China News Service, Quanzhou, February 7th. With the vast sea as the background, a special stage was set up with three fishing boats on the seashore. Two large screens and film projectors were placed on each side. The sails were blown by the sea breeze. Moving, witnessing a party that combines poetry and film. Recently, poets, filmmakers, musicians and local fishermen from ten countries and regions gathered in Huiyu Island, Quangang, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, one of the "most beautiful fishing villages in China", to participate in the first Huiyu Film Island Poetry and Film Spring Festival Gala.
The first Huiyu Movie Island Poetry and Movie Spring Festival Gala. Photo courtesy of the Chinese Poetry Society
Wang Shan, the director of the Spring Festival Gala and executive vice president and secretary-general of the Chinese Poetry Society, said that holding the first Huiyu Film Island Poetry and Film Spring Festival Gala before the 2024 Lunar New Year will not only showcase Huiyu Island Its unique charm can also help more people understand the stories and cultural connotations behind poetry and movies. Through the combination of poetry, film and performance, it will bring joy and entertainment to the tourists, residents and related audiences on the island, and increase the popularity and attraction of the movie island; in the flow of light and shadow, we will jointly witness the beauty and legend of Huiyu Movie Island.
Senior film producer and director Jiang Ping highly appreciates the important position of Fujian films in the history of Chinese films. He believes that the most nostalgic venues in the world such as Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Hawaii Film Festival are all located on the coast of the sea and islands. In between, we also have such a Feng Shui treasure land facing the sea, and we hope to build Huiyu Island into a maritime movie palace in the hearts of the people.
The first Huiyu Movie Island Poetry and Movie Spring Festival Gala. Photo courtesy of the Chinese Poetry Society
Jiang Xiaoyu, the chief producer and chief director of the Chinese Poetry and Film Spring Festival Gala, said that China’s first Huiyu Film Island Poetry and Film Spring Festival Gala was an aesthetic experiment in the successful marriage of poetry and film. Its process and results are both important to China. The Future and Dissemination of New Poetry and Film provides a meaningful text.
Ouyang Jianghe, vice president of the Chinese Poetry Society and famous poet, awarded Huiyu Island a poetry and movie island. Li Qi, Ouyang Jianghe, Li Yuansheng, Hu Xian, Fu Guo, Mu Ting, Ou Zhen, Wang Jibing, Wang Shuang, Hu Bo, Xie Yixing, etc. were hired as the first batch of poets in residence on the island. Jiang Ping, Liao Jingsheng and others were hired as Huiyu Movie Island publicity and promotion ambassadors, and Wang Shan and Jiang Xiaoyu were awarded honorary islanders of Huiyu Island.
The first Huiyu Movie Island Poetry and Movie Spring Festival Gala. Photo courtesy of the Chinese Poetry Society
The evening party took the five-chapter theme of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and presented an artistic feast of movies and poetry to the audience at the venue and online through poetry recitations, song and dance performances and other art forms. (End)
