Jimu News Reporter Rong Yu
From April 18th to April 26th, the 14th Beijing International Film Festival will present a nine-day film culture feast to global filmmakers, inviting close friends to participate in the event. On March 28, the Beijing Film Festival Organizing Committee held a press conference to announce the relevant information of this year's Beijing Film Festival. What surprised Chinese movie fans was that among the shortlisted films and jury members of the main competition unit "Tiantan Award", movie fans We saw very familiar names, and in the jury lists of several other sections of the film festival, young Chinese filmmakers also shined particularly brightly.
Fei Xiang, Ma Li, Zhu Yilong "Upgrade" together
The 14th Beijing International Film Festival is guided by the State Film Administration and sponsored by China Central Radio and Television and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The theme of this year's film festival is "Light and Shadow" Mutual learning and mutual benefit.” According to reports, during the nine-day period, the Beijing Film Festival will hold the "Tiantan Award" awards, opening and closing ceremonies and red carpet ceremonies, Beijing screenings, "Beijing Planning·Theme Forum", Beijing Market, Film Carnival, and College Student Film Festival , closing ceremony and award ceremony and more than 100 events.
In the most important "Tiantan Award" judging session, a total of 15 domestic and foreign film masterpieces were nominated this year. This year's "Tiantan Award" international jury has a total of 7 people. The chairman of the jury is the famous Serbian director Emil Kusturi The six judges are: Australian film sound designer David White, actor Fei Xiang, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, Brazilian director Carlos Saldanha, actor Ma Li, and actor Zhu Yilong.
Netizens were all surprised and proud to see that three famous actors Fei Xiang, Ma Li and Zhu Yilong who have made outstanding contributions to Chinese films in 2023 have "upgraded" their status together and sat on the jury of this year's Beijing Film Festival. .
is a well-known Chinese-language "first-generation top-level movie star". Fei Xiang, who is over 60 years old, has become a new-generation movie "top-level movie star" with last summer's " Gods: The First Part ", proving once again that opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. People; Ma Li, who has taken the lead in the comedy field, is now the actress with the highest box office starring in Chinese films, and is the irreplaceable "first heroine" of Chinese comedy films; last year, she was shortlisted for Beijing Film Academy with " The Disappearance of Her " Zhu Yilong, who won the "Tiantan Award" at the 2016 Beijing Film Festival, returned to the Beijing Film Festival this year as a judge. After training in films such as "The Mistake on the Side", Zhu Yilong has now become another dazzling "star" in the Chinese film industry.
The new film directed by Zhang Guoli was shortlisted for the "Tiantan Award"
In addition to the list of judges, among the 15 shortlisted films for this year's "Tiantan Award", "Journey Across the Moon" directed by Li Weiran, "Stop and Go" directed by Long Fei Three Chinese films, "Stop" and "Chaoyunmuyu" directed by Zhang Guoli, are also worthy of attention, especially "Chaoyunmuyu" directed by Zhang Guoli and famous actors Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu.
Stills of "Chaoyun Muyu"
"Chaoyun Muyu" is adapted from the novel "The Murderous Girl in a Wedding Dress". Fan Wei plays the role of Lao Qin, who served 27 years in prison and became unaccompanied after being released from prison. In order to fulfill his parents' wish back then, , he took the "huge sum of money" from the demolition and came together with Chang Juan, who had just been released from prison. But what he didn't expect was that the seemingly innocent and harmless Chang Juan actually hid a huge secret. .
Can Zhang Guoli, who is now a director again, be able to win the "Tiantan Award for Best Director" at this year's Beijing Film Festival with "Morning Clouds and Muyu Rain"? Do Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu, two powerful acting masters, have any chance of winning the title of Best Actor and Actor at this year's Beijing Film Festival? The answer will be revealed at the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of this year's Beijing Film Festival.
Many young actors serve as judges
In addition to the main competition unit, this year's Beijing Film Festival also has many sub-units, providing "fame" opportunities for filmmakers in different fields.
This year's "Focus on the Future" unit will collect the first and second feature films of new directors from all over the world. The chairman of the jury of this unit is Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, and the four judges are Chinese director Gu Xiaogang, Dutch photographer Keith van Oostrum, Chinese director Yang Lina and Chinese actor Yang Zishan; entered the "reelfocus New Blood Image Project" short film unit for the first time in the organizing committee's selection system, composed of famous Taiwanese films Jiao Xiongping serves as the chairman of the jury. The six judges are screenwriter Chen Yu, actor Jiang Qinqin, actor Qu Chuxiao, Hong Kong editor and director Xu Hongyu, actor Yu Shi, and actor Zu Feng; and at this year's Beijing Film Festival, In the "Project Venture Capital" section, the famous Hong Kong director Guan Jinpeng was invited to serve as the chairman of the final judging panel. Actor Dapeng, actor Liu Haoran , Hong Kong director and producer Zeng Guoxiang, and director and screenwriter Zhang Mo will jointly serve as judges.
Many young actors such as Liu Haoran, Yu Shi, and Qu Chuxiao served as judges in different sections of the film festival, which not only highlighted the youthful vitality of this Beijing Film Festival, but also announced the rapid growth of the younger generation of filmmakers.
In addition, this Beijing Film Festival will also hold three film master classes, allowing all young people who love movies to share the workplace experience of their predecessors. The three masters are: Emil, Chairman of the Jury of this year's "Tiantan Award" Kusturica, Hong Kong director Ann Hui and famous actor and director Chen Chong, as well as famous writer Yu Hua, Peking University professor Dai Jinhua, famous director Feng Xiaogang and others will also participate in these master classes as guests.
(Picture source: Beijing Film Festival public information)
(Source: Jimu News)
