Jia Zhangke announced his withdrawal from the Pingyao International Film Festival, and his wife Zhao Tao sent a message with emotion

Zhao Tao and Jia Zhangke (data map)


1905 film news On October 18, the famous actress and director Jia Zhangke’s wife, Zhao Tao, issued a message to bid farewell to the Pingyao International Film Festival, "Farewell to the Pingyao International Film Festival! , I can finally sleep, and I’m quite happy!” It is reported that on the evening of the 18th, the founder of Pingyao International Film Festival Jia Zhangke announced in a group interview with the media that the festival will no longer include the current batch of films since the fifth edition. The personnel will do it and hand it to the Pingyao government. Jia Zhangke said that he would support the film festival spiritually from now on, and he himself is willing to participate as much as possible as an "audience."


Zhao Tao wrote farewell to the Pingyao International Film Festival


Jia Zhangke said: "The film exhibition is going to be held from generation to generation. It is not one person. This mechanism shouldn’t be done without me. Leaving early, cultivating a new team early, letting the new team take over, letting Pingyao International Film Festival get rid of Jia Zhangke's "shadow" and letting it gain independent vitality is very urgent, so we chose to leave when it is strong."