Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) The first Macau International Comedy Festival held a press conference with the theme of "Laugh First in Respect" at the Macau Cultural Center on February 5. Liang Huimin, Director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macau Special Administrative Region Government, announced that the first Macau International Comedy Festival The International Comedy Festival will be held in Macau from March 11 to March 18 this year. Zhang Chen, founder and chairman of Beijing Happy Mahua Entertainment Culture Media Co., Ltd., introduced the exhibition arrangements of the first Macau International Comedy Festival, Beijing Damai He Mi, President of Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., announced that the Macau International Comedy Festival has officially opened ticket sales on Damai.com.
Theme conference of the first Macau International Comedy Festival. Photo provided by the organizer
The first Macau International Comedy Festival has three major sections - Love to See, Love to See, and Laughter to Talk. The first section, "What to See and See", includes specially invited plays and film screenings. The selection of plays is both avant-garde and popular entertainment, including the award-winning musical comedy "a comedy of operas" from Spain, which is full of passion and romance. The Voice of Comedy); there is also "a dance tribute to the art of football" (Wu Yue Football), which is elegant yet wild, with a sense of power and beauty, and realizes the "dimension-breaking" combination of football ballet; and Happy Twist is Macau International Comedy The Cantonese version of the immersive interactive drama "Crazy Barbershop" is exclusively customized for the festival. The cast is composed entirely of local actors from Macao, ensuring that this "Australian comedy" is authentic and friendly; it is also based on the classic Chinese literary masterpiece " "Happy Liaozhai·Sansheng Plus" of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" reinterprets classics with magical realism and injects a large number of spicy jokes that cater to the pain points of contemporary migrant workers. In the film screening session, three excellent films, "The Heart of the Heart", "The Man of Action" and "Crossing the Luxembourg" were selected for screening, taking into account the ironic love between a man and a woman, and humorous satire on social phenomena, and the comedy scenes were integrated into the details of life. More outstanding award-winning films will be released to the audience in March. The second major section of
is the "Happy Awards". The Comedy Festival will create an "unprecedented" comedian award ceremony. At this party, the audience will see the most inverted awards and the most hilarious comedy performances. . At the same time, this is also an award night to recognize the performance of comedians in the field of art. It sets up the most creative and humorous comedy awards. Senior comedians will present awards to young comedians to thank and recognize their contribution in the comedy industry. outstanding contributions. The third major section is the "Laughing and Talking" section, which covers industry forums, film master classes and cross-border exchanges on comedy psychology. The festival will invite front-line directors, screenwriters, actors and experts in various professional fields in the field of comedy creation to face the current situation and difficulties of comedy creation, help newcomers in comedy break through and grow, and accumulate more new forces for the comedy industry. Cross-border communication studies and analyzes the positive psychology therapy behind laughter from a psychological perspective, providing solid scientific basis for comedy creators, helping them better understand the audience and create works that are more relevant and loved by the public. . At the same time, this comedy festival also announced that it will launch a venture capital segment next year to provide stronger support for comedy creation. In order to realize the concept of one festival and two places, the forum section of this comedy festival will be held in Hengqin. In addition, on the occasion of the Chinese New Year, the Comedy Festival has also been invited to participate in Macau's most iconic festive event - the New Year's Float Parade. A 29-member performance group composed of dancers and choreographers combines drama elements with an original musical by Happy Twist Based on the "disco night" of "Dongguan East", we will present a performance with both charm and comedy atmosphere, bringing "red" luck and good luck to the audience. In addition, the theme light box of this year’s Macau International Comedy Festival was also installed on the banks of Yawen Lake in Nanwan, Macau, attracting many tourists to stop and check in.
Liang Huimin, Director of the Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau, said, “For Macao, the comedy festival with innovative themes is held in Macao, presenting a large-scale comprehensive carnival-style festival with comedy as the core and integrating performances, entertainment, and commercial consumption. Macao’s performance elements, the development of cultural and tourism integration projects, and the linkage of exchanges and cooperation between Macao and the mainland have a positive role in promoting."It is reported that the first Macau International Comedy Festival is jointly organized by Beijing Happy Mahua Entertainment Culture Media Co., Ltd. and Beijing Damai Culture Communication Co., Ltd.; officially co-organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macau Special Administrative Region Government; and promoted by the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region Officially supported by the Ministry of Culture, the Macao SAR Government Tourism Office, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, and the Economic Development Bureau of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone.
Editor Tian Sini
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