1905 Film Network News On the evening of December 5, the opening ceremony and opening red carpet of the 4th Macau International Film Festival were held at the Macau Cultural Center. The jury chaired by Hong Kong director Chen Kexin made a collective appearance. Filmmakers such as Zhou Dongyu, Zeng Guoxiang, and Ma Nan took their works on the red carpet.
The Director of the Department of Social and Cultural Affairs of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government emphasized that the National Film Administration announced five measures this year to support the development of the Hong Kong and Macao film industries in the Mainland, expanding more space for the Macao film industry.
At the same time, Wen Qihua, Director of the Tourism Office of the Macau Special Administrative Region Government, also stated that “The Organizing Committee of this year’s film festival will continue to actively promote the development of Macao’s film and cultural and creative industries, enhance international and film exchange opportunities, and expand cultural and artistic platforms. It is our responsibility to continue to select high-quality Chinese and Western movies to further promote Macau audiences’ appreciation of world movies.” She also announced, “To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region, this film festival will give special talks.”
Presenting the '20th Anniversary Macau Special Screening' unit, hoping to showcase movies based on the theme of Macau or produced by the Macau production team in a non-competitive manner."
This film festival lasts for 7 days, including the screen event, the ten-sided ambush, and the Universal Film Festival. The “Master Class” invites French actor Juliet Binoche to talk with Chinese director Diao Yinan to share creative experience with young filmmakers. At the same time, British actor Lily James will also be a special guest and hold a master class dialogue.
The protagonist Zhou Dongyu was awarded the “Focus Filmmaker” of this film festival. She thanked the film festival for her recognition, "I will continue to work hard in the future and hope to cooperate with all directors who want to cooperate with me. "
It is worth noting that this year's "New Chinese Language Image" unit will add competition elements to affirm the outstanding performance of film workers. Among them, Chinese films such as "Young You", "Spring River Plumbing" and "Sing Alive" were shortlisted for this unit. At the same time, the film "The Whimsical World of Young Jojo", as the opening film of this film festival, has its Asian premiere after the ceremony.
It is reported that the award ceremony and closing ceremony of this Macau Film Festival will be held on the evening of December 11.
Finalist of the International Competition of the 4th Macau International Film Festival:
"Belling Birds" (New Zealand) Director: Hamish Bennett
"Mumbai Rose" (India/France/UK/Qatar) Director: Gita Jiangli ·Rao
"Buoyancy" (Australia) Director: Rod Lashen
"Family Members" (Argentina) Director: Matteo Bendski
"Give Me Free" (USA) Director: Kirill Mi Hanofsky
"Gottie" (United States) Director: Sam De Jong
"Homecoming" (Indonesia) Director: Adrian Dvor
"Lynn and Lucy" (UK/France) Director: Fizal Bulifa
"The Two of Us" (Luxembourg) Director: Filippo Menegetti
"OneDivide Two" (UK/China/Canada) Director: Juan Cabral
Finalist film:
"Young You" (China) Director: Zeng Guoxiang
"Spring River Plumbing" ( China) Director: Gu Xiaogang
"Lucky Grandma" (United States) Director: Sassy Seely
"Sing Alive" (China/France) Director: Ma Nan
"Youth and the Sea" (China) Director: Sun Aoqian
"Tropical "Rain" (Singapore) Director: Chen Zheyi
"Under the Sun" (China) Director: Liang Ming
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