New Media Film Festival Venture Capital Project Collection Opens to Support High-Quality Original IP

Sponsored by the Macau Film Association and the Shanghai Academy of Film Arts, hosted by the Action First, and jointly organized by Yienhui, Speed Media, Size Communication, and Shengding Film and Television, the collection for "Venture Capital Projects" for the 2nd Asian New Media Film Festival is currently fully open. The aim is to encourage the mining of original IP and provide a broad display platform for young new media filmmakers. In early July 2017, the New Media Film and Television Summit, including the four major sections of "New Media Film and Television Venture Capital","New Media Film and Television Industry White Paper","VR Film and Television" and "Venice Days Asia Pacific Unit Summit", will serve as an independent brand of the Second Asian New Media Film Festival will be held in Shenzhen. At that time, guests such as well-known filmmakers, new media film and television platforms, and Internet film and television production and distribution companies from around the world will be invited, Jointly discuss the current situation and future of new media film and television.

As an important section of the 2nd Asian New Media Film Festival,"New Media Film and Television Ventures" has always been committed to the development of original IP in the new media film and television industry. It is worth mentioning that this year's venture capital sector will also join hands with Yienhui to provide a platform for young creators to display. The solicitation of venture capital projects includes two major parts: online movies and online dramas. New Media Film and Television Ventures will be held in the form of an investment meeting. Through extensive solicitation, preliminary review and re-selection in the early stage, representatives of the finalists will be invited to The New Media Film and Television Summit Film and Television Venture Capital will conduct a roadshow to showcase the themes, content and highlights of their original IP; at the same time, an expert group composed of directors, producers, screenwriters and representatives of new media film and television platforms will conduct on-site comments; In the end, the shortlisted projects will participate in the investment negotiation meeting of the new media film and television venture capital sector. We hope to promote the final cooperation between outstanding content creators and investors, buyers and platforms through investment fairs.

In recent years, original IP has become one of the hottest words, but some production companies would rather flock to follow suit and grab IP than wait patiently to cultivate original IP. As this trend develops for a long time, creators who are devoted to original IP will be under the pressure of survival., they are bound to follow the market. Therefore, in order to maintain the sustainable development of the new media film and television industry, the Asian New Media Film Festival has specially set up a "New Media Film and Television Venture Capital" section, starting from the source, striving to discover and support a batch of high-quality original IPs, and providing young new media people with a broad display platform.

In addition to the "New Media Film and Television Venture Capital" section, this New Media Film Festival also includes the opening ceremony, the "Golden Seagull Award Ceremony, the New Media Film and Television Industry Forum, the Venice International Film Festival Venice Days Asia-Pacific Unit Summit, the VR International Film Festival and other main activities. Famous director, producer, screenwriter and producer Wang Jing will serve as the chairman of the jury of the" Golden Seagull Award "of the second Asian New Media Film Festival, and famous actor, producer, director and screenwriter Gao Yalin will serve as the vice chairman of the jury. In addition, more senior Asian filmmakers will also attend the awards ceremony to witness the birth of the second Golden Seagull Awards.

It is understood that the "venture capital project" of the first Asian New Media Film Festival attracted many domestic new media people to participate in it, and also received enthusiastic response from Asian film and television people. Directors and producers such as Jiao Xiongping and Jiao Shou Yi Xiaoxing and leading figures in the new media film and television industry also served as guests, focusing on cutting-edge topics, colliding ideas, and sharing experiences. At the "Golden Seagull Award" award ceremony of the first Asian New Media Film Festival, a strong international jury was formed by the famous director Gao Qunshu to conduct the "Golden Seagull Award" selection of more than 1300 major online movies, online dramas and short films from Asia, and strictly control the selection list of the film festival. For the film festival, encouraging the rise of domestic originality not only uses Internet click-through rate as the main criterion for evaluation, but also advocates the selection concept of innovation, quality and business considerations.