Interface News Reporter | Yin Qinglu
Interface News Editor | Jiang Yan
html On June 7, the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival will start selling tickets on the Taopiaopiao platform. This is the news announced at the press conference of the 2024 Shanghai International Film and Television Festival held in Beijing today. The press conference also announced the list of the main competition unit of this film festival’s Golden Goblet Award and the jury list of the Asian Newcomer Unit, as well as the TV Festival Magnolia Full list of award judges.The chairman of this year's Golden Goblet Award jury is French director and screenwriter Chen Yingxiong. Among the committee members are actors Tony Leung and Zhou Xun , Dapeng and Ni Ni will appear as judges in the Asian Newcomer Award section. .
The theme of the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival is "City of Movies". The festival has collected more than 3,700 films from 105 countries and regions to register for competition or exhibition. Among them, 2,224 works registered for competition, including world premieres. 1,375 films, with 390 international premieres, and the number of premiere films continues to grow. The Magnolia Award selection of this TV Festival also collected nearly a thousand works from 57 countries and regions on five continents around the world. Among them, overseas dramas increased from nearly 110 in the previous year to nearly 170, achieving 53.7% The growth rate of documentaries and animation categories also increased significantly.
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Shanghai, the "City·Light and Shadow" screening unit planned at this year's film festival will select new domestic films, as well as Shanghai-themed films from different periods, in order to showcase Shanghai style and Jiangnan culture. This year also marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. The Shanghai International Film Festival has planned a French Film Week to select French works from major international film festivals in the past year to showcase the diverse social aspects of contemporary French films. The Asian Newcomers Unit, founded in 2004, focuses on the Asian film industry and has discovered a group of filmmakers who are now active on the front lines over the past two decades. This year's Asia New Area will focus on the theme of "Inheritance and Prospect" and set up a series of activities such as screenings, forums, and awards. The short video unit, which has been in existence for five years, was renamed the "Mini Movie Unit" this year. Some creators have applied technological means such as AI into their works. The future cinema unit, which is cooperating with Shanghai Putuo District, will also rely on AR, VR, MR and other technologies to plan the exhibition of works, bringing an immersive interactive experience.
This year’s Golden Goblet Forum will kick off with suggestions from leading figures in the film industry. The Film Distribution New Ecosystem Forum will discuss the differentiated distribution mechanisms such as split distribution and "weekend slots" that have attracted much attention in the film industry; the Film and City Forum focuses on film and urban development. In addition, science and technology themes are also hot. This year's science fiction theme forum will be held in Songjiang District, Shanghai's science and technology film capital, and the topic will focus on "artificial intelligence + movies."
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