The Canadian Chinese Film Festival enters its 14th glorious year, and the award ceremony is grandly held

The 14th Canadian Chinese Film Festival was grandly presented in Vancouver.

(Reported by Dahua Business Daily reporter Han Bing) On the evening of November 29, the 14th Canadian Chinese Film Festival hosted by the Canadian Chinese Film and Television Culture Association was held in downtown Vancouver The PlayHouse Theatre held a grand closing ceremony and awards ceremony. Canadian MP Alice Wong, BC MP Teresa Wat, BC MP Michael Lee, and the Acting Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Vancouver Kong Weiwei all sent congratulatory letters to express their sincere congratulations on the success of the Canadian Chinese Film Festival. More than 600 guests from Canadian and Chinese film and television circles, cultural figures and representatives of various ethnic communities in Canada gathered at the Grand Theatre to witness the award ceremony.

PlayHouse Theater was beaming that night, the 14th Canadian Chinese Film Festival Executive Chairman Fang Suzhen (Fong, Nico), Vice Chairman Chen Zixin (Chen, Zixin), Honorary Advisor Paul Armstrong, Fujian Film Studio General Manager Zhang Wei from China, Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Representatives of Canadian and Chinese film and television culture including Hu Meilin, general manager of Cultural Group, Professor Ji Wei, producer of Beijing Film Academy, and well-known overseas Chinese leaders Zhu Zhanlun, Liu Shumei, Sang Yichuan, Wu Jiaming, and Guo Yaxin attended the ceremony. Alice Wong, Member of the Canadian Parliament, Kong Weiwei, Acting Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Vancouver, Teresa Wat, Member of BC, and Michael Lee, Member of BC, all sent congratulatory letters to express their sincere congratulations on the success of the Canadian Chinese Film Festival.

This year's film festival has 29 shortlisted films and 24 shortlisted cartoons. After careful review, a total of 16 works have won various awards at the festival. That night, the winners took the stage to accept the award and gave speeches, winning warm applause from the audience.

​​The Canadian Chinese Film Festival has been held in 2005, and this year is the fourteenth. For many years, the organizer has been contributing an important force to the overseas promotion of Chinese films and the cause of film exchanges at home and abroad. The Canadian Chinese Film Festival is the first Chinese film festival to be held overseas, and has received strong support from governments at home and abroad for more than 10 years. The State Administration of Radio and Television of China, the China Film Overseas Promotion Center, the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver, the Canadian government and the Canadian Media Bureau have repeatedly given high recognition to the Canadian Chinese Film Festival.

This year, the 14th Canadian Chinese Film Festival has the theme of "Towards the Peak". During the film festival, the model of film festivals, international filmmakers exchange activities, cultural contracts, red carpet walks, and awards ceremonies will continue. At the same time, new elements have been added. The Preparatory Committee has added TV series, cartoons, and network film units to awards, and added exciting links such as industrial interaction and international film exchanges. At the same time, the preparatory committee sincerely invited a group of outstanding domestic and foreign film and television investors to attend the awards ceremony in Vancouver, Canada during this year's film festival, as a link to allow more film and television colleagues to have close contact with film and television investors at home and abroad. The reporter of

interviewed some guests between the awards ceremony.

Hu Meilin, general manager of Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Cultural Group, said in an interview that Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Cultural Group was only established in recent years. It is strategically positioned as a "Chinese urban cultural operator", based on the development and operation of "cultural new towns and cultural science and technology industrial parks". The three core areas of "Public Cultural Planning and Operation", "Digital Creative Industry, IP Content Investment and Operation", and "Cultural Industry Fund Management". It owns 15 companies and is in a leading position in China in the fields of IP cultural creation, VR virtual reality, children's intelligent education, big health artificial intelligence, and cultural tourism town operations. This time we brought a film reflecting the history and culture of Hakka to the film festival. We hope to promote Hakka culture at home and abroad, and also bring children's cartoons, hoping to show a microcosm of the development of Chinese movies. . Zhang Wei, general manager of

Fujian Film Studio, said that Fujian Film Studio has 61 years of history. The "down-to-earth and hard work spirit of dedication" passed down by Fujian filmmakers, "small horse-drawn cart cultural confidence and The three spirits of "responsibility", "dare to explore, dare to be the first, and love to win" are the solid foundation and valuable wealth for the development of film industry. This time we brought films such as "Jian Ben Liu Xiang" and "Hit in Heaven" to the film festival. We also had a good exchange with Canadian colleagues during the visit.

NorthProfessor Ji Wei, producer of the Beijing Film Academy, told reporters that this is the fourth time to come to Vancouver and brought the works of students from Beijing Film Academy Qingdao Branch. Beijing Film Academy is a higher art institution with a history of film history and a deep film culture. It has been established for nearly 70 years. It has gathered famous teachers and inherited schools. It has created many classic works in the history of Chinese film. It is in teaching creation and teacher training. All aspects of talent selection are leading the development direction of Chinese film education. This time I have also communicated with Canadian film and television professionals, and hope to have the opportunity to communicate with Canadian film and television colleges in the future.

The Canadian Chinese Film Festival is the first film festival founded by Chinese Canadians. Fang Suzhen, president of the Canadian Chinese Film and Television Culture Association and chairman of the Canadian Chinese Film Festival, said: During the film festival, the cooperation between the Canadian and Chinese industries has further expanded, and at the same time Let more film and television people benefit from the efficient communication channels established by the Zero Film Festival. The Canadian Chinese Film Festival is jointly organized by the Canada-China Film and Television Culture and Art Association and the China Business Culture Research Association.

Participants from China's Fujian Film Studio, Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Cultural Group, Beijing Film Academy and other top Chinese film and cultural institutions and institutions attended the festival and the closing ceremony.

This year's film has developed a film industry exchange link for Canadian and Chinese filmmakers, and exchanges with Canadian directors, producers, and film writers on the film and television industry. International filmmakers also went to the famous Canada under the arrangement of the festival organizing committee. The film equipment company WHITES conducts industry seminars.

[This year's film festival award list]

Best College Student Creation Award:

Huimen Banquet (Central Theater Student Director: Zuo Aiping)

Front Yard Home (Beijing Film Academy Modern Creative Media School Student Director: Deng Ziyi)

Murphy's Law (Director of the School of Modern Creative Media, Beijing Film Academy: Wang Qi)

Best Children's Film Award:

Little Summer Hat: The Return of the Egret (OCT Culture Group)

Best Actor Award:

Police Officer Wang Happy (Hay Day) )

Best Editing Award:

Misty in the Mirror (Director: Zhang Qinrui)

Best Team Production Award:

Detective Pu Songling (Director: Yan Jia)

Best Short Film Award:

Spring Yellow Wind Bell (Director: Ding Deng- Zhan Lingling)

's story about women (director: Jiang Xiaoyu)

love without borders (director: Liu Deqing)

best new director award:

a secret (director: Luo Xiaohua)

best documentary award:

Jianben Liuxiang ( Chief Director of Fujian Film Studio-Zhang Wei)

Best Producer Award:

Police Officer Wang Happy (Producer: Ji Wei)

Best Original Music Award:

Perfect Diary X National Geographic (Music Production: ICTUSAudio)

Best Animation Visual Effects Award:

Crazy Bullring (China Film Animation Industry Co., Ltd. Director: Huang Jun)

Jury Award:

Havoc in Tiangong (Fujian Film Studio Director: Cheng Lu)

Best Feature Film Award:

Comedy on earth (Director: Sun Zhou, Beijing Hanyu International Culture Media Co., Ltd.)