Forum scene Photo by Zheng Jiawei
China News Service, Beijing, April 17 (Zheng Jiawei) On the morning of the 17th, the 9th Beijing International Film Festival·International Forum on the Development of Chinese Films was held at the Beijing International Hotel. The internationalization of Chinese films was the forum Focus, guests from the government, academia, and industry exchanged ideas on this.
Director of the Public Culture Research Base of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Secretary of the School of Cultural Industry Management of Communication University of China, Bu Xiting said in his speech that the world is facing economic downturn this year. However, in past experience, when the world economy is down, culture often has Contrary to the upward development trend, in the past two years, the box office of Chinese movies has made a very big rise. In this process, a large number of IPs have been created, achieving the aesthetic pursuit of many people, and also creating a cross A platform for spreading Chinese culture across borders. Some analysts believe that when Chinese culture goes out, the internationalization of Chinese-language films will bear the brunt. At the previous national film work symposium, Wang Xiaohui, executive vice minister of the Central Propaganda Department and director of the National Film Bureau, pointed out that the current problems of Chinese film include "the lack of high-quality talents and the urgent need to improve international influence".
It is worth noting that the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards has just ended. Wen Jun, chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards and rotating chairman of the Chinese Film Alliance, also spoke on behalf of the organizers as a guest speaker. When talking about the cultivation of film talents, he said that this year 32 new faces appeared on the podium. They are very dedicated and energetic. This is the new force of Chinese-language movies. I believe that in the future, spending tens of millions to invite Xiao Xianrou to just say "12345" to the camera should not be the case. Appear, this is also our confidence that Chinese movies will usher in spring.
Zhang Wei, executive vice president of the China Film Critics Society, told reporters from Chinanews.com that to cultivate film talents, one must invite them in and the other must go out. But the most important issue is the professionalization of talents in the context of film industrialization. If China wants to From the current big film country to a film power, first of all there must be a strong film industry, and a strong film industry lies in the overall professional division of labor. China currently has problems in this regard. Excellent talents in photography, editing, and fine arts all hope Transforming into a director is actually not conducive to the division of labor in the film profession.
"Although the box office of the Chinese film market has increased a lot in recent years, it has not made much progress in overseas markets," said Hou Keming, a professor at the Beijing Film Academy and chairman of the China International Children’s Film Festival. "Strong legs" to solve the language problem, and at the same time pay more attention to emerging economies. Countries such as South Africa, Iran, Egypt and other countries actually have a great demand for Chinese films, but the current publicity in these countries is not enough." (End)
