The 32nd Golden Rooster Awards has just come to an end, and next month will usher in the second Hainan International Film Festival. At the end of the year, the film industry continued to flourish, and 2019 is almost over. During this year, domestic films delivered very brilliant box office results. For example, "Nezha" blasted 4.972 billion, "Wandering Earth" sold 4.65 billion, and "Me and My Motherland" 2.958 billion. As of December 25, the total box office for the whole year was as high as 59.4 billion yuan, and there is no suspense that this year surpassed 60.7 billion last year.
The second Hainan International Film Festival will open on December 1. Chinese and foreign film stars will gather to share their creative insights. Superstars gathered in this year's film festival, Sophie Marceau served as the image ambassador, Japanese film master Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Hong Kong celebrity director Guan Jinpeng, Iranian talented director Asha Fahati and other big names will gather in Sanya. Judging from the published list, this film festival can be called a "master class". The most famous directors from all over the world have come, which also shows that the film festival is very successful and becoming more influential.
The image ambassador of this year, Sophie Marceau, is familiar to everyone. She is known as the "Rose of France". Acting and excellent is the development trajectory of many actors. Sophie Marceau is a talented woman and she naturally would not settle for being an actor. In 1995, she tried to be a director and made a short film "Dawn of Upside Down". Although the film was only 15 minutes long, the industry and the audience saw her talent. In 2002, she wrote and directed "When Love Becomes a Habit", and in 2007 she directed "Phantom Pursuit". Both films have a great reputation!
Speaking of Kurosawa Kiyoshi, everyone may be unfamiliar with the name, but when it comes to his works, you must be like a master. For example, "Code Seven" won the Best Director Award at the 8th Rome International Film Festival, and "Journey to the Shore" won the 68th "Best Director Award in a Focus Unit". Kiyoshi Kurosawa is world-renowned as a Japanese national treasure-level film master. Hainan International Film Conservation has invited such a heavyweight celebrity to be so awesome, and the domestic audience is really too happy.
Asha Fahadi is a talented Iranian director. His works are well-known all over the world and are also very popular in China. "Salesman", "The Past", "A Farewell", "About Yili" and other works from mainland audiences all scored super high scores. In terms of awards, he was "invincible" and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film twice, and the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival and other awards were softened. Hainan International Film Festival has been held twice this year, and it has successfully become an international film festival in such a short time. The organizing committee has demonstrated professionalism and high standards.
Guan Jinpeng is so familiar to everyone. Most domestic audiences grew up watching Hong Kong movies. Works such as Ruan Lingyu and Rouge Button can be regarded as the pinnacle of Hong Kong literary films. Guan Jinpeng hasn't directed a movie for many years. In fact, he hasn't been idle, he just focused on being a producer. This year, he directed "Eight Women, One Drama". The response of the film was very good, and the audience received rave reviews. The big director's action was really extraordinary. In the next two years, he will have works such as "Six Hours" and "Vagrant". Are you looking forward to it?
This film festival also added a new "Venture Investment Conference", which adheres to the original intention to explore film texts that combine commercial and artistic accomplishments with an open and inclusive vision. After the launch of the section, 518 film plans and projects were received. Including comedy, romance, plot, science fiction, history, animation and other types of works. This year's film festival also added the competition unit "Golden Coconut Award" for the first time. It is reported that this unit has set up a total of 10 film awards in 3 categories, including feature feature films, documentary feature films, and feature short films.
"Golden Coconut Award" presents the best film award, the best director award, the jury award, the best actor award, the best actress award, the best screenwriter award, the best technology award, and the best child for a feature feature film Film Award: Best Documentary Award and Best Short Film Award respectively for feature documentary and short story. The second Hainan International Film Festival lasts for 8 days. Superstars gather, and Chinese and foreign big names gather to share and exchange film experience.
held the first film festival last year very successfully. This year it has a larger scale with many new units. Holding movies to save energy can quickly increase the visibility of the city, and it can also promote the extension and development of the film industry, cultural tourism industry, and related industrial chains, and truly realize the development of "annual screening, island-wide screening, national viewing, and the entire industry chain" aims. Now it's freezing and snowing in many parts of the north? In the weather in Hainan in December, you can wear short-sleeved shorts. Come and have an unforgettable winter in Sanya!
