People's Daily Online, Macau, March 11 (Reporter Fu Zimei) The first "Macau International Comedy Festival" with the theme of "Joyful World" opened at the Macau University of Science and Technology on the 11th. The film festival unit premiered at the same time, bringing together many people from all over the world. A comedy play and movie, highlighting internationality and innovation.
Opening Forum of the First Macau International Comedy Festival. Photo by People.com reporter Fu Zimei
The first "Macau International Comedy Festival" is jointly sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macau Special Administrative Region Government, Beijing Happy Mahua Entertainment Culture Media Co., Ltd., and Beijing Damai Culture Communication Co., Ltd. Yan Zhichan, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region, Ouyang U, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region, Liang Huimin, Director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, directors Zhang Yimou and Ning Hao, actors Shen Teng, Ma Li, Zhang Chen, founder of the Macau International Comedy Festival and founder of Happy Twist, and He Mi, co-initiator of the Macau International Comedy Festival and president of Beijing Damai Culture Communication Co., Ltd., attended the opening ceremony.
The first "Macau International Comedy Festival" has four major sections - Love to See, Overjoy, Team Building and Laughter is the Antidote. It brings together many comedy element works from around the world and invites domestic and foreign comedians to bring happiness to the audience and help comedy future development. The first Comedy Festival adopted the "one festival, two places" model, with Macao and Hengqin respectively responsible for the opening and closing sections, contributing comedy power to the in-depth integration of Hengqin and Hengqin.
Liang Huimin expressed that she hopes that through the comedy festival, she can tell the world the story of the Chinese nation’s optimism, confidence, openness and tolerance, and promote cultural exchanges among comedians. Zhang Chen introduced that the original intention of the comedy festival was to provide a communication platform for comedians from all over the world, bring more excellent comedy works to Macao, promote the integration of culture and tourism, and help build Macao as a "city of performing arts". He Mi pointed out that Macau is a place where Chinese and Western cultures blend. Comedy can resonate with people of different cultures, races and languages. He believes that "Macau + Comedy" will have a huge chemical effect.
Zhang Yimou, Ning Hao, Shen Teng and Ma Li attended the opening ceremony of the first Macau International Comedy Festival. Photo by People.com reporter Fu Zimei
In the forum session after the opening ceremony, Zhang Yimou, Ning Hao, Shen Teng, Ma Li and others discussed and exchanged comedy creation experiences and future development. In the "Laughter is the Antidote" segment, well-known psychology expert Peng Kaiping and senior comedy creators were invited to jointly reveal the secrets behind comedy and positive emotions, allowing people to feel the power of happiness. During the Comedy Festival from March 11 to 18, at the Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau Emperor's Theatre, Macau Venetian Theatre, Macau Parisian Theatre, Macau Cultural Center, Macau Galaxy International Convention Center, a series of plays and movies of the Comedy Festival will be " Full bloom”.
