Eastern and Western films gathered at the Pingyao International Film Festival

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Eastern and Western films gathered at the Pingyao International Film Festival - Lujuba
"Wild Horse Split Mane" drama group movie


1905 film news On October 15, the fourth Pingyao International Film Festival was halfway through, "Wild Horse Split Mane", "Unexpected Summer", "New Chinese Run to the World" etc. Premiere, the opening film of the 77th Venice Film Festival "Marriage Connection", French director Gail Leppinger's "Atomic Summer" and the restored version of "New Serbian Film in Yugoslavia" "Men Are Not Birds" and other overseas masterpieces simultaneously The screenings were diverse in content and diverse in styles. The audience appreciated the different looks of films from all over the world, and also saw the wonderful expressions of emerging Chinese directors. In addition, the first screening of WIP works such as "Wind Flies", "Stone Epic", "Deep Space", and "The Last Farewell" were screened for industry professionals.


World Premiere of New Chinese Film


On 15th, the "Hidden Dragon" unit shortlisted film "Wild Horse Mane" held a press conference and made its world premiere. Director Wei Shujun, producer Liu Qingling, lead starring Zhou You and Zheng Yingchen, and starring Wang Xiaomu and Tong Linkai attended the press conference and post-screening exchange activities. "The title of "Wild Horse Splitting Mane" is derived from one of the Taijiquan moves of the same name," said director Wei Shujun. "This is a different youth film." This film has been selected into the official Cannes 2020 film list and was nominated for the 64th edition. London International Film Festival, the 25th Busan International Film Festival. Director Wei Shujun once won the 71st Cannes International Film Festival Short Film Special Mention Award for his short film "Yanbian Boys". The feature film "Wild Horse's Mane" he brought this time is highly anticipated by fans.


Eastern and Western films gathered at the Pingyao International Film Festival - Lujuba
"Unexpected Summer" post-screening exchanges


The finalist film "Unexpected Summer" also had its world premiere on the same day. The film was produced by the article and directed by Yi Han. After the screening, Chen Chuang, Lang Yueting, Guo Kexuan, etc. starred on stage to communicate with the audience. The audience said that the style of the film has a stinging power in the simple narrative. Director Yi Han's previous work "The Childhood in the South" received a high score of 9.4 on Douban.


The new Chinese work "Rushing to the Sea" in the "Starting from Shanxi" unit, directed by Jiang Bo, tells the story of a barber shop that provided wigs for cancer chemotherapy patients. In the post-screening meeting, the director stated that the prototype of the film was a barber shop opposite Shanghai Fudan University Cancer Hospital. Jiang Bo won the best film in the "Another Perspective" section of the Italian International Independent Film Biennale for his film "Spring Festival".


The screening of the "Film Project in Development (WIP)" open to industry professionals continues. Li Kangsheng, Zhang Tongxi, Wu Jianhe, and Liu Dan co-starred in the black humor family "The Wind Still Exists", directed by Wang Shen Four works including the feature documentary "Stone Epic", "Deep Space" which tells the love story during the epidemic, and "The Last Farewell" which led to the story of the escape of three generations of a rural family due to a case were screened for the first time.


Eastern and Western films gathered at the Pingyao International Film Festival - Lujuba
"Rushing to the Sea" post-screening exchanges


overseas masterpieces will continue


on the evening of the 15th, the "Premiere" unit of the Italian film "The 77th Venice Film Festival" opens in Asia. One of the most popular movies in the world. The "Crouching Tiger" unit was shortlisted for the film, and the French film "Atomic Summer" directed by Gail Leppinger had its world premiere.Starting from the "nuclear" accident, the film expresses concern about contemporary anxiety and dysfunction under globalization. The "Review" unit "New Serbian Movies in the Yugoslav Era" directed by Dusan Makaviev, "Man is not a bird", has been screened in Asia for the first time since its release in 1965.

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