In addition to exhibiting films from the competition and revisiting classic masterpieces, the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival also invited director Lu Chuan, actor Yao Chen and producer Liang Lin to serve as annual recommenders for film project venture capital to discov

In addition to exhibiting films from the competition and revisiting classic masterpieces, the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival also invited director Lu Chuan, actor Yao Chen and producer Liang Lin to serve as annual recommenders for film project venture capital to discover potential talents. Support young directors to complete outstanding works.

Lu Chuan is a representative of China’s sixth generation of directors. In the interview, he recognized the plight of young directors, but also mentioned the importance that the Shanghai Film Festival places on young directors.

He said with a smile, "The young directors participating in the venture capital project this time all live in the Portman (Hotel), and the treatment is very good. Before (when we were still young directors), we followed the 'begging group' organized by Mr. Han Sanping. We travel all over the country to find money. Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang are regular guests. We all live in guest houses, so we are very envious of them. I will wear a mask next year and sneak in. "

Annual Recommender. Picture/Jiupai News Li Yang

[1] Yao Chen: The overall work is relatively conservative, and I look forward to more imaginative masterpieces

At about 11 o'clock in the morning, Yao Chen walked into the interview room wearing a black shirt. She looked a little tired, mentioning these two I have read too many venture capital works. But she still feels that participating in venture capital projects is a happy thing. "Our three judges have the same taste and aesthetic direction. Although everyone has their own preferences, the final selection results are surprisingly consistent."

Yao Chen has some regrets about the works in this venture capital project. She thinks that the overall works are relatively conservative and looks forward to more imaginative works.

Yao Chen. Picture/Jiupai News Li Yang

In terms of subject matter, she mentioned that some directors are concerned about the confusion of individuals of her own age, while others are concerned about the plight of the elderly. The phenomenon is quite polar. “This may be the impact of the environment on people, so I will Pay special attention to projects with science fiction themes. "

If we look at venture capital projects and young directors from an actor's perspective, Yao Chen frankly said that it is difficult for young directors to write about middle-aged women because the other person's life experience has not yet arrived. this stage. But this time she still saw one or two middle-aged female characters in the work. Although they were not the protagonists and only had a few strokes, there was still a certain amount of performance space for the actors.

Yao Chen was born in 1979 and has representative works at all ages. She starred in " Wulin Gaiden " and is well-known for her role as Guo Furong. In 2010, she played Wang Cuiping in "Latent" and won the Huading Award for the Leading Actress at the TV Festival. In 2018, she returned to the public eye with " is good " and was nominated for the Huading Award and the Magnolia Award for Best Actress.

In recent years, she has begun to expand her field, producing and starring in the movie " Send Me to the Blue Clouds ". In this interview, Lu Chuan also mentioned Yao Chen's efforts in discovering and supporting new talents and new works. "I know Dayao has almost run out of bullets," Lu Chuan said. "From now on, our company will be able to invest a little bit every year, but one day if all bullets are gone, Dayao will make money again. She I will continue to invest."

Yao Chen also said with a smile, "I will continue to work hard to make money and invest again."

[2] Lu Chuan: Young directors should have horns on their heads and a knife in their hearts.

At the meeting, Lu Chuan proposed. A point of view: Based on the changes in the general environment, what should not change is the courage to create.

"Many directors feel that they are unique creations. But in my opinion, too many stories have been repeated in the past 20 years, and I feel that the courage to embrace reality and directly attack reality is also weakening. I have always felt that art films are not an artistic tone , but an attitude that directly touches on life, which is why I voted for Zhang Xinyang's "Hanjiang Farewell" "Young people don't need to be neat, but should have horns on their heads and knives in their hearts." Lu Chuan believes that in many works. What I see is an over-maturity and sophistication. When recommenders or judges say that this movie is neat, it is actually a bad word. What he expected to see was something unkempt and as hot as lava.

"Cold River Farewell" is a work favored by Lu Chuan and Liang Lin in this year's venture capital investment. The film's budget was 3.5 million, and it was still 500,000 yuan short of completion. Liang Lin promised to invest in it, and Lu Chuan directly announced on the spot that he would invest 500,000 yuan to make up for the shortfall.

Lu Chuan sympathizes with the difficulty of young directors "finding money". He shared the story of how when he was a young director, he, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang and other directors joined the "begging group" organized by Han Sanping and flew around the country looking for investment.

Talking about the current young directors who either dare to ask for a budget of tens of millions for their first play, or go to extremes and involuntarily reduce creative costs during the script creation stage to increase their chances of winning the favor of investors, Lu Chuan said frankly, "Spending a small amount of money, To do big things, young people should try."

He testified with his own personal experience. The budgets of his early works " Hoh Xil " and " Searching for Guns " were also quite limited. The process of young people trying their best to obtain resources. , which is also an exercise in creation.

Lu Chuan. Picture/Jiupai News Li Yang

[3] Liang Lin: The market will not pay for homogeneous works

According to the official information of the Shanghai International Film Festival, this year's Shanghai Film Festival Venture Capital received a total of 380 valid project applications, and finally 34 plots The feature film projects are shortlisted, including 8 shortlisted for the young director project unit, 3 shortlisted for the international cooperation project unit, 13 shortlisted for the creative project unit, and 10 shortlisted for the production project unit.

It may be that in recent years, many movies with small and large films have won box office and reputation. This year's young directors have invariably paid attention to small people and discussed "popular issues" such as feminism, life and death, and native families.

Regarding this, Liang Lin advised from the perspective of a producer that movies should not be speculated or copied. She mentioned, "This time everyone is writing about small characters, with the same entry point and narrative structure. This kind of cookie-cutter work is not what the film industry needs, and movies should not be copied."

Liang Lin once led the production of " The Unknown " " Deviolation ", " Crowds ", " Above the Cliff " and many other excellent films. She believes that the creator's own temperament and thoughts on the film are the most important.

From her point of view, movie investment can be speculated and occasionally successful, but movie making cannot be speculated. "We have a creative rule, that is, after a project explodes in the market, we will not touch it again within five years. This is what Director Lu Chuan said, always innovate."

She gave an example that producers often encounter When someone says that with which actors, genre, subject matter, and when it will be released, it will definitely achieve a certain box office, they will always be slapped in the face, "The market and the audience will give you a cruel lesson, because the audience does not want to chew it up." "

Liang Lin also analyzed the current difficulties of the film industry. She believes that now it is not a competition between young directors and mature directors, but a competition between the film industry and other entertainment industries. How to bring back the consumer groups is an issue that everyone urgently needs to face now. "You have to be worthy of the audience's ticket price. The audience will not forgive you because you are a new director."

Liang Lin. Picture/Jiupai News Li Yang

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