On January 21, the 8th Irish Silk Road International Film Festival opened in Dublin. The two Chinese-language films "The Call Through Time" and "The Man on the Swing" selected and presented by the Shanghai International Film Festival were shortlisted for the feature feature film competition unit of this year's film festival and attracted the attention of local audiences and industry professionals.
The 8th Irish Silk Road International Film Festival poster
The Silk Road International Film Festival was founded in 2012 and is held every year in Dublin, Ireland. It organizes screenings and other activities throughout the year. In 2018, it became the "Belt and Road" Film Festival Alliance member institutions. The 8th Irish Silk Road International Film Festival was held from January 21 to 25. More than 90 films from 40 countries were screened. Two Chinese films were shortlisted in the competition unit, bringing China to local professionals and audiences. New Year's greetings.
The screening of two Chinese films
is also one of the series of events in Dublin’s Chinese New Year celebrations.
In 2019, the Shanghai International Film Festival recommended the "Through Time and Space" to the Irish Silk Road International Film Festival through the cooperation mechanism of the "Belt and Road" Film Festival Alliance. Calling" and "The Swingman" are two Chinese films. After the selection and review of the film festival, two films were confirmed to be shortlisted in the competition unit. This is also one of the achievements of the Shanghai International Film Festival's "Belt and Road" film tour.
"Calling Through Time" is the opening film of the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival, directed by Zhang Jiarui, starring young actors Yao Di and Song Ningfeng. The film takes the returnee writer Amy back to China to explore the truth about his father's death and to understand his parents' love past. It tells a moving story that happened along the Three Gorges in the 1980s, and vividly shows the earth-shaking changes in the Yangtze River basin over the past 30 years.
"The Calling Through Time" poster
"The Swingman" is a shortlisted film in the "Chinese New Style" screening unit of the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival. It is directed by Nobita and co-starred Jiang Shouzhi, Song Yili, Liang Ji and others. The film revolved around a troublesome incident encountered by the down-to-earth and old oil worker Liu Huanrong. It captured a lot of realistic life details and had distinctive characteristics of the times. It was well received by the audience when it was released in China last year.
"The Swingman" poster
Since June last year, the Shanghai International Film Festival has given full play to the platform benefits of the "Belt and Road" film festival alliance. Relying on the "Belt and Road" film tour mechanism, the Shanghai International Film Festival has successively participated in the New York Asian Film Festival in the United States and Jerusalem, Israel. Film Festival, Miskolc International Film Festival in Hungary, Vancouver International Film Festival in Canada, Warsaw Film Festival in Poland, Quezon City International Film Festival in Philippines, Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, Minsk International Film Festival in Belarus, Basili International Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival in Egypt, Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh, and many other international film festivals, recommended "The First Parting", "Singing Alive", "Swimming the Heart of the Country", "White Cloud · Cang Dog" A large number of outstanding Chinese films reflecting real life, such as "Wulin Orphans", "Young Sangji", and "The Fourth Wall" have aroused heated discussion and attention among local audiences and industry insiders, and further promoted the "Belt and Road" film and cultural exchanges. Jian's deepening and solidification.
