The 26th Shanghai International Film Festival is being held. In order to comprehensively enhance the comprehensive strength of Shanghai's films, Shanghai recently released a three-year action plan for the high-quality development of films.
According to the action plan, in the next three years, Shanghai will implement a high-quality film project, launch more high-quality, powerful and warm films produced in Shanghai, and at the same time create a highland for Shanghai animated films and documentary films.
Liu Yina, Director of the Film Department of Shanghai Film Bureau: We hope that through the creation of the entire ecological chain, we will attract more outstanding first-time film companies to come to Shanghai, settle in Shanghai, and create a film city with us.
As an important foundation for the development of the film industry, Shanghai currently has 379 cinemas, with 52 million moviegoers in 2023. According to the plan, in the next three years, Shanghai will focus on building a number of themed theaters with unique characteristics and clear audiences, such as animation theaters, art theaters, and documentary theaters. It will explore branching, grouping, and regional distribution, carry out special screenings, and form a diversified screening pattern.
At the Shanghai Film Festival, the changes brought by technology to film production became a hot topic. Just a few days ago, the Shanghai Film Group's AI Creation Ecological Center was opened. There are four high-tech large-scale studios that integrate the most advanced artificial intelligence technology for film shooting. Today, Shanghai Film Group is comprehensively promoting the in-depth integration of "film and television + technology".
Wang Jianer, Secretary and Chairman of the Party Committee of Shanghai Film Group: Film and technology are inseparable, so in the wave of AI technology and such a new situation, we combine AI technology and new technology with the creation and production of our content to build "ai+ "A one-stop service production platform that welcomes global "ai+" film and television-related companies and technology companies to settle in.
(Source: CCTV News Client)