Press Conference Held at Beijing International Film Festival

Combining the shape of the Temple of Heaven and the bonsai of pine and cypress into one, and integrating the style of traditional Chinese ink painting, the value concept of "the unity of man and nature and the sharing of beauty and beauty" of the Beijing International Film Festival runs through the lines and is hidden in the light and shade of the ink. On March 28, this elegant and elegant poster was unveiled at the press conference of the 14th Beijing International Film Festival.

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The Beijing International Film Festival is under the guidance of the State Film Bureau, sponsored by the Central Radio and Television General Station and the Beijing Municipal people's Government. Beijing Film Bureau, Beijing Radio and Television Bureau, Beijing Radio and Television Station, Beijing Huairou District people's Government, Beijing holding Group Co., Ltd.

With the theme of "Light and Film learn from each other and benefit each other", this Beijing International Film Festival will focus on international, professional, people, and communication efforts, and give further play to the prominent role of the Beijing International Film Festival as a platform for international exchange in the construction of Beijing film and television highlands. In nine days, the Temple of Heaven Awards, opening and closing ceremonies and red carpet ceremonies, Beijing screenings, Beijing Planning theme Forum, Beijing Market, Film Carnival, University Film Festival, closing ceremony and Award presentation ceremony, "Movie +" and other activities will be organized in a variety of forms and kinds of activities, to create a festival carnival attended by many film practitioners, citizens and fans.

■ 15 domestic and foreign masterpieces were shortlisted for the Temple of Heaven Award. The jury was composed of Kusturica, David White, Fei Xiang, Jessica Hausina, Carlos Shardanha, Mary and Zhu Yilong.

There are seven international judges of the Temple of Heaven Award at the Beijing International Film Festival. The jury is chaired by the famous Serbian director Emile Kusturica. The six judges are: Australian film sound designer David White, actor Fei Xiang, Austrian director Jessica Hausina, Brazilian director Carlos Shardanha, actor Mary and actor Zhu Yilong.

In terms of films participating in the competition, the total number of films registered at the Beijing International Film Festival reached 4273, of which the main competition unit, the Temple of Heaven Award, received a total of 1509 feature films from 18 countries and regions, a record number. Among the 15 finalists, 12 were foreign films and 3 were domestic films, including:

French film substitute teacher

Austrian / German film Life

The Japanese film everything at Dawn

Swiss / French / Egyptian / Qatari film back to Alexandria

The Finnish / Italian film "the Man facing death"

The Chinese film "stop and go"

Serbia / Slovenia / Montenegro / North Macedonia / French film "Top Secret Formula"

The Dutch film Milk

The Chinese film Journey through the Moon

German / Slovenian / French film Silence

The Indian film the lost Baby

Chinese film "Morning Cloud and Twilight Rain"

Argentine film Ant Girl

The Israeli film the Abyss of the City

Turkish / Bulgarian film Reed Marsh

From the 15 shortlisted films, the international jury of the Temple of Heaven Awards will select best picture, best director, best artistic contribution, best screenplay, best photography, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best music and other 10 awards, the final results will be announced at the closing ceremony and award ceremony.

The "focus on the Future" unit is aimed at soliciting the first and second feature films of new directors from all over the world. The chairman of the jury of the unit is Polish director Jez Scolimovsky, and the four judges are Chinese director Gu Xiaogang, Dutch photographer Keith Van Ostrom, Chinese director Yang Lina and Chinese actress Yang Zishan.

The short film unit of "ReelFocus New Blood Image Project" is incorporated into the selection system of the organizing committee for the first time. The chairman of the jury of this unit is Taiwan producer and executive producer Jiao Xiongping. The 6 judges are screenwriter Chen Yu, actor Jiang Qinqin, actor qu Chuxiao, Hong Kong editor and director Xu Hongyu, actor Yu Shi and actor Zu Feng.

■ creates a favorite film festival.

"Beijing Show" has a total of 16 screening units, featuring more than 240 masterpieces at home and abroad, and plans to show about 750 times in 27 cinemas in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. At the same time, for the first time, three centralized film-watching belts will be created: the film-watching belt along Changan Street, the western university-watching belt, and the northern watching belt. In the planning and selection of films, "Beijing Show" carefully planned "surging Youth, the New Power of Chinese Film", "France", and "Kusturica retrospective Exhibition, Chairman of the jury of the Temple of Heaven Award". There are many classic works, such as "Doctor of Strange Love", "Blade Runner 2049", "vulgar novel", "Qiuju lawsuit", "Beehive Ghost" and "Naruto Theatre Edition" series.

The Film Carnival will continue to be held in Huairou with the theme of "Light and Shadow imprint Huairou Life". From April 21 to May 4, more than 40 activities have been launched in "74th" venues in the region, including film appointment tour, light and shadow dream-building carnival trip, Young fun trip, tournament tour, landscape and idyllic tour, and other brand activities will provide the general public with multi-level cultural experience, so that everyone can "play with film and television culture, meet Huairou life, and enjoy the weekend of the film capital".

The "Film +" activity uses film as the medium to mobilize social forces to organize rich cross-border activities. Including science and technology unit, short video unit, game animation film unit, art innovation unit, film and fashion unit, Asustek E public welfare image unit, Xinhe NEWHER women's film unit, Art Mirror in the end film unit, the first diplomat film season, "the Power of Editing" Forum, Beijing National Film Exhibition, "Brand help Chinese Film" public welfare live broadcast, actor happy run, actor basketball match, actor chess invitational tournament, Film song choral performance, "A Love" movie concert, Xiongan future video season and other activities.

This year's Beijing International Sports Film week coincides with the 20th anniversary, with the theme of "Light and Shadow for 20 years, inheriting the double Olympic Dream". It will inherit the wealth of the Beijing Olympic Games and spread the Olympic spirit through film screenings, forum activities and a series of sports film + activities. to help build Beijing International Communication Center.

This year's Beijing International Film Festival will also solemnly launch the first AIGC unit, which will fully explore AIGC technology and applications, provide creators with a broad display platform, and comprehensively promote exchanges and development between industries.

In addition, the first Yanqihu International Film and Music Festival with the theme of film will be held at Yanqihu Convention and Exhibition Center on April 20 and 21, receiving more than 10,000 audiences every day, which will create a precedent for the International Film Festival to hold film and music festivals at the same time.

■ Chinese and foreign filmmakers, clashing of views, talking about the future of movies.

This year's "Beijing Planning theme Forum" will hold 4 core forums and 3 master classes.

The series of activities of "Beijing Planning theme Forum" will focus on "Establishment and Breakthrough under the changing situation of the Film Industry", "High quality and diversification of Film creation", "Breakthrough and leapfrogging of Film Investment and financing", "Digital High and New Technology empower Film production and Development" and other themes, hold four core forums. At that time, many film professionals from China, Canada, Poland, Lebanon and other countries and regions will be invited to discuss hot topics such as AI technology development, film creation diversity, investment and financing, virtual technology shooting and so on. This theme forum will invite Huang Jianxin, president of the Beijing Film Association and a famous Chinese director, as an art consultant.

The three film master classes are: Kusturica Master Class, Chairman of the jury of this year's Tiantan Award, with the theme of "National Epic and spiritual Miracle", and the guest is the well-known writer Yu Hua. At the same time, a master class of Hong Kong director Xu Anhua will be set up, with Director Wen Yan as the guest of conversation, Professor Dai Jinhua as the host, and the master class of actor and director Chen Chong, with director Feng Xiaogang as the guest of conversation and writer Xu Zhiyuan as the host.

In addition, the Beijing International Film Festival will also increase the film performing arts open class activities, design guest interviews, script reading, live performance and other links to highlight the interaction and practicality of the activities. At the same time, special forums such as the Young filmmakers Forum, the Young Film critics Forum and the China Film Capital Development Forum were held, and the Beijing Film production Service Mechanism was launched and the Beijing Film and Television Resources Promotion meeting was held to deepen the interpretation of industry policies.

■ increases support for new films and welcomes young filmmakers to "go home".

This year's "Beijing Market" will be held at the branch venue of Chuangyuan Station and Huairou Bona Film and Television Industrial Park from April 19 to 22. At that time, we will take "exhibition, promotion and transaction exchange" as the purpose, fully integrate the high-quality resources of the whole film industry chain at home and abroad, and organize five major sections: investment exhibition, project venture capital, industry dialogue, market screening and special activities.

This year's "Investment Promotion Exhibition" continues to adhere to the goal of "taking the transaction as the core and the display as the carrier", building a "copyright trading platform" relying on "film elements trading venues", setting up various types of booths, and actively building bridges for film and television communication at home and abroad.

This year's "Project Venture Capital" has received a total of 769 project applications, and eight high-quality projects will be selected through the first trial, review, final roadshow and other links, and all finalists will conduct one-to-one business negotiations with market partners through the reservation function on the official website of the Beijing International Film Festival.

For the first time, the introduction of municipal film support fund, in conjunction with the Huairou District Government to support high-quality venture capital projects, to help it efficiently dock market resources.

For the first time in the project venture capital honor release ceremony to add the previous young filmmakers "go home" link, young filmmakers Yang Zi, Gu Xiaogang, Xu Lei and others will return to the Beijing International Film Festival; hold "Beijing Film Festival Night" dinner, young filmmakers salon, open-air screenings and other activities, invite industry guests and young filmmakers to participate widely. The chairman of the final jury of the venture capital section of the project will be Hong Kong director Guan Jinpeng, director and actor Dapeng, actor Liu Haoran, director and producer Zeng Guoxiang, and director and screenwriter Zhang Mo. Zhang Ji, director, screenwriter and 11th vice chairman of the China Film Association, is specially invited to serve as the "Beijing Market Art Director" to collaborate with well-known filmmakers in the industry to enhance the influence and appeal of the venture capital unit of the project and better cultivate new people and new works.

This year's "Market screening" continues to follow the principle of boutique, and the concept of unit will be introduced for the first time, and the screening works will be divided into "project venture capital young filmmaker unit", "adaptation potential unit" and "focus on the future unit". It will be shown in the industry for many senior filmmakers and copyright holders in the film industry, providing opportunities for many film creators to show their creativity and explore the potential of the market.

It is the first time to create a cross-border activity of "M + stress field" film, with "film and television + technology + consumption" as the core, gathering more than 100 brands such as IP derivative, art and cultural creation, food and wine, etc., to create a 3-day cultural consumption carnival with the participation of the whole people in the film and television industry.

The film science and technology unit of "Light and Shadow Future" is set up for the first time to create a trinity innovation model of "academic + technology + industry". At the same time, the AI of the whole industry chain of the first film is endowed with a panoramic display of the whole process, which injects new thinking and solutions into the future development of the film.

Organize special job fairs in the film and television industry, work closely with BOSS Direct Employment and Beijing time, and jointly hold large-scale online and offline recruitment activities for more than 40 film and television companies, aimed at providing rich employment opportunities and industry information for film and television graduates who are about to enter the workplace.

■ strengthens exchanges and interactions among international filmmakers and continuously deepens exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.

Ambassadors from the embassies of the countries where the shortlisted film creators and key guests belong, such as the Brazilian Embassy in China, the Seychelles Embassy in China, the Embassy of the Republic of Gabon and the Embassy of ASEAN countries in China, the chairmen of several international film festivals, representatives of the film and television industry from Qatar, Greece and other countries will come to Beijing for exchanges and continue to expand the "circle of friends" of international exchanges at the Beijing International Film Festival. For the first time, a diplomat film season has been set up to promote international film and television exchanges and international cooperation with film appreciation; and for the first time, the "International living Room of the Beijing Film Festival" has been set up to promote international guest industry exchanges and provide more opportunities for cooperation between Chinese and foreign film and television institutions. Representatives of distributors from the United States, France, Britain, Japan and other countries, the chief representative of the African Film Association in China, and filmmakers from Poland, the Netherlands, Australia, Singapore and other countries will also attend the Beijing International Film Festival.

The ■ College Student Film Festival shows the elegant demeanor of youth, and the bright color of youth touches the cultural construction of the capital.

The 31st Beijing International Film Festival will continue to follow the tenet of "youthful passion, academic taste and cultural awareness" and will be held in Haidian Campus of Beijing normal University and Dongcheng District of Beijing from April 20 to May 4. At that time, through a series of activities, such as the launching ceremony, the Night of Youth honorary presentation ceremony, the selection of excellent domestic films, the original film competition for college students, the youth screenplay and creativity competition, the film review competition for college students, film screenings and creative meetings, academic and industrial forums and other activities, gather the strength of youth for the sustainable development of Chinese films.

This year's Beijing International Film Festival will continue to tell the story of China in the new era, boost the development of the film industry, stimulate the vitality of urban consumption, enhance the level of foreign exchanges and cooperation, polish the capital's cultural gold business cards, and contribute to the high-quality development of Chinese films.