The 26th Shanghai International Film Festival has arrived as scheduled. As one of the designated screening theaters, more than a hundred outstanding films will be screened at the Hongqiao Art Center. Do you know all these videos? What activities are prepared for movie fans during the screening? What other film and creative peripherals are released? The reporter compiled a movie viewing guide for movie fans →
This year is the seventh time that the Hongqiao Art Center has been successfully selected as the designated screening theater of the Shanghai International Film Festival. There will be 102 outstanding films screened in the fourth theater equipped with 4k Dolby Atmos technology. It will be screened in the auditorium and the 8th screening room, and the audio-visual effects will be more refined and lifelike, further enhancing the audience's movie-watching experience.
It can be seen from the film list released by Hongqiao Art Center that the films screened this time include 4k restoration films, tribute films to masters, popular animation films, 2024 Golden Goblet Award competition short films and other exciting films in different categories, which are for movie fans A gourmet feast was served.
Introduction to some excellent films
Murder on the Orient Express
The film is adapted from the original work by Agatha Christie. It tells the story of the great detective Poirot who discovers that Rachel, a wealthy American businessman who was traveling with him on the Orient Express, was murdered. According to what he observed, Various suspicious signs and interrogations of fellow passengers, as well as logical reasoning combined with the 12-person jury system implemented in the United States, successfully uncovered the story of a strange case of "collective revenge." The film
won many nominations at the 47th Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay. Actor Ingrid Bergman also won the Best Supporting Actress Award for this film.
A Havoc in Heaven
"A Havoc in Heaven" is based on the Chinese classic "Journey to the West" and is China's first color animated feature film. Sun Wukong, the monkey king of Huaguo Mountain who is free and brave by nature, in order to find a satisfactory weapon, triggered a story of going to heaven and earth, using his 72 transformations to fight alone to challenge the heroes, and finally smashing the Lingxiao Palace of the Heavenly Palace with anger.
This classic work has influenced several generations and is a monument in the history of Chinese animation. The film has won many important domestic and foreign awards, including the 2nd China Film Hundred Flowers Award and the 13th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Short Film Special Award.
French drug trafficking network
The film tells the story of New York City Police Department detectives Doyle and Russo, who finally uncovered a large-scale heroin smuggling case from France through perseverance in pursuit.
This film is adapted from the real-life work of Robin Moore and won the 44th Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Editing. .
Nuannuan Contains Light
Joel discovered that his girlfriend Clementine went to the "Forgetting Clinic" to delete the memory of their relationship. In desperation, he also approached Dr. Howard and asked him to delete his memory of Clementine. However, as the memories fade away bit by bit, Joel rekindles his love for Clementine.
This film won the 77th Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Paprika (4k)
This film is adapted from Tsutsui Yasutaka's novel "Dream Detective". It was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival and won multiple international animation awards.
Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatric Medicine. She is committed to developing therapeutic devices that monitor human consciousness, but there is another face behind her. With the help of the instrument "DC Mini" invented by her colleague Dr. Kosaku Tokita, she transformed into the dream detective "Red Hot Chili Pepper" and entered the dreams of patients to help them eliminate trauma and cure mental illness. One day, three brand new "dc minis" were stolen. Subsequently, a series of strange things happened in the institute, and the researchers' consciousness was invaded one after another. Together with Dr. Tokita, she investigates.
Sacrifice (4k)
This is the last film of the famous Soviet film master Andrei Tarkovsky, which won four awards in total. These included the Catholic Humanitarian Spirit Award at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d'Or for Best Picture.In 1988, it won the 41st British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Starring Erland Josephson won many awards for his performance in the play. The plot of
is set in the hours before nuclear holocaust. Alexander, played by Erland Josephson, is celebrating his fiftieth birthday with family and friends. At this time, news of an imminent nuclear disaster was broadcast on TV. Alexander prayed to God that he would give everything he held dear if he could survive.
Suddenly looking back
Fujino, a fourth-grade elementary school student who serialized 4-frame comics in the school newspaper, unexpectedly learned that his classmate Kyomoto, who had been "siting at home" for a long time without going to school, was also drawing comics. Two girls with opposite personalities, because of their love for comics Bonded by love...
The "crazy" cartoonist Shu Fujimoto, famous for his cruel and bizarre "Chainsaw Man" series, used a gentle knife in the short comic "Suddenly Looking Back". The short 143-page story moved countless people to tears. .
This animation, through the continuous long shots commonly used in movie storyboards, allows Fujimoto's animation to truly meet the audience in the form of a movie. Director Kiyotaka Oshiyama has a background as an animator and has drawn original paintings for Ghibli movies. He has personal feelings about the themes of the original works. He carefully and vividly depicts the inner world of the painter, and uses stylized coloring and brushstrokes to add to the animation. A different flavor.
Ghost in the Shell (4k restored version)
" Ghost in the Shell " is a Japanese science fiction film directed by Mamoru Oshii, written by Kazunori Ito, starring Atsuko Tanaka and Akio Otsuka and dubbed. The plot is adapted from the comic book of the same name created by Masamune Shirow. It was animated by Production I.G. It premiered in Japan on November 18, 1995.
The world view of this film is set in the year 2029 in the "parallel world", where various new types of criminal incidents occur frequently. To solve this problem, Japan established a secret operation group "Ghost in the Shell" to specialize in solving such cases. The story revolves around Motoko Kusanagi, a member of the 9th Public Security Section and a member of the Ghost in the Shell. She is a mechanical bionic whose whole body has been transformed by prosthetics. While performing tasks, she also tries to explore the meaning of her own existence.
Once Upon a Time in America
The film is inspired by Harry Gray's novel "Little Husbands" and records the youthful years of the protagonist "Noodles" and his best friend Max. They lead a group of Jewish youths and gradually become the Jewish gangsters. Identities emerge in the world of organized crime in New York City. The film explores childhood friendship, love, lust, greed, betrayal, loss and broken relationships.
Everything at Dawn
Misa Fujisawa suffers from premenstrual syndrome and cannot control her emotions in front of her boss. In order to avoid the crowd, she decided to change her environment and came to work at the small Kurita Metal Company. Most of my colleagues are middle-aged and elderly, except Takatoshi Yamazoe, who has just joined the company. He is also young. He was taciturn and suffered from panic attacks, and Fujisawa took good care of him. The two did not fall in love, but they formed a close companionship and helped each other heal their wounds.
This film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Maiko Seo and premiered in the Forum section of the 74th Berlin Film Festival.
In addition, there are also many exciting films that will be screened during the film festival. Audiences who purchase tickets for any film festival at "Tianshan Cinema Hongqiao Art Center-Flagship Store" can use their tickets to receive a "Citizen's Movie Watching Manual" at the front desk to learn more about the film details.
Special event of the "Salute to the Master" section
Posters of the six works of Masumura Yaszo that will be screened at this film festival
This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of "film master" Masumura Yaszo. During this Shanghai International Film Festival, Hongqiao Art Center Six of his earlier and most representative works from his big-screen era will be screened, allowing the audience to experience the passionate screen charm of this trend-setting figure. These six works are all brand-new digitally restored versions, and almost all of them have premiered in China. Among them, "The Most Honorable Lady" and " Confession of a Wife" are the world premiere 4k restored versions. This is a rare opportunity for fans who like it. do not miss it.
"Hozo Masumura's 100th Birthday" flash card poster
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Masumura Hozo's birth, Hongqiao Art Center has specially designed a collection of flash cards (six types in total). The collection of six types can be combined on the back to form "Masumura Hozo" "100th Anniversary" poster.
When you purchase the movie snack package, you will receive a master collection flash card. For details, please go to the sales department of "Tianshan Cinema - Hongqiao Art Center 1st Floor".
Movie fans can also receive a commemorative postcard with their "Masura Hozo" movie ticket on the spot at the theater that day. A limited number of 150 postcards corresponding to each movie will be distributed, a total of 6 movies, first come first served, while supplies last.
"Multiple Perspectives" Unit Special Event
The "Pokémon" series of game software born in 1996 has become very popular. Since the release of the first theatrical film in 1998, Pokémon has launched 23 feature-length theatrical films. The enduring popularity of Pokémon has accompanied the growth of generations of audiences and can be called a permanent fixture in the Japanese animation industry. Green trees.
The multi-perspective section of this Shanghai International Film Festival selected six Pokémon theatrical films for screening at the Hongqiao Art Center. It includes works from multiple generations such as "Pokémon", "Pokémon Ultra Generations", and "Pokémon Diamond & Pearl". As a series for audiences of all ages, Pokémon the Movie has always maintained a simple and bright tone, but also contains relatively serious topics such as moral teaching and environmental protection. The bright line running through all previous works is the relationship between the protagonists Ash and Pikachu Deep friendship. Whether it’s a child coming into contact with Pokémon for the first time or an old friend reliving childhood memories, you can find your own touch on the screen.
From June 14 to 23, 2024, at the special Pokémon check-in point set up at the Hongqiao Art Center, Pokémon cards and peripheral products will be sold. Fans can get a themed peripheral gift when they go there. For Pokémon-related products, you can also receive a "Pikachu-themed fan" as a gift. The number of gifts is limited every day, first come first served, while stocks last!
Watch movies with cultural and creative products
During the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival, multiple series of cultural and creative products will be on sale.
The official derivative of the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival - Touka
Among them, the "City of Movies" poster series products use the posters of this film festival as design elements to produce themed ticket holders, luggage tags and folders, etc. products; the "ga siff" series of products include postcards, slide cards, check-in maps and commemorative puzzles; at the same time, the siff series also launched the "tribute to masters" series for the first time, integrating masters' birthdays, golden sentences and icons into blind box badges . The limited series of Science Fiction Film Week (sci-fi) freezes light and shadow and pays homage to the classics!
Source: Shanghai Changning
