"She and Her on and Off the Screen - 2024first Active Screening·Jinan Quancheng Time Station" will be held on April 13 (this Saturday) at Jinan Paragon Cinema (6th Floor, East Hall, Plaza 66). This film festival is hosted by Film Culture, officially supported by First Film Festival, and supported by Jinan Paragon Cinema venue.
Whether on or off the screen, "she" is a female character. On the screen, she is one of the groups who are prejudiced, restrained, and disciplined. "She" will endure, resist, and break through the barriers and run into the distance. Off the screen, "she" is a female director with brave creations, sharp perspectives, and superb skills. She can switch between various genres such as family, crime, science fiction, etc., and is omnipotent.
's "She and Her on and Off the Screen - 2024 First Active Screening·Jinan Quancheng Time Station" includes: "Flag Hunting Boy", "Feather Duster", " Underwater World ", "Split Silk", "Chen Wenyuan" and "The Sea Around Us" "All Fires Return to One", "When I Come Close to You", "Girl on the Window Sill", "Xiu Rong Town" and "Last Love" were screened in 11 movies, Liu Zhicen (first assistant director of "The Curious Boy"), Liu Yaqin ( Director of "When I Come Close to You") will participate in 2 post-screening exchanges, and Liu Zhicen, Liu Yaqin, Yu Xiaofeng, and Liu Qiang will participate in a theme forum. Audiences and fans will be immersed in experiencing her on-screen, seeing how colorful they are, communicating with her off-screen, and listening to their creative experiences.
Feng Xiaoqiang, the curator of this film festival, told Jinan Times·New Yellow River reporter: "From the perspective of movie fans, the 2024 first active screening·Jinan Quancheng Time Station allows the audience to see good movies and communicate face-to-face with the director. The most 'fun' thing must be the theme forum after the third screening - She and Her on and Off the Screen·Female Film Theme Forum, which lasts for 45 minutes and has a strong guest lineup - Liu Zhicen ("Flag Hunter") First Assistant Director), Liu Yaqin (Director of "When I Come Close to You"), Yu Xiaofeng (Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Shandong University, Director of the Film and Television Culture and Art Communication Research Center of Shandong University), Liu Qiang (Film and Television, School of Communication, Shandong University of the Arts) Five guests, Director and Professor of the Department of Directing and Directing) and Dong Wenxin (General Manager of Jinan Paragon Cinemas, the most influential movie influencer on Weibo) will have in-depth discussions on film creation, cultural communication, art theory, market status, etc. Talking about women’s movies, it’s full of useful information and worth listening to.”
It is understood that "First Active Screening" is a permanent film and cultural exchange brand of the First Film Festival. It is open to applications from clubs and individuals from campus, as well as social and cultural institutions and cultural spaces, in the form of non-profit offline public welfare screenings. Provide a matrix of works of young filmmakers outside the mainstream field of view. All fees collected from the event will be used to pay for the venue, material production, guest transportation, food and accommodation, etc.
[Introduction to some of the films shown]
· "Flag Hunting Boy"
Director Wu Xichen used a low camera to record a reckless but determined girl in rural Hebei who snatched a happy flag (symbolizing the victory of gender equality) that only boys are eligible for. The story of being severely scolded by his father who never showed up. As one of the few male directors on the shortlist, the women he tries to capture and present seem more like a specific reflection of a special era background or native growth environment. Through the language of images, the female character is no longer just a simple statement of identity, but emerges as a speculative subject and a living person in the black hole of reality in the film. The dilemma they face urgently may also be the moment for "them" to gain liberation.
·"Chen Wenyuan"
In the gynecology clinic, a middle-aged woman preparing for a second pregnancy and a young woman with an unexpected pregnancy have a conversation across time. The two images are closely connected through the specific object "button", and the unstable spirit The status becomes a bridge of communication between the two.When evaluating this film, some viewers believed that it conveyed the anxiety of "fear of marriage" and "fear of childbearing", but in fact, what it conveyed was nothing more than painful thinking about women's reproductive freedom and sexual consent: how to be independent to choose a life? How can we realize self-worth as the premise and not regret becoming a mother for the rest of our lives? I’m afraid this question is not “emotional” at all, because it has always been accompanied by our historical and cultural development.
·"Cure Town"
"Cure Town" won the Best Short Film Award at the 14th First Youth Film Exhibition. The jury's award speech said: "Xiurong Town" presents a capacity that is almost that of a feature film in the length of a short film. With beautiful painting style and perfect technology, it creates a fictional story that is both contemporary and open between the historical background and modern society. The sexual story space calmly provides a kind of inspection and reflection that transcends specific time and space. It has profound warning significance for the current global social crisis and conflicts of interest.
· "Last Love"
The film completely throws the audience out of reality, "entrusts" fertility to male clones in a science fiction way, and invites us to observe what kind of biochemical reactions will occur in this petri dish. In such a matriarchal society where power relations have been completely reversed, women have become the core force in society, and marriage has nothing to do with love at all. Instead, it has become a purely reproductive system, and love has become the only and simultaneous Variables that are also out of reach. To a certain extent, any science fiction movie is the most authentic reflection of the current real world. It allows us to see the real world before dislocation and inversion. Maybe better, maybe worse, and reaching places we could never reach.
Proofreader: Liu Tian Reporter: Xing Yuan Editor: Xing Yuan
