Last night, the 8th Beijing International Film Festival, hosted by the Beijing Municipal People's Government and China Central Radio and Television Station, opened in Beijing last night (15th). The Beijing International Film Festival is not only a platform for domestic and foreign filmmakers to communicate with each other, but also regarded as the "wind vane" of the Chinese film industry. Since the seventh session, the total amount of contracts signed in the film market has reached 74.953 billion yuan, and the signed projects cover the entire industry chain, making it one of the largest film markets in Asia.
△Video: The 8th Beijing International Film Festival opened last night
The current Beijing International Film Festival will last from April 15th to 22nd. Continuation of the "Tiantan Award" awards, opening and closing ceremonies, film carnivals and other seven themed activities, accompanied by hundreds of related activities such as the release of new films. The opening ceremony also released the big data of Chinese movies for the first time. Statistics show that my country ranks first in the world in terms of the number of screens, single-day box office in a single market, and single-day box office in the first quarter.
"Dreams start with scripts and end with movies". In the 8-day Beijing International Film Festival, the most lively thing is the pursuit of the films by the fans.
The "Beijing Screening" unit started ticket sales on April 1, and the box office reached 2 million in just one minute and 9 million in 12 minutes, doubling the speed of ticket sales last year. Among them, the popular films "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "Titanic" and "Chongqing Forest" were sold out within 10 seconds, 12 seconds and 15 seconds respectively.
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△Ukrainian soprano An Ruina and singer Ping An/Visual China
"Beijing Screening" also provided nearly 100 free and open professional lectures for movie fans. Lin Siwei of the Exhibition Department of Beijing International Film Festival said that this year marks the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up. There is a sub-unit called "Beijing City Events", which is to let young audiences understand the films about Beijing shot in the past 30 to 40 years. Beijing has changed the most. It can express the development process of China, pass on the classics, and share the excellent and latest to the public. This is what the platform of the Beijing Film Festival should do.
15 films from 19 countries and regions were shortlisted for this year's "Temple of Heaven Award", including 13 foreign films and 2 domestic films for "Operation Red Sea" and "Eighteen Cave Village". As the chairman of the international jury of this year's "Tiantan Awards", director Wong Kar-wai revealed the jury's selection criteria for the best film, "To be the best film, there must be a very good story, whether it is a blockbuster or a low-cost production, the most important thing is It has to be creative, original, and tell wonderful stories in a cinematic way.”
△ "Operation Red Sea" crew / Visual China
Since the establishment of the "Tiantan Award" in 2013, nearly 3,200 films from more than 90 countries and regions have signed up for the competition. This is also the five years since my country's film development entered the fast lane. From "1942" and "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart" to "The Grand Master" and "Partners in China", from "Wolf Totem", "Take Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" to "Get Out of the Tumor King" and "Master" until the seventh finalist film " "Operation Mekong" continues to demonstrate the growing power of Chinese films.
"Tiantan Award" judge, American director Jonathan Mostow has directed well-known film and television works such as "Terminator 3" and "The Lonely Ship". He pays more attention to experiencing the exchange and collision of different cultures at the film festival. He said: "We can see films from all over the world, and we reach out to filmmakers and audiences from all over the world. The Beijing International Film Festival is a platform where we can exchange all kinds of fresh ideas. I, including me, have seen these films and left. From time to time, there will definitely be new ideas about the relevant characters, scenes, and cultures, and new ideas will emerge. These ideas will seep into my mind, and maybe 5 or 10 years from now, one of my films will be influenced by what I've seen and heard here. ."
At the opening ceremony, Chinese film history box office champion "Wolf Warrior 2" starred Wu Jing, box office runner-up "Operation Red Sea" director Lin Chaoxian and actor Zhang Hanyu, box office third place "Chinatown 2" director Chen Sicheng joined forces to open an important scene in Chinese film history - the first time Release the big data of Chinese movies. As of now, my country has 9,914 theaters with 53,824 screens, ranking first in the world in terms of the number of screens. In 2018, the box office on the first day of the new year was 1.26 billion, and the single-day box office in a single market ranked first in the world; the number of moviegoers in a single day was 32.17 million, a single-day in a single market. No. 1 in the world in the number of moviegoers.
Wu Jing, director and star of the movie "Wolf Warrior 2" said: "It took nearly 3 years from preparation to filming for "Wolf Warrior 2", and finally presented 4,077 shots to the audience, and the audience gave us 159 million movie-viewers. The first two numbers show that Chinese filmmakers are working hard to be craftsmen, while the latter number represents the recognition and support of Chinese audiences for domestic films. We will work harder to present more and more professional films to the public, please review.”
In 2017, the total box office of Chinese films reached 55.911 billion yuan, of which the domestic film box office was 30.104 billion yuan, accounting for 53.84% of the total box office. In the first quarter of this year, the national total box office of films reached 20.217 billion yuan, which not only surpassed the US$3.085 billion achieved by the North American film market in the second quarter of 2015, but also set a new world record for the national film market in a single quarter in film history. Du Feijin, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, director of the Propaganda Department, and executive vice-chairman of the Beijing International Film Festival Organizing Committee, said that film is the language of the world, and this film festival welcomed more than 50 countries and regions, and 15,000 people from 300 Chinese and foreign film institutions. Distinguished guests, everyone gathered in Beijing to discuss the development of film, which will definitely promote the prosperity and progress of world film art.
Source: Central Radio Network
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