have changed their lives, the mother did everything in her power to prevent the family from falling apart.
4. Indian film "Fear"
Director: Gaya Raj
A veteran who fought in World War I was sent to Kutanad to work as a postman, delivering grants and letters to the families of servicemen. With the outbreak of the Second World War, his identity gradually changed, from a person who gave money to a person who reported the loss.
5. Finnish film "Happy, Bad Old Man"
Director: Tina Rimi
The grumpy old man had just lost his wife, and just as he was making a coffin for himself and preparing for death, life took a turn for the better. The granddaughter turned to him for help, and needed him to use his stubborn temper and life wisdom to help him get through it. In the process, the bad old man finds the meaning of life and learns a big secret...
6. Iranian film "Here"
Directed by: Hardy Mohamhei
The worried old man wants to save his son Suha, but his efforts are to no avail. After witnessing his son's execution, the old man carried his stiff body across the mountains and rivers and helplessly buried him. After this, the weary old man had to continue to live a static life, raise his grandchildren, and wander alone in the silent night...
7. Hungarian-French co-production of "Sunset"
Director: László Nemesch
Europe in 1913 was at the twilight of civilization, crumbling. Iris Wright, who had high hopes, came to Budapest hoping to inherit the legendary hat shop of his late parents, but was chased away by the new owner of the hat shop. In search of her long-lost brother, Carman Wright, she travels through layers of fog in search of the truth.
8. British, Iranian and Dutch co-production of "Tehran: City of Love"
Director: Ali Jaber Ansari
It's a bittersweet story: retired bodybuilding champions, overweight beauty clinic secretaries, depressed funeral religious singers, and three nearly middle-aged, disillusioned urban men and women, each longing to find love in a city that never really accepted them.
9. Chinese-Kazakhstan co-production film "The Musician"
Director: Silzati Yahefu
The film tells the real and touching story of the people's musician Xian Xinghai who came to Almaty during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union and was rescued by the famous Kazakh musician Baikadamov and his family in the face of being unaccompanied and poor. In the last years of his life, Xian Xinghai, although he experienced hardships, did not forget his original intention, cared about Yan'an, and inspired the Chinese and Kazakh people to fight against fascism with his music creation.
In a case 15 years ago, it was adapted into a stage play by the Municipal Repertory Theatre, and Ma Fuli, as a party, revived the old matter to make his life ripple again. While Ma Fuli was busy tangling with the director of the drama troupe, Hu Quentin, while looking for a lawyer to overturn the case and seek the truth to restore his innocence, he was also busy reconciling the relationship between his wife Jin Cailing and his daughter Jin Duoduo, and life gave him more weights... After many years, can Ma Fuli reopen the case? How many truths are there?
There are too many movies, this issue first put 10 for the audience to enjoy, combined with the overall point of view, this year's "Temple of Heaven Award" shortlisted films have their own highlights, both the latest works of heavyweight directors, but also the surprise works of new directors, and finally the "Temple of Heaven Award" ten awards are spent on who, let us wait and see, this film festival, we will also line up a team of exploration teams, and strive to release wonderful pictures and texts for you for the first time, let us look forward to it together.