"Snow Cloud" and "Security Field" won "Media Focused Films", and the closing film of "the Belt and Road" Film Week | Media | Snow Cloud
On the evening of June 13, the closing ceremony of the "the Belt and Road" Film Week of the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival was held in Shanghai Pudong Art Museum. A number of honors were announced, including "Media Concerned Filmmakers", "Media Concerned Films", "Most Popular Films", and well-known filmmakers from countries along the "the Belt and Road" gathered. Jin Mei, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Pudong New Area Committee, secretary of the Party Leadership Group and executive deputy director of the Resort Management Committee, Huang Wei, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Pudong New Area Committee and head of the Publicity Department, He Wenquan, director of the Shanghai International Film Festival Center, and Zhao Tao, promotion ambassadors of this year's "the Belt and Road" Film Week, and Lei Jiayin jointly launched a new round of "the Belt and Road" film tour.
The closing ceremony of the "the Belt and Road" Film Week brought together a large number of domestic and foreign filmmakers: Iltiko Inyetti, a judge of the Grand Prix Award of the 2018 Shanghai Film Festival, a winner of the Golden Bear Award of the 67th Berlin Film Festival, and a Hungarian director, screenwriter and producer; The media of the 2018 "the Belt and Road" Film Week focused on Camilla Andini, the honorary winner of filmmakers and Indonesian director; Italian film scholar Marco Muller; Actor and producer Wu Junmei; Zheng Dasheng served as the director and producer of the judges for the 2019 Hungary Shkolc International Film Festival; In 2019, the media of the "the Belt and Road" Film Week focused on Wang Lina, the filmmaker, director and screenwriter; Malaysian director Ko Wenli, director Su Lun and the promotion ambassadors of the the Belt and Road Film Week of this film festival, Zhao Tao and Lei Jiayin, were present as honorary guests.
Chinese director Wu Lang's "Snow Cloud" won the honor of "Media Attention Film"
After the joint discussion of the five media reviews, the Chinese director Wu Lang's "Snow Cloud" and the Croatian director Juraj Lerotic's film "Security Field" stood out among the outstanding films shortlisted for the "the Belt and Road" Film Week and won the honor of "Media Concerned Film". It is worth mentioning that both works are the debut feature films of the two directors. Hungarian actress Catherine Roman, who starred in the film "Six Weeks", has been selected as the honorary recipient of "Media Focus Film". The film Six Weeks, which was selected into the the Belt and Road Film Week, was her first "shock". Another winner of the "Media Focus Film Man" award is Israeli screenwriter and director Michael Vinik. Her film "Valeria Getting Married" was mostly filmed indoors, but the script was concise, concise, and gripping. The film won the honor of "Most Popular Film" of the "the Belt and Road" Film Week "voted by the audience.
Croatian director Jurai Lerotic's film "Security Domain" received the honor of "Media Attention Film"
The actor Lei Jiayin and the director Su Lun who awarded the "Most Popular Film" also have a lot of connections with the "the Belt and Road" Film Week. After the film Exchange of Life, which the two people had previously worked together, was released at the Spring Festival, it was promoted by the "the Belt and Road" film tour of the Shanghai International Film Festival and premiered at the 45th Moscow International Film Festival. Another actor, Zhao Tao, who presented "Media Focused Films", was invited by the member organization of the "the Belt and Road" Film Festival Alliance, Durban International Film Festival, South Africa, last July, and served as the judge of the feature film unit.
At the Pudong Art Museum, where the closing ceremony of the "the Belt and Road" Film Week was held, guests from all over the world watched the Bund buildings and Lujiazui Financial District at night, and watched the retrospective exhibition of the famous photographer Liu Xiangcheng's works "Liu Xiangcheng's Lens, Times and People".
This year's "the Belt and Road" Film Week is an attempt to expand the exchange of film festivals from fixed places to the whole of Shanghai, and from traditional screening, interviews and forums to special activities such as city walking. Among them, the "Charming Pudong Tour" and the "Image Creation Challenge", as practical activities with the characteristics of the "the Belt and Road" Film Week, let the "old friends" and "new partners" who enter the Film Week experience the collision of culture and the resonance of the soul, and also experience the charm and charm of Chinese culture in the food and scenery.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the the Belt and Road Initiative and the fifth anniversary of the founding of the the Belt and Road Film Festival Alliance and the the Belt and Road Film Week. The Shanghai International Film Festival has continuously expanded the scope of cooperation in film exchanges by signing strategic cooperation agreements, memoranda of exchange and cooperation mechanisms, establishing the "the Belt and Road" Film Festival Alliance and other initiatives. Since 2021, the exhibition activities of the "the Belt and Road" Film Week have also spread to the Yangtze River Delta. At the same time, the "the Belt and Road" film tour mechanism has also expanded the "the Belt and Road" film festival alliance cultural exchange to normal cooperation throughout the year.