"Her in Creation" Chinese Female Filmmakers Summit will be held in Shanghai on June 12. It is reported that the summit will deeply explore the contributions of many women in creating and establishing this artistic category since the birth of film. and examines the forgetfulness and neglect they encountered in subsequent film history.
"Her in Creation" Chinese Female Filmmakers Summit Poster
From the sudden rise of Varda during the New Wave of Film to the large number of female directors emerging around the world today, sub-forum 1 of this summit will discuss their unique artistic perspectives and influences forces, and how they create and shape culture.
Special session for Chinese female directors Poster
Forum guest introduction:
• Xu Anhua - director, the first female director to win the Fukuoka Asian Culture Award. Known for her profound film works such as Tin Shui Wai Days and Nights, Sister Tao and The Golden Age, her works always accurately depict the complexity of human nature and emotion.
• Dai Jinhua - Professor at Peking University, academic chair of "art shanghai" Sino-French Women's Film Project. Her research covers modern Chinese women's literature, film culture and gender studies. Her main works include "Breaking on the Surface of History: Research on Modern Chinese Women's Literature", "Landscape in the Fog: Chinese Film Culture 1978-1998" and "Gender China".
• Mao Jian - Professor at East China Normal University and writer. His profound film criticism and prose works, such as "Very Sinful, Very Beautiful: Notes on Mao Jian's Films" and "There's a Tiger in the Bathroom", provide a unique perspective for in-depth discussions of Chinese film culture.
• Liu Jiayin - Director, screenwriter, associate professor of Literature Department of Beijing Film Academy. With his keen sense of literature and film, he created many far-reaching works, such as "Cowhide" and "It's Worth It".
• Teng Congcong - screenwriter, director. Her film "Send Me to the Clouds" and the miniseries "My Altay" demonstrate her outstanding talents in narrative construction and characterization.
As the number of women in the film industry continues to increase, their creative output is becoming increasingly rich and diverse. Women’s understanding and appreciation of women, and support for each other, has always been an important force in encouraging female filmmakers to move forward. The second sub-forum of the upcoming "Her in Creation" Chinese Female Filmmakers Summit will use this theme as an in-depth discussion of the unique contributions and experiences of women in the film industry.
Special session for filmmakers behind the scenes Poster
Forum 2 guest introduction:
• Zhou Xinxia - Professor of Beijing Film Academy, first-level editor, and president of the Chinese Film Editing Society. Professor Zhou's representative works include "Military Parade" and "Bloody Morning", etc. Her professional skills and artistic insight are widely recognized by the industry.
• Ye Jing - Associate professor at Beijing Film Management Institute and former deputy director of Youth Film Studio. Ye Jing has extensive experience in film planning and production, and has participated in the production of many well-known films, such as "Ip Man 2" and "Beijing Love Story".
• Ma Defan - China Film Group artist, costume designer, cross-border artist. Her costume design works "White Deer Plain" and "Hawthorn Tree Love" were well received, and she is unique in the industry with her innovative and unique visual style.
• Long Xiaozhu - sound director, mixer. Long Xiaozhu has become a well-known sound production expert in the industry with his outstanding sound design in "The Blizzard is Coming" and "The Master".
• Deng Lu - director of photography, lighting engineer. Deng Lu's works such as "The Elephant Sitting on the Floor" and "Friends of the Week" demonstrate her exquisite mastery of light and shadow control, making her stand out in the world of film photography.
This summit will invite the above-mentioned new batch of outstanding female filmmakers to discuss and celebrate their outstanding contributions in different aspects of film production, and explore how they have impacted society and culture through artistic expression.
The summit will be held on June 12, 2024 at One Bund Source. It will provide participants with a platform to exchange and inspire ideas through keynote speeches and round-table discussions.Open to all audiences who are interested in film art, women's development and social change, we sincerely invite all friends who are interested in film art, women's development and social change to participate and witness this historic moment together. The Paper will also broadcast the entire event live in real time.
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Her in Creation
——Chinese Female Filmmakers Forum Schedule and Live Broadcast Schedule (June 12)
10:00-10:30 Forum Initiation Speech
session i 10:30-12:30
Guests:
Dai Jinhua, Xu Anhua, Teng Congcong, Liu Jiayin
Host:
Maojian
session ii 14:00-16:00
Guests:
Zhou Xinxia, Long Xiaozhu, Ma Defan, Deng Lu
Host:
Ye Jing
session iii 16:15-17:30
Dai Jinhua keynote speech
Dai Jinhua will give a keynote speech