The "German Film Masters Exhibition", directed by the Shanghai Film Bureau and planned by the Shanghai International Film and Television Festival Center, came to an end last weekend. As the debut of SIFF SCREENING, a new screening event launched by the Shanghai International Film

The "German Film Masters Exhibition", directed by the Shanghai Film Bureau and planned by the Shanghai International Film and Television Festival Center, came to an end last weekend. As the first appearance of siff screening, a new screening event launched by the Shanghai International Film Festival, the German Film Masters Exhibition was held at Shanghai Cinema SHO for 12 weekends from October 25th to 27th and November 1st to 3rd. screening. The film screening spans from 1953 to 1983. Through eight classic films by five German film masters, the audience can experience one of the most dynamic periods in German film history.

This film festival covers a variety of themes such as science fiction, war, family, crime, women, love, etc. Among them are classics that have long been well-known to everyone, as well as recently restored film history treasures. The masterpiece "The Mystery of Casper Hauser" by Werner Herzog, a giant of German new cinema, sold out soon after its opening. Margarette von Trotta's highly personal film "Their Madness" ", Rainer Werner Fassbinder 's "Between Worlds" and Volker Schlöndorff's Cannes and Oscar-winning film "The Tin Drum" are all close to being sold out.

Many viewers praised the film selection, curation, and viewing experience of this film festival. Xiaohongshu netizen "Lycopene" said that he had new feelings after watching the restored version of "The Insider" and his favorite " Fear Devours the Soul " in the theater again. "Movies are an art that belongs to theaters. I used to watch them online." I can only sympathize and pity the characters in the film, but with the audio-visual combination of the theater, the accompanying music was brought into the emotion, and I was moved by the romance of the last moment when Amy and Ali danced together. This is something that cannot be replaced by online platforms. The significance of theaters."

k restored version of "Eight Hours is Not a Day" is the first time the film has been screened in theaters in mainland China, and it can be said to be the most special one in this film festival. "Eight Hours Not a Day" is an important drama work during the period when Fassbinder's directorial style changed, with a total duration of nearly eight hours. The marathon screening from 12 noon to 22:00 presents the full picture of this classic masterpiece to the maximum extent. In order to provide the audience with a more comfortable viewing experience, breaks are reasonably arranged during the screening. At the same time, before each episode is screened, a specially designed pre-screening frame image based on the content of the episode is displayed on the screen for fans to leave a special souvenir. After the screening of

, many movie fans shared their feelings on the online platform: Xiaohongshu netizen "tod" said that this was the longest cinema experience and that wearing a waistrest was the right decision; netizen "Pian asked Xidong-Xiang "Ear" does not feel tired, but does not want the movie to end; netizen "Green Forest Travel" believes that the atmosphere of watching the movie is particularly good, gentleness, positivity, freedom, and powerful power are all sealed in the work, which heals the audience...

Every June Shanghai International Film Festival has long been a grand event for movie fans. In addition, the Shanghai International Film Festival also insists on planning and launching a series of daily film festivals during non-film festival periods, aiming to extend the aesthetic education function of the Shanghai International Film Festival and provide audiences with Richer and diversified movie content brings a more daily participatory movie-watching atmosphere. Following the "2022 French Film Masters Exhibition" and "2023 Spanish Film Masters Exhibition", this year's Shanghai International Film Festival upgraded its daily film festivals to brand screening activities siff screening. Just as the poster of this German Film Masters Exhibition uses hand-painted "famous scenes" from eight films to connect the humanities, history and folk customs, romantic imagination and rational thinking of the 20th century, the Shanghai International Film Festival hopes to revisit the 20th century through clear theme planning. While being a classic, it also conveys inheritance and thinking. For this reason, film selection guides, academic tours and other related activities were also planned during the German Film Masters Exhibition. Curators and film critics worked together to lead the audience to further understand the history of German films and to deeply interpret the curatorial ideas. .

During the film festival, a series of derivatives such as posters, note pads, and T-shirts were specially launched. Among them, film festival posters, ticket holders, passport holders, gashapon blind boxes, etc. were deeply loved and praised by movie fans, and were even screened during the first week. It has been sold out in advance.

It is reported that the planning of the next siff screening is also in progress. It is expected that the Japanese New Film Festival will be launched in December. This will be the return of the film festival loved by movie fans to Shanghai after three years.