Wang Xun takes Chinese films to go abroad. Two are recognized by European Film Festival.
Chinese films are getting more and more attention from the world, and more and more Chinese actors are going abroad and are well-known and recognized by foreign audiences. From September 26th to October 2nd, actor Wang Xun took the two movies "A Good Show" and "Soul Salvation" starring in the Munich Chinese Film Festival in Germany and the New Horizons International Film Festival in the Netherlands. The creative exchange of filmmakers, the all-round promotion of Chinese-language films, and efforts to enhance the overseas influence of Chinese-language films. At the same time, his performance on and off the screen has also been recognized by two European film festivals. He was awarded the title of "Chinese Cultural Heritage Envoy" and the "Best Asian Actor" award. Wang Xun said that he hopes to continue to work hard to interpret more deeply rooted characters and look forward to gaining more audience's recognition.
is an important cultural exchange activity of the Confucius Institute in Munich. In the past six years, the Munich Chinese Film Festival has screened more than 70 Chinese-language films, with a cumulative audience of more than 5,000 people, and invited famous Chinese and German filmmakers to give lectures and exchanges for more than ten times. During the screening period from September 29th to October 5th, 17 excellent Chinese films including "A Good Show", "Wonderful West East" and "The Unknown" were screened.
Wang Xun, as the representative of the invited actor, recommended the movie "A Good Show" starring him to everyone on the spot. Many German audiences are also the first time to understand contemporary Chinese movies. The stories, situations and performances shown in it are similar to Wang Xun. Conducted communication and interaction. At the same time, Wang Xun also participated in the "Sino-German Filmmaker Face-to-Face" dialogue event, sharing the similarities and differences between the two countries' film cultures with Chinese and German filmmakers, hoping to give German audiences a more comprehensive understanding of Chinese-language films. Through this event, Wang Xun also won the title of "Inheritor of Chinese Culture" by the organizing committee, and will do more to promote overseas Chinese films in the future.
The second Dutch New Horizons International Film Festival was held in Amsterdam on September 26. As a young film festival, New Vision Holland focuses on excellent film works worldwide. It is reported that this film festival received more than 1,000 films from more than 90 countries, competing in the Netherlands, Europe, Asia, America, More than ten awards from different regions.
Wang Xun won the "Best Asian Actor" award for his excellent performance in the movie "Soul Salvation". The film is adapted from Li Ximin's novel "Redemption", through the experience of a "lost family" in the Wenchuan earthquake, it shows the simple and pure realism in the lives of the people. In this movie, Wang Xun put aside his previous comedy performance techniques and carefully interpreted a character full of tragic but longing for the light, and his acting skills were widely recognized. Although the language is different, through the performance, the Dutch audience is also infected by the shared feelings conveyed by the characters. At present, the film has won many domestic and foreign awards such as the "Five One Project Award" of Guangdong Province. Participation in the New Horizons International Film Festival in the Netherlands is also to show overseas audiences the realistic creation of Chinese films.
