A total of 28 pictures 1905 Movie Network News On April 20, the Beijing International Film Festival held a meeting for the judges of each unit. Jury committees for the four major units of the Short Film New Blood Project, Focus on the Future, Project Venture Capital Final Judgment and the Main Competition Tiantan Award have appeared successively and shared with the media their experiences of communication, film viewing and award judging since the opening.
Kusturica leads the Tiantan Award jury Fei Xiang, Mali, and Zhu Yilong talk about their thoughts on participating in the competition
The chairman of the international jury of this Tiantan Award is Serbian director Emil Kusturica. The international jury members include Australian film sound designers. Wei White, Chinese actor Fei Xiang, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, Brazilian director Carlos Saldanha and Chinese actors Ma Li and Zhu Yilong.
As a Grand Slam and Double Palme d’Or winner at the three major film festivals: Cannes International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival, Serbian director Emil Kusturica also shared the judging criteria and principles of being a judge. Experience: For me, the key point is to capture the emotions conveyed in the film very well. We want to see if the film is humanistic enough. We hope to use fair and impartial standards to judge and select those who we think are outstanding. work. The value expression of the work is always the core of the review. It is closely related to the artistry of the film. We will also take the artistry of the film into consideration.
Fei Xiang, the first-generation idol who returned to the audience's attention with "Fengshen Part 1" in 2023, said when talking about his expectations for the future of domestic films: I am full of expectations and hopes for Chinese films. I feel that China Film has now Entering a golden age. Because there are so many talents, and more importantly, China has so many good stories. These stories are as new to audiences around the world as "Feng Shen". I hope Chinese filmmakers will take more initiative to make these stories into movies and promote them to the world so that audiences around the world can better understand China.
Ma Li, who has successfully achieved a change in screen role type because of "Article 20", was asked by reporters about her inner feelings when her acting career became wider and wider and she was able to portray different characters well. She said frankly: I think this is A particularly good question. As an actor, I definitely don’t want to be defined, so I cherish every drama I play now. I hope that no matter what type of film I make in the future, I can work with good actors, good directors, and good teams. I hope that I can always maintain this learning mentality.
As the youngest Tiantan Award judge, Zhu Yilong also interpreted his selection criteria from an actor’s perspective: For performances, I think the premise is vivid, natural and unified. This is the premise. For me, the judgment of performance is the sense of proportion. The sense of proportion in the entire performance and the entire movie can especially show an actor's comprehensive strength: understanding of the script, communication with the director, communication with the camera, etc.
Dapeng Liu Haoran broke the news that popular venture capital filmmakers are waiting in the short film section to witness the growth of newcomers
Chairman of the jury, Hong Kong director Kwan Jin-peng, Chinese director, screenwriter and actor Dapeng, Chinese actor Liu Haoran, Hong Kong director Zeng Guoxiang, Chinese director, The project venture capital final judging panel composed of screenwriter and editor Zhang Mo announced the winners of the lifetime awards later that day.
Talking about this venture capital experience, Liu Haoran said: I hope I have more possibilities and I hope I can grow more. This venture capital investment was very interesting, and I was fortunate enough to see my name on many project invitation lists. In addition to wanting to meet many young creators, I also want to hear their thoughts and mentality on their first and second works. In so many projects, I have seen many roles that suit my age and image, and I am very interested in some of them.
Later, he and judge Dapeng also broke the news that the name that appeared most in the PPT of this venture capital project was Baike.As a result of cooperating with the other party, "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop!" "Partner, Dapeng said frankly that he was very happy for Baike and hoped that he would be favored by more directors and participate in the creation of more works.
At the same time, Dapeng also talked about his views on the slogan of this event: facing the market directly and refusing to flatter himself: As a new creator, his works are often extracted from the people, things, and growth environment he is most familiar with, including Most first movies start this way too. I don't think we are against the idea of 'self-pleasure', because only by letting yourself be 'high' can you infect the audience, and only by moving yourself can more audiences be moved by your story, so it's not completely denied.' high'. During the review process, I saw many outstanding creators. They stood on the stage and faced our questions. Their answers were very firm, which shows that they have been preparing for this for a long time.
Short Film Unit Reelfocus New Blood Image Project International Jury Chairman is Taiwanese producer and producer Jiao Xiongping. The six judges are Chinese screenwriter Chen Yu, Hong Kong director Xu Hongyu, Chinese actors Jiang Qinqin, Qu Chuxiao, Yu Shi and Zu peak.
Jiao Xiongping said: The shortlisted films have very diverse performances. Some creations are technically very mature, some films are very imaginative, some works are very strong in artistic expression, and some are very concerned about the relationship between the living environment and humanities. There are also very traditional ones that deal entirely with the emotions between people and show delicate and touching life footprints.
Facing a group of young creators, director Xu Hongyu said: The biggest gain from watching 15 short films is to see 15 very individual and independent souls. This is what the director showed in the short films. I am very happy to be able to see the future of Chinese films in these short films.
Yu Shi, who served as a judge for the first time, also shared this experience based on his own experience: I have watched so many short films and got to know these short film workers. Many directors and photographers are very young, and some are younger than me. But they are very talented and have great ideas. The Beijing Film Festival is a good platform. Talented people need a place to show their talents, and this is it. Everyone who works in the film industry starts from young people, and I am the same. I hope that talented young people can be seen by everyone and help them. I hope that they will one day move to a bigger stage with their film dreams.
On the same day, Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, chairman of the jury of the Focus on the Future section, Dutch photographer Keith van Oostrum, judge, Chinese directors Yang Lina and Gu Xiaogang and Chinese actor Yang Zishan also appeared to meet. We met and talked about their respective experiences.
