At the beginning of 2019, the first major event in the global film industry, the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, has finally announced the shortlist.
Last night, Zhang Yimou's new work "One Second", which has been passed down many times before, was finally officially announced! The film is Zhang Yimou's second nomination for the Berlin International Film Festival after "The Legend of the Three Guns Shooting".
Along with "One Second", the first part of the "Homeland Trilogy" directed by Wang Xiaoshuai , "Long Days on Earth" and Wang Quan'an's first Mongolian film "Dinosaur Egg" were also shortlisted for the main competition unit.
Following 2014, three works directed by Chinese directors have been shortlisted for the main competition unit again, and this year's Berlin can be described as a "Chinese New Year"!
Remember last time, the three Shortlisted Chinese films finally won three awards: the Golden Bear Award, the Best Actor ("Daytime Fireworks") and the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award ("Tuina").
Coupled with the fact that the chairman of this year's jury is the French actress Juliet Binoche, "An Old Friend of China", people can't help but look forward to the performance of Chinese films at this Berlin Film Festival.
The Berlin International Film Festival has always been a happy place for Chinese films. This year, in addition to the main competition unit, there are also many Chinese films in other units, so let XiaoDianjun take everyone to understand it.
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Main competition unit
"One Second"
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Zhang Yi
This is the fifth time that Zhang Yimou has been shortlisted for the main competition section of the Berlin International Film Festival, and he has previously won the Golden Bear Award on behalf of Asian films with his debut film "Red Sorghum". In addition to "Three Guns Shooting Surprise", "My Father and Mother" and "Hero" have also won in Berlin.
In fact, when "Shadow" was released last year, the outside world has been rumored that Zhang Yimou will return to Berlin after thirty years. But the last message went all the way and locked into Venice. And this "One Second" was filmed in 46 days after the continuous postponement of "Shadow".
Zhang Yimou on the set of "One Second"
The film was co-written by Zhang Yimou and Zou Jingzhi, a screenwriter who has cooperated many times to complete works such as "A Thousand Miles of Single Riding" and "Return". It tells the story of Zhang Jiusheng, who did not catch up with the film in the mid-1970s, and the wandering child Xiao Jilin formed an indissoluble relationship because of a movie.
The film is Zhang Yimou's return to the realist theme after "The Return". This film may be the "most zhang yimou" work since "Hero". This time, he focused the camera on Dunhuang, reliving the light and shadow of the film era. At the boot ceremony, he once said, "Many years of intermittent thoughts, those memories of film." This time, my old colleagues who had lived through the film era were called back by me. ”
The male protagonist Zhang Yi, for this cooperation, first lost weight to 55kg, and shaved his head for this, jokingly calling himself "lightly armed". However, most of the information about the film remains mysterious, and the "Girl Girl", which has attracted much attention, has not yet been announced.
Previously, Zhang Yimou said at an event that the film is expected to meet with the audience in China in the first half of the year.
"The Earth Is Long"
Director: Wang Xiaoshuai
Starring: Wang Jingchun / Yong Mei / Qi Xi / Wang Yuan / Du Jiang
Wang Xiaoshuai has always been a regular at the Berlin International Film Festival, and has been nominated twice for "Seventeen-year-old Bicycle" and "Left and Right", winning the Grand Jury Prize and Best Screenplay respectively.
The new work "Long Days on Earth" is a new work launched after 5 years after "Intruder".
This time it is still Wang Xiaoshuai's literary and artistic genre film, the story will "revolve around the process of the evolution of the post-80s Chinese family", and will also portray social realities such as "in the early days of reform and opening up, we began to face layoffs and go to the sea to do business". The film spans a huge range and will be Wang Xiaoshuai's most ambitious work.
This time in terms of casting, in addition to Wang Jingchun, Wing Mei and other powerful veterans, Wang Yuan, a small student of traffic, was also enabled, and it seems that this combination is very delicate.
Some people commented that director Wang Xiaoshuai's use of traffic is to bow to the market, but the director himself said that Wang Yuan's temperament is suitable for the role itself. But what is certain is that after the future film is released in theaters, the fan power behind Wang Yuan will somewhat alleviate the dilemma of Wang Xiaoshuai's film "having word of mouth and no market".
Dinosaur Egg
Director: Wang Quan'an
Wang Quanan's Berlin resume can be described as very beautiful, having been shortlisted three times before, three times were "holding the bear", and even won the Golden Bear Award with "Tuya's Wedding".
The new film is a cooperation between a film company in Outer Mongolia and Wang Quan'an's American company, the story is taken from the personal experience of the executive director of the film in Mongolia, and only two stills have been exposed so far, and the whole film seems very mysterious.
Cenozoic units
"Young You"
Director: Zeng Guoxiang
Starring: Zhou Dongyu / Yi Qianxi
Zhou Dongyu and Berlin are still quite close, and "Hawthorn Tree Love" has been shortlisted for the New Generation Unit of the Berlin International Film Festival. And this time, "Young You" was shortlisted for the unit again.
After a gap of 2 years, Zeng Guoxiang brought the new work "Young You" with the original creative team of "July and Ansheng". Even the heroine retrieved Zhou Dongyu in the previous work, and the male protagonist enabled the traffic xiaosheng Yi Qianxi.
Judging from the exposed story synopsis, the film will focus on school violence, "Chen Nian, who could not bear it in a bullying, accidentally killed Wei Lai." In order to realize Chen Nian's dream of going to college, Xiao Bei decided to confess his guilt on Behalf of Chen Nian, and Chen Nian chose to turn himself in. Chen Nian and Xiao Bei, who were released from prison after four years, resumed their lives. ”
"Over The Spring"
Director: Snow White
Starring: Huang Yao / Sun Yang
The film was previously screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and received a series of acclaim and was considered the "Best Chinese Debut of 2018". Although the film is a debut, it is handled very maturely.
The film tells the story of a young girl who travels to Andromeda, Shenzhen, and smuggles iPhones. "Over the spring" is a "black word" between the deep-water passengers in the port, and the smooth passage through the customs is "passing the spring".
The director once said in an interview that the debut film does not have too much ambition, "just want to make a light story that can be controlled", which is exactly the excellence of "Over spring".
The film has been scheduled for March 8 in China.
"The First Parting"
Director: Lina Wang
Starring: Isa Yasen / Kelly Binur Thermal Mituri
This film is also the debut of a female director, this film is heavy, although it mentions the aging of the population and the problem of ethnic differences, but the foothold is still on the children.
Director Wang Lina herself is a Native of Xinjiang, she spent two years doing research materials, half a year of fieldwork + one year of documentary tracking + two years of residency shooting after the formation of a feature film team, she originally wanted to make a documentary, but she did not expect the result to be made into a drama.
In addition to the above-mentioned films, newcomer director Zhu Xin's debut film "Roaming" has also been shortlisted for the forum unit.
At the same time, there are insiders who spread the rumor that Lou Ye's "Clouds Made of Rain in the Wind" and newcomer director Huang Zi's "Mu Ling, YiMing, Wei Ming" have been shortlisted for the panoramic unit, only to be officially announced.
Stills from "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind"
Finalists for the 69th Berlin Main Competition:
Strange Kindness Director: Basil Shafi (opening film)
"One Second" Director: Zhang Yimou
"The Earth Is Long" Director: Wang Xiaoshuai
"Dinosaur Egg" Director: Wang Quan'an
Gareth Jones Directed by Agneska Holland
"Eliza and Marcella" Directed by Isabelle Cosette
The Land Under Your Feet Director: Marie Kreuzer
"Golden Glove" Directed by Fatih Akin
"Thank God" Director: François Oujong
I was at home, but... Director: Angela Chanalek
The Story of the Three Sisters Director: Edmin Alper
Ghost Town Anthology Director: Denis Corte
"Lord, Her Name Is Binia" Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska
The Young Mafia Directed by Claudio Givanez
System Breaker Directed by Nora Finscheid
"Out and Steal a Horse" Director: Hans Pittle Melander
Synonyms Director: Nadav Rapid
The main competition unit is not a competition film
"Female Agent" Director: Yuval Adler
The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Brache (documentary) Directed by Agnès Varda
Goodbye Night Director: Andrea Tessine
Strange Grace (documentary) Directed by Sidney Pollack
Vice President Directed by Adam McKay
Marigera Directed by Wagner Mara
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