On August 29, the opening ceremony of the short film "3 Gates" of the 2024 "Going to Mountains and Seas" Young Directors Creative Support Program (referred to as Mountains and Seas Project) was held in Sanshui District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province. The film was shot entirely

On August 29, the opening ceremony of the short film "3 Gates" of the 2024 "Going to the Mountains and Seas" Young Directors Creative Support Program (referred to as the Mountains and Seas Project) was held in Sanshui District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province. The film was shot entirely using mobile phones and is the only mobile phone film among this year's Shanhai Project support projects. It is expected to be completed on September 1.

At the beginning of the preparation of the script, director and screenwriter Hu Qiao used a number of golden sentences to collage the expressive elements of the story, for example, regionality - "Southeast, northwest, middle, play football to Guangdong"; sociality - "Football, the life of middle-aged men" "The Last Stubbornness in the World"; Contemporary - "In 2001, the Chinese football team entered the World Cup and planted the 'football dream' for the children born in the 80s and 90s. Can it still be planted through literary and artistic works for the new generation of children?" Football Dream'"; Individuality - "Of course, everyone is Messi in their own football story." Before filming started, Hu Qiao chose to sum up the story he created in one sentence: "The fragile football dream of a middle-aged man."

As for the cast team, actor Wang Yaode plays the protagonist Zhou Lifeng. He is also one of the starring actors in the top ten short films "Swimming Lesson" of the 2023 Mountain and Sea Project. He has also starred in the best film "The Last Farewell" at the 15th First Youth Film Festival, and the topical work "A Wolf Is Here" which focuses on "one shot to the end". Watch out." Well-known director Yang Pingdao plays the coach in the film. In the past two years, he has frequently acted across borders, and he has appeared in the popular works "Stories of Yong'an Town" and "Sunshine Club". Li Xiang plays the core player, an "amateur" whom Hu Qiao met at the Jinshazhou Field at the junction of Guangzhou and Foshan. He was also a retired player from the reserve team of Guangzhou Evergrande Club.

Hu Qiao said that the story was decided to be based on showing grassroots football culture from the beginning of its conception. Foshan's "La Liga" league, which has been a stage for industrial workers to demonstrate their skills since its inception, has become an important source of creative inspiration. It is reported that Foshan's "La Liga" has been selected into the first batch of mass "three major ball" quality event cases by the State Sports General Administration. During this year's event, Sanshui integrated the region's tourism, business districts, industries, enterprises, chambers of commerce, associations, labor unions and other resources, launched hundreds of activities and hundreds of store discounts, and successfully promoted "the stadium turns into a market, mobile phones turn into business opportunities, and traffic turns into sales" ". For this reason, the crew of "3 Gates" chose to shoot in Sanshui Yunxiushan Stadium where Foshan's "La Liga" is held. Hu Qiao said: "This is one of the areas with the strongest grassroots football atmosphere in Guangdong, and it is very representative."

The Propaganda Department of the Foshan Sanshui District Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Sanshui District Culture, Radio, Tourism and Sports Bureau provided great support for the film Support, including venue use and assistance at Yunxiu Mountain Stadium and Westin Football Training Base. Local established football teams such as Sanshui Le Minxing Football Team and Sanshui Fans Football Team provided filming support to the crew. At the same time, the crew information of "Three Gates" was released through the "Sanshui Release" public account ( Foshan's "La Liga" became popular! Attracting football-themed films to Sanshui for filming ), it was widely disseminated among local football enthusiasts, creating a The crew was extremely helpful in finding extras.

It is reported that this year Sanshui District issued the "Ten Measures for Sanshui District to Serve the Development of the Film and Television Industry", promising to waive venue rental fees for 10 years. This is also the first county-level city in the country to promise to waive venue rental fees for the entire area. Sanshui District sincerely invites people from the industry to use more film and television works to leave the unique light and shadow of Lingnan here.

Text | Reporter Gong Weifeng, Wu Yong

Picture | Reporter Zhong Zhenbin