On the last day of 2023, Qiao Liang, a professor of the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy, returned to Beijing from South Korea. His Korean film exhibition had just ended in Seoul, and his works "The Plains" and "Chasing the Moon" were invited to be screened. The response to the two films surprised Qiao Liang. "I was surprised by the foreign audience's understanding of Chinese films, and I was surprised by their deep resonance with these two films." In an interview, director Qiao Liang also revealed, "Chasing the Moon", which won He Saifei the 36th China Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress in 2023, is scheduled to be released during the March 8th Festival this year. "I hope the audience will like this movie, and He Saifei's performance will not disappoint everyone."
Graduation The short film has won the Grand Bell Award in South Korea and is closely related to Korean films.
Director Qiao Liang is a professor in the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy. He has directed "Zhenzhen", "Ex-Wife", "What Will I Do to Save You, My Lover", "Keelung" and " "On the Plain", "Chasing the Moon" and other dozens of movies and TV series, including Feitian Award, Golden Rooster Award, Beijing University Student Film Festival, Lily Award, Moscow International Film Festival, Montreal International Film Festival, Vancouver Golden Panda International Film and other domestic , international awards.
Talking about this Korean film exhibition, Director Qiao Liang said that he has a close relationship with South Korea. His graduation short film "Shanghai Story" won the Best Short Film Award at the Korean Film Grand Bell Award in 1995. The Grand Bell Award is South Korea's One of the most influential and authoritative film awards ceremonies, it is one of the three major film awards in South Korea, along with the Blue Dragon Film Awards and the Baeksang Arts Awards. Qiao Liang said with a smile that he didn't know the importance of the Big Bell Award at that time. "I just paid attention to the bonus. After receiving the bonus, I had dinner with my classmates. I kept my little trophy at home."
The first two years A reporter went to Qiao Liang's home for an interview and asked him what the first award he had won was. "I said it was right there. I brought him the small trophy. He was particularly surprised and said that you won the Big Bell Award. I Only then did I realize that this award is quite popular in the industry."
In 2005, Qiao Liang won the 6th TV Movie Lily Award for Outstanding Director Award with the drama film "Fly". In 2006, he participated in the Busan Film Festival with "Fly" Festival; in 2015, the feature film "Keelung" directed by him was invited to be screened in the "chinese film special" section of the 15th Gwangju International Film Festival in South Korea. The film festival selector, Cao Fuli, who has been committed to Sino-Korean film exchanges, was at the film festival Introducing Qiao Liang to the Chinese producer who later filmed "The Plains", "Teacher Cao is Korean and has done a lot of work for Sino-Korean film exchanges, and he has won awards for it."
In 2017, "The Plains" won the 39th place George's Gold Award for Best Film, the highest award at the Moscow International Film Festival, which is the best result achieved by a Chinese-language film at the Moscow International Film Festival so far.
Teacher Cao liked "Original" very much, so he discussed with Qiao Liang to hold a film festival in South Korea. The original plan was March 2020, but it was postponed to the end of 2023 due to the epidemic. Qiao Liang said: "Later, I filmed again After watching "Chasing the Moon", I suggested to Mr. Cao to screen the new film. She liked it very much after watching "Chasing the Moon", and finally decided to host the film "Chasing the Moon" and "Chasing the Moon" in Seoul. "
South Korea is getting more and more familiar with China. Surprised that Korean audiences actually know about Yue Opera.
Qiao Liang said frankly that at first he was a little worried about whether Koreans would understand the subject of Yue Opera such as "Chasing the Moon". In the end, this worry was unnecessary, "I feel that South Korea is not familiar with Yue Opera." China is becoming more and more understood, and they even know Yue Opera. This is something I didn’t expect. I used to think that in Chinese opera, it would be great if they knew Peking Opera. I didn’t expect them to know so much. There is also an audience member who actually knows I used dialect in the movie."
The two films "Plateau" and "Chasing the Moon" are both contemporary themes. "Plateau" tells the story of "Chinese-style pollution control and haze reduction" that took place in Tongchuan, Shaanxi. Reporter Kang Wen returned to his long-lost hometown to report, and accidentally discovered a national treasure crested ibis. This bird affects the interests of different people. In the process of chasing and hiding the crested ibis, everyone's scars are gradually revealed."Chasing the Moon" tells the story of an "alternative mother" and a famous Shaoxing opera actress, Teacher Qi, whose life is glamorous on stage but riddled with holes off stage. Korean audiences also resonated deeply with the lives of contemporary Chinese people when they saw it. Director Qiao Liang said: "China and South Korea are both Eastern countries, and everyone has similar concerns about family, emotions, and real life. These issues also exist in South Korea. existence, they were very impressed after watching it, and they also liked my artistic techniques and processing methods. I watched secretly from the side, and everyone cried at the same place."
For this reason, Qiao Liang said that the Korean audience raised The questions are similar to those asked by audiences in China or other countries before. "For example, when I asked about "On the Plains" why it was shot in black and white, why I gave up music, and why I didn't use cutaway shots? "For "Chasing the Moon" I asked why I used the stage. lens, using the stage to express three-dimensional memories instead of real memories?"
Because He Saifei became the new Best Actress of the Golden Rooster Award for "Chasing the Moon", many Korean audiences also came here because of it, "Ko Douxin, a very famous Korean actor, once She has acted in works such as "Pastoral Diary", "The Birth of a Family", "My Uncle" and "The Men of the Bathhouse Owner". She came here for He Saifei. After watching the movie, she said that He Saifei acted very well and she admired her very much. I must tell He Saifei."
I didn't expect He Saifei to win the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress. I am very happy to be nominated.
He Saifei, who won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress, was very excited when he accepted the award. Director Qiao Liang lamented that He Saifei invested a lot in this film. : "She always thought hard about this character, and called me to ask why she was like this? Why was she like that? After two days of filming, she suddenly connected with this character while taking a shower, and she suddenly understood this. She started to cry when she was alone. She later told me that she was crying while taking a shower."
After filming one of the highlight scenes, Qiao Liang hugged He Saifei and found that her body was trembling, "She really did it for this scene. I suffered a lot. At the Golden Rooster Award Ceremony, I did not hope that I would win the award, but I desperately hoped that He Saifei would win the award. When the list of best actresses was announced, teacher Liu Xiaoqing created a few seconds of suspense. I was very nervous and anxious at that time. In the end, when He Saifei won the award, I felt it was great and she got her wish. It was her first time to play a leading role and she had suffered so much. It was a special gratification to have such a reward. "
He Saifei's award also inspired everyone on the crew, "For a small-budget film like "Chasing the Moon", we originally thought it was very unlikely to win. We were already very satisfied when we were nominated. We didn't expect the huge surprise of winning. ."
Pay attention to realistic themes and shoot what you want to express most.
Regarding the realistic themes that she wants to shoot, Qiao Liang has only insisted on one thing for many years - shoot what she wants to express most, "Whether it is a movie or a TV series, as long as it is something you can express In the end, my wishes will resonate with the audience. Because I am one of the audience, I believe that many people can feel the things I feel in my life. "
Just like the popular "Old Girlfriends", Qiao Liang was inspired by the "age anxiety" of people around him, "Some people start to think they are old when they are 30 years old. I am also affected and very anxious about this matter. Later, when I had the opportunity to film "Old Girlfriends," I expressed all my feelings. When the TV series was aired, I saw many young people saying that after watching it, they felt that growing old was not that scary. I think the purpose was achieved. "
Some of Qiao Liang's emotions will also be relieved by the work. He said that when filming "Shanghai", the film's superficial story is about pollution, but in fact it is about the reconciliation between him and his hometown. "I left my hometown before and lived in Beijing. , did not care and pay more attention to their hometown. When I went back as a creator to observe my hometown, I realized that I had so many misunderstandings about my hometown, and I began to look at my hometown objectively. "
"Chasing the Moon" has Qiao Liang's "childhood complex". When Qiao Liang was a child, he did not go to kindergarten and grew up with his father in the background.Every day when the actors rehearse and perform, he plays in the background. "After I came across "Chasing the Moon", I was very excited. I said I was going to write a script, and I wanted to express my impressions of those aunts when I was a child. During the filming, the child who played Yuan Wenkang's childhood was playing on the stage. From here While crawling to the other side. I happened to be lighting, and after seeing the child, I suddenly seemed to see myself. I used to crawl around and roll around on the stage like this when I was a child. I said excitedly at the time I am speechless and very excited."
Qiao Liang said with a smile that he observed life "greedily", "This trip to South Korea is my first time abroad after the COVID-19 epidemic. From the moment I arrived at the airport, I seemed to be absorbing nutrients. , finally met so many people, I can really use the word greedy. I will look around carefully and ponder, and I never stop thinking about it. It is very interesting." Qiao Liang will also understand some of his experiences in observing life. Feel free to write it down.
"Chasing the Moon" is scheduled to be released this year, and director Qiao Liang's new film will also start production in March this year. It is still a small-budget film. Regarding the filming plan, Director Qiao Liang said that he would just let it happen, "I'm not good at socializing. Over the years, I've always been waiting for someone to ask me to make a film. When someone comes to me, and I happen to express my wish, I'll make it." However, this is not the case. It means that he is passive. On the contrary, Director Qiao Liang has the desire to create movies. "I have a lot of creative plans in my heart." In addition to literary films, he also wants to make commercial films in the future, "But I am not in a hurry. Take your time."
text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yang
