From the 6th, the Film Industry Exchange Conference-IFFAM Venture Capital will be held in Macau for three consecutive days. The reporter learned that the venture capital will be based on "being in Asia and looking at the world", and hope that attendees can take this opportunity to take a look Trends in the international film production market. This time, 14 film proposals competed for the "Best Project", "Best Co-production Project", "Best Creative Award" and "Macau Spirit Award".
It is reported that the film participants also include two new directors from Macau-"Investigator Mendonza" by Bei Mashan and "Lucky Pavilion" by Huang Tingting. The awards will be announced at the "IFFAM Venture Capital Conference Awards Ceremony" on December 8.
There are more than 200 film professionals from more than 30 countries and regions signed up to participate in the film industry exchange meeting. More than 50% of the selected film works are related to Asia, and among the 16 selected film projects 13 are genre films: nine selected by IPM, and four international partners, Blood Window (Argentina), FIRST Financing Fo-rum (China), Frontières (Canada) and Sitges (Spain) each provide one. The other three items are works of art category.
On the 6th, 4 films were held on the red carpet and screened. Among them, the newly established "20th Anniversary Macau Special Screening" unit to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland is presented in a non-competitive form, bringing a number of locally produced films. One of the finalists is "Ina: The Newborn Calf" (INA A ND THE BLUE TIG ERSA UNA). The film features actress Liu Yilin as the heroine, and veteran artists Gan Guoliang and Li Feng perform. The film uses black horror to tell the story of a young girl Ina who was forced to grow up quickly after her father's death to take over the family sauna business and wrestle with the gang.
In addition, the Dutch director Sam de Jong of the finalist film "GOLD IE" (GOLD IE) in the international competition unit attended the red carpet event held at the Macau Cultural Center at 7:15 pm on December 6th. The film was immediately after 7 o'clock. Screening at 30 minutes. Sam is both director and screenwriter in the film. The film festival artistic director Mike. Mike Goodridge’s comment on the film: “Sam De Jong is no stranger to the street themes at the bottom. He also has insights into his own images in the film, especially the realism expressed by hand-held photography, wrapped in colorful The optimistic perspective presented by the color of candy is interspersed with many animation clips and dreamy soundtracks. The ending of the film is sad and full. When the ending subtitles rise, you will sincerely hope that the yellow goddess will not be frustrated by hardships. Knock down."
In addition, the finalist film "Legacy" in the special screening unit was premiered at the Venice Film Festival as a competition film and was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 76th Venice Film Festival. The film was also shown at the Toronto Film Festival. And compete for Oscars and other film events. "Legacy" is a classic Portuguese historical feature film. The story is adapted from the background of the Carnation Revolution in the 1940s. The realist story of Guedes Portuguese writer Jose Maria Eca de Queiroz is the main axis, focusing on the internal relations of traditional big families. Affected by the external world. In addition, the shortlisted films "Gottie" and "Lynn and Lucy" in the international competition unit held red carpet and screening activities.
Yangtze Evening News | Ziniu News Correspondent Kong Xiaoping Macau Report
