Chao News Client Reporter Lu Fang
html On February 21, the press conference for the first Macau International Short Film Festival, co-organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macau Special Administrative Region and Galaxy Entertainment Group, was held at the Banyan Tree Macau.The first Macau Short Film Festival will be held from March 23 to 30. It will include an opening ceremony and opening screening, screening activities, theme workshops, master lectures and closing award ceremony. It is dedicated to promoting local film and television works in Macau. At the same time, the audience will also be introduced to global diverse films, showing the diversity and vitality of short films.
The first short film festival has four sections: "Macau Short Films", "New Short Films", "Focused Filmmakers" and "Special Screenings". It will be held at the Love Cinema and the "Galaxy Cinema" of the "Galaxy Macau" integrated resort from March 23 A number of short films of different types will be screened. The closing awards ceremony will be held on March 29 at the Galaxy Lecture Hall of the Galaxy Convention Center. The Macau Unit Award will be awarded to the "Macau Bunt" unit and the Best Short Film Award will be awarded to the "Short Film Emerging" unit. , Best Technical Contribution, Best Director and Innovative Narrative Awards. Each winner will receive a trophy and bonus as encouragement.
’s first short film festival has an organizing committee, chaired by Gaia Furrer, artistic director of the Venice Film Festival’s “Venice Days” section. Its members include Toronto Film Festival short film curator Jason Anderson, Mainland China curator and producer Shen Yang, and Thai actors. Aobkab Chutimon and many global professional filmmakers serve as judges.
The "Macau Bunt" section will screen short films collected locally in Macao, reflecting Macao's unique cultural features and innovative perspectives, and promoting local talents to the world. The organizer has already collected short films from Macao, and the Short Film Festival Organizing Committee has selected 10 shortlisted works, including Chen Tingting's "Sister's Holiday", Huang Meiling's "Bangs", Chen Junxian's "Sea", Zheng Guanyang's "Walking on the Road", Chen Yali's " Accompany you to the end of the world and get to the end", Hou Jie's "The Best Gift", Li Zhuomei's "Cotton", He Jionglin's "Unearthed", He Zhuobin's " Paper Plane " and Yu Zhiyun's "The Same Road - Nezha Faithful Culture Documentary". The shortlisted works will compete for the Macau Section Grand Prize.
"New Short Films" is the main competition unit, showcasing about 20 innovative works by emerging directors from around the world, presenting the thinking of the new generation of filmmakers and reflecting the diversity and richness of global film narratives. The shortlisted films will compete for four awards: Best Short Film Award, Best Technical Contribution, Best Director and Innovative Narrative Award.
’s “Filmmakers in Focus” section will screen short films and feature films by designated directors, marking their significant contributions to film art in the fields of short films and feature films, reviewing their career trajectories, and exploring their unique styles, themes and cinematic visions. The "Focus on Filmmaker" section of the first short film festival will screen selected short films and feature films by the famous Japanese director Shunji Iwai. Shunji Iwai's unique narrative style and soulful and delicate visual language are world-renowned. From his early exquisite short films to his later fascinating feature films, his works skillfully explore the complexity of human hearts and emotions, and have received global praise and recognition for this. The
"Special Screening" section will present a series of outstanding non-competition films, screening works with artistry, innovation and profound social insights, bringing a diverse and unique viewing experience to the audience. During the
Short Film Festival, a number of extension activities will also be held at the Galaxy Convention Center under the Galaxy Entertainment Group and the "Galaxy Cinema" in the "Galaxy Macau" integrated resort, including joint efforts by Huang Ji and Otsuka Ryuji, the directors of the film "Stone Gate" Hosted workshops and master lectures on "The Art and Strategy of Short Film Creation".
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