Hainan Daily, Sanya, December 4th (Reporter Jing Sun) At the recent Hainan Island International Film Festival "Asian Films in Europe" forum, filmmakers from Europe, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom gathered together , Exchanged unique insights on Asian movies, and gave suggestions on the production of local movies in Hainan.
"I am audience-oriented, and I choose films that will surprise and impress the audience. For this reason, we go to many film festivals around the world, watch a large number of Asian films, and select high-quality films." Cannes, France Said Benjamin lllos, the selected Asian filmmaker for the biweekly unit of the International Film Festival.
As the art consultant of this Hainan International Film Festival, Gao Siya has served as a consultant and curator for many film festivals in the United States, Europe and Asia. "I choose films not to distinguish between national boundaries, but to look for interesting films. Things, on the other hand, I prefer the works of young directors, and their views are often very special."
"I met Director Ning Hao at a Chinese film festival and found that his temperament and works are very suitable for our film festival. In the future, I also hope to cooperate with more talented directors to bring more Chinese films to Europe." said Sabrina Baracetti, the artistic director of the Far East International Film Festival in Udine, Italy.
is precisely because these film-pickers pay attention to Asian movies, so that more European audiences can learn more about Asian culture and Asian people through the films they introduce.
As a result of participating in the Hainan Island International Film Festival, they have a rich imagination of the land of Hainan. "I specifically learned about Hainan on the Internet and knew that this was a place where demoted officials were exiled in history. I think it would be very interesting if it were made into a movie." Benjamin lllos said.
came to Hainan’s Gao Siya for the second time and showed a keen interest in Hainan’s landscape and landforms. “If you can shoot a monster movie like "Godzilla" with the tropical rain forest in Hainan as the background, Not bad."
