On April 15, the 55th Nyon Real Film Festival (visions du réel) in Switzerland held an awards ceremony and awarded the "Honorary Award" symbolizing artistic achievement to Chinese director Jia Zhangke, in tribute to him as "a banner of Chinese cinema and even contemporary world cinema." character" for his outstanding contributions.
Carlo Shatterian, the competition judge of this film festival and former artistic director of the Berlin Film Festival and Locarno Film Festival, presented the grand prize to Jia Zhangke. He said at the scene that Jia Zhangke's works always incorporate non-fiction and fictional scenes, documentary and plot elements, and professional and non-professional actors. "I am of the same age as Jia Zhangke, and his works just record the changes that happened in another time and space in the world during the same period as mine. The world needs directors like him who record the changes of the times."
The famous French director Claire Denis made a special trip He sent a congratulatory letter, emphasizing his admiration for Jia Zhangke. She recalled that she had dinner and talked all night with Jia Zhangke and photographer Yu Liwei in Beijing. At that time, Jia Zhangke was preparing to shoot his first feature film "Xiao Wu": "That meeting was unforgettable for me because Jia Zhangke was like With a flash of lightning, I felt that nothing could stop him and he had a bright future. Although I did not fully understand his life, his creations and work dazzled me. "At the
honorary ceremony, Jia Zhangke shared his earliest explorations." The origin of "Reality": "When I was a child, my father was always smiling and happy in my mind, but one day he took me to climb the city wall. When he looked at the city wall in the distance, I found that he was very melancholy. This is me. It was the first time I saw another side of my father. From that moment on, I began to understand that there is a distance between what we see and 'reality'. I think that both individuals and countries have different expressions and sides. It made me want to get closer to the true face of this world. "Of course it takes courage to face all this. I am actually a weak person in life, but I will also have moments of courage, and that moment is given to me by the movie. Thanks to the movie." Jia Zhangke said at the honor ceremony.
The Nyon Real Film Festival in Switzerland is known as one of the three major international documentary film festivals in the world. In each session, a person who has made outstanding contributions in the field of documentary will be awarded an "Honorary Award". Filmmakers who have received this honor also include Italian national treasure director Marco Bellocchio, Werner Herzog, a representative of the German New Cinema Movement, outstanding French female director Claire Denis, Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel, French director Emanuele Carrel and others.
The 55th Nyon Real Film Festival in Switzerland will be held from April 12th to 21st. This film festival will also hold a series of related activities such as retrospective screenings of Jia Zhangke's personal works. On the afternoon of April 16, local time, Jia Zhangke's master class will be held at the Real Film Festival. The event will be held by film critic, film scholar, and journalist Jean Mitchell ·Hosted by Fu Dong.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yang
editor/Qiao Ying
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