Beijing News (Reporter Teng Chao) On March 21, the 9th Beijing International Film Festival held its first press conference, and the film festival will be held in Beijing from April 13 to 20, 2019. 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 and theme forum, Beijing market, film carnival, closing ceremony and award ceremony seven theme activities, as well as specially planned "Indian Film Week", as well as "Focus on the Future" unit, film concerts, "classic Peking Opera films" and other more than 300 activities.
Of all the events, the most anticipated by movie fans is the "Beijing Screening" event. This year marks the ninth year of the Beijing International Film Festival's "Beijing Screening" section, and the organizing committee has selected nearly 500 works, divided into 16 units, and will be screened in 30 commercial theaters, art theaters and university theaters in Beijing for a 15-day intensive screening from April 6. On March 21, the Beijing Film Festival announced the first list of films.
Special Exhibition Unit:
The unit includes two sub-units of Hollywood Past and New Wave Echoes, the former is mainly the 4 Hollywood films of the 1939s, "Guan Shan Feidu", "The Wizard of Oz 3d", "Gone with the Wind", "Mr. Smith to Washington", and the latter is a French film of the 1960s and 90s, with works such as "Cousins", "Paris Belongs to Us", "Lovers of New Bridges" and so on.
Tribute Unit:
The unit pays tribute to Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon", "Shadow Warrior", "Wilderness Dart", "Idiot" and other works, as well as the adaptation of "Great Hero Jin Yong", "Laughing Pride of the Jianghu", "The Legend of the Eagle Hero", "East Evil and West Poison: Ultimate Edition" and so on. The unit also includes the nostalgic film sub-unit composed of "Song in the Rain" and "Mozart's Biography", and the restoration classic sub-unit composed of "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Schindler's List" and "Soul Breaking Venice".
Carnival Unit:
The unit includes four sub-units: Series Gluttony (4 mad Max and 5 Spy Movies), Disney Live-Action Princess (Sleeping Curse, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast), Midnight Scene (Monkey, Sinner, Little Girl in Red 1, 2, etc.), and Stage Image (Miss Julie, La Traviata, Swan Lake, Frankenstein).
Real Supremacy Unit:
This unit mainly includes the best documentaries from all over the world in 2018, such as "Skateboarding Boys", "They Are No Longer Old", "In Search of Ingmar Bergman", "Lorca Journey to the Americas Documentary Series", "Dali: Immortal Journey" and so on
Belt and Road Units:
The unit includes three sub-units: Silk Road Light and Shadow ("Migratory Bird", "The Day I Lost My Shadow", "Three Faces", "Canary Horror", "Painted Boy", "Female Heir", "Buckwheat Boy"), Beyond Bollywood ("Indian Cinderella", "Heaven's Mystery Case", "Love of square inches", "Song of the Earth", "Song of the Great River", "Song of the Tree", "The Fantasy Drifting of the Young Pi" 3d imax), and Indonesian Style Painting ("House of Love", "Unexpected Love", "Band That Doesn't Matter").
Field of View Unit:
The unit includes three sub-units: mainstream authors ("Night and Day", "Gun", "The Long Farewell", "Rojo", "The Sleeping Mermaid House"), The Cutting-edge Attention ("Your Birds Will Sing", "The Girl", "Sofia Park", "Day of national bankruptcy", "Cats and Grandpa"), and The Essence of the World ("The Martyrdom of Doshiro", "Witness", "Curtis: Father of Casablanca", "The Great Bath", "The End", "Killing Munich").
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