It is reported that the film "Hello, Beijing", directed and produced by Cao Xixi, was shortlisted for the 2022 Arff Global International Film Festival (Barcelona) International Film Awards after being shortlisted for the 13th Macao International Film Festival. Within a month, he has received the support of two major film festivals in a row, which shows that his works are highly recognized by professionals.
The film "Hello, Beijing" starred An Zehao, Liu Ben and Li Feiran, and starred Guo Jinglin, Zhang Xilin, Hai Yiyi, Fu Chengpeng, Wang Xin, Wang Xihua, Sun Xun, Jiang Ping, Li Shengze, Shen Xiaohai, Bai Yongcheng, Li Yijuan, Hong Jianning, Guo Xinrui, Zhang Xiaomeng, and the famous actor Xu Zheng also starred in it. Previously, the film production team had taken the film to the Hengdian Film Festival promotion meeting, and when the film was introduced at the meeting, it caused a lot of fluctuations in the domestic film and television industry. According to the director's description, the film takes the life crisis of different ages in modern cities as the narrative point, shoots with realistic performance techniques, and stitches, intersperses and smoothly interweaves three stories into an urban fable in a complete film, and the introduction in a few minutes receives rave reviews.
The story of "Hello, Beijing" takes place in the winter in Beijing and must be filmed in the cold winter weather. At that time, the conditions were very difficult, in the deep winter of Beijing, the night of minus ten degrees, staying up late was the norm, and the work of continuous rotation tested the physical strength and will of the team. It can be said that "Hello, Beijing" is "spelled" by all the main creative personnel, the process is arduous, and the result is gratifying. Although it is shortlisted, it is only the beginning for the "Hello, Beijing" team, and one of the production team members interviewed also modestly said that it is a special honor to get the opportunity to be shortlisted, or look forward to the film to meet with everyone as soon as possible.
The ARFF Global International Film Festival is one of the most influential film festivals in Europe and has a high authority in the global authoritative film database imdb. Different from the global unified selection model of most other film festivals, the arff organizing committee has set up sub-film awards in four famous European cities of Berlin, Paris, Barcelona and Amsterdam, where elite judges from different regions first select the best films that best represent the humanistic spirit of the country and region, and then the winning works of each division compete for the global film of the year! After being shortlisted in Barcelona, "Hello, Beijing" will compete with other outstanding works in the list of global outstanding films in 2022.
The nomination of "Hello, Beijing" shows that it has considerable watchability, and it is expected that the film can highlight the heavy siege and win back the trophy, and the editor also believes that "Hello, Beijing" will present more surprises for the audience when it is released nationwide.