On November 14, the award ceremony of the 2024 Youth Screenwriters Conference was held grandly at the Science and Art Center of Xiamen University. This conference takes the script competition as the main activity, and is equipped with two supporting units: the "Xiajin Egg" Screen

On November 14, the award ceremony of the 2024 Youth Screenwriters Conference was held grandly at the Science and Art Center of Xiamen University. This conference takes the script competition as the main activity, and is equipped with two supporting units: the "Xiajin Egg" Screenwriting Workshop and the "Incubation Factory" to build a communication bridge between young screenwriters and film and television investment institutions.

The script is the "base" of a film and television work, and the screenwriter is the creative source and starting point of the film and television creation industry chain. The Young Screenwriters Conference spares no effort to support the creation and development of young screenwriters and is committed to providing them with more resources and opportunities, thereby promoting the healthy and sustainable development of China's film, television and drama industries.

This conference is jointly guided by the Cultural Development Office of Siming District and Siming District Culture and Tourism Bureau of Xiamen City, and co-sponsored by the Film School of Xiamen University and the Xiamen Film and Television Script Center. Co-organized by the company and Xiamen 1905 Film and Television Industry Co., Ltd.

On the day of the award ceremony, leading representatives from Siming District Cultural Development Office, Siming District Culture and Tourism Bureau, and film and television guests Representatives from the Film School of Xiamen University, Xiamen Film and Television Script Center and other organizers, as well as nearly a hundred young screenwriters, producers, directors, and drama teachers from home and abroad gathered together to share their views on the creation and development of young screenwriters. With valuable experience and insights, I hope to provide more resources and opportunities for young screenwriters.

Above: Liu Haitao, Chairman of Siming District Social Science Federation and Director of the District Cultural Development Office

Above: Screenwriter, Associate Professor of Hebei Academy of Fine Arts, Doctoral Supervisor Yu Jie

Above: screenwriter, director, producer Huangpu Kaijiang

Above: film and television actor Bai Yu

Above: screenwriter, director Wang Hu

The new voice of screenwriters, writing the future of movies and dramas

After nearly half a year of solicitation and selection, the 2024 Youth Screenwriters Conference specially invited senior screenwriters, directors, and producers in the industry to review the participating scripts and share their experiences. It is hoped that through this screenwriting conference, we will explore the space and opportunities for the diversified presentation of scripts and the full screenwriting industry chain services. Attract more outstanding young creators to come to Xiamen for development, so that more high-quality film and television products can be born in Xiamen!

The Young Screenwriters Conference will create the first domestically-owned company that continues to focus on discovering, supporting and promoting outstanding young screenwriters and their talents through the trinity of competitions, training and venture capital. An international professional service platform for works. Since its launch on July 19, 2024, the

script competition has openly solicited outstanding Chinese scripts from young people around the world. A total of 1,334 Chinese scripts have been received from domestic and foreign countries. The submission group is more professional, has higher gold content, and has wider influence. After 6 months of collection and screening, the jury finally selected 16 screenplay awards in the film and television category, 16 short film script awards, 16 drama screenplay awards, 5 "Future Star" screenwriter awards and the Xiamen Story Award. 5 parts. The participating leaders and guests presented awards to the representatives of the winning screenwriters and witnessed the "highlight moments" of young screenwriters together.

picture above Xiamen Film and Television Script Center Yao Yuan presented the "Future Star" Screenwriter Award and the Xiamen Story Award

Above: Screenwriter Wang Hu presented the Outstanding Script Award

Above Actor Bai Yu presented the third prize

Above picture Xu Xunyu, chief of the Industrial Section of Siming District Culture and Tourism Bureau, and director Huang Pu Kaijiang presented the second prize

Above picture Liu Haitao, Chairman of the Siming District Social Science Federation and Director of the District Cultural Development Office, and screenwriter Yu Jie presented the first prize

Golden eggs in Xiamen, collision stories

The 2024 Young Screenwriters Conference lasted for nearly six months. It used the script collection competition as an entrance to introduce high-quality screenwriters and fresh scripts, and then interacted with experts, scholars and playwrights in the industry to stimulate new creative sparks from a diversified perspective and help screenwriters Break creative bottlenecks. In this way, a resource sharing platform can be built to achieve resource sharing and mutual benefit.

The "Xia Golden Egg" Screenwriting Workshop was held on the morning of November 15th at the Film Culture Center of the Xiamen University Film Museum. Representatives of the judges of the 2024 Youth Screenwriters Conference and representatives of the award-winning screenwriters of the Script Conference were invited to participate, providing a face-to-face communication for young screenwriters. The opportunity and frank exchanges among peers help young screenwriters to examine their own works from different angles and make necessary revisions and improvements. To convey the screenwriter's thoughts through words, and to see the "reality" behind the work through the surface, this kind of professional feedback is crucial to improving the quality of the work and meeting market demand.

In the screenwriter dialogue salon, everyone discusses creation and value and promotes the exchange of ideas. Leverage the "pen" of young screenwriters to inspire the "thinking" of the audience, promote the diversified development of social culture with multiculturalism and tolerance of different perspectives, help excellent works be disseminated through multiple channels, and create a comprehensive cultural industry chain to let outstanding people The work goes out of the "script" and onto the "screen".

"Incubation Factory" hatches Xiamen golden eggs, and "Golden Pencil Sharpener" rolls out a vortex of inspiration

The "Incubation Factory" section of the 2024 Youth Screenwriters Conference, as a key link between creativity and the market, is committed to providing a comprehensive and professional script incubation platform for young screenwriters. It will be officially launched after the award ceremony. Next, the incubation factory will carry out a series of in-depth cooperation and support plans around the selection and polishing of excellent scripts. The incubation factory aims to build an open, sharing, and win-win ecosystem to contribute to the growth and development of young screenwriters. Among them, the participating script "Sharing Dad App" in the 2024 Youth Screenwriters Conference Script Competition received special attention from the 2024 Xiamen Youth Film Exhibition Organizing Committee. A special youth film theme script seminar was held, and specially invited screenwriter Xiao Jinfeng attended to provide script modifications for its script. Provide assistance and suggestions, and formally sign project cooperation contracts.

Above picture The script "Sharing Dad App" was invited to participate in the youth film theme seminar

Above picture Jury representatives of the 2024 Youth Screenwriters Conference attended the youth film script "Share Dad App" seminar

The screenwriter of "Share Dad App" above, Xiao Jinfeng, signed a contract with representatives of the Xiamen Film and Television Script Center

During the preparation and opening of the third Youth Screenwriters Conference, Xiamen Film and Television Script Center and estilo oriental in madrid, spain The company worked closely to launch the "Golden Pencil Sharpener" polishing plan, and invited Mr. Xu Weibing, founder of the Chinese International Screenwriters Festival (cwf), to serve as the host.The Golden Pencil Sharpener cooperates with the trilingual (Chinese, Spanish and English) script theme base located in Cumbre de Sol, Benetachell, Alicante, Valencia, and recruits screenwriters from all over the world to participate. It also offers Chinese classes, Chinese Spanish classes, and Chinese English classes. In various genres, we introduce high-quality creative mentors from Hollywood and Europe to create sophisticated tools suitable for screenwriters in different languages ​​for the industry, helping young screenwriters to continuously improve their works, link resources globally, and cultivate connections.

Pictured above The trilingual script theme base located in Cumbre de Sol, Benetachell, Alicante, Valencia

The first season of the Golden Pencil Sharpener Project will launch six immersive experience courses on screenwriting skills including the golden rules of logline and the secret of dialogue. The Golden Pencil Sharpener Project also prepares a talent echelon for the in-depth cooperation between the 3rd Young Screenwriters Conference and the Valencia Regional Cultural Tourism and Film Bureau, and escorts the Xiamen Film and Television Script Center's co-screenwriters to go overseas.