The 14th Beijing International Film Festival held a press conference.

Combining the modeling of the Temple of Heaven and the bonsai of pine and cypress with the traditional ink painting style of China, the value concept of "harmony between man and nature, beauty and beauty" in Beijing International Film Festival runs through the flowing lines and is hidden in the darkness of ink. On March 28th, this poster with elegant ink and lingering rhyme was unveiled at the press conference of the 14th Beijing International Film Festival.

The Beijing International Film Festival is directed by the State Film Bureau, sponsored by the Central Radio and Television General Station and the Beijing Municipal People’s Government, and undertaken by the Beijing Film Bureau, Beijing Radio and Television Bureau, Beijing Radio and Television Station, Beijing Huairou District People’s Government and Beijing Holding Group Co., Ltd..

The theme of this year’s Beijing International Film Festival is "light and shadow learn from each other and benefit from the same path", and it will focus on internationality, professionalism, popularity and communication, and further play the outstanding role of Beijing International Film Festival as an international exchange platform in the construction of Beijing film and television highland. In 9 days’ time, more than 100 events will be organized, such as the Tiantan Award, the opening and closing ceremonies and the red carpet ceremony, the Beijing exhibition, the Beijing Planning Theme Forum, the Beijing market, the film carnival, the college student film festival, the closing ceremony and the award ceremony, and the "Movie Plus", to create a festival carnival with the participation of many film practitioners, citizens and fans.

■ Fifteen masterpieces at home and abroad were shortlisted for the Tiantan Award, and the jury consisted of Kusturica, david white, ChristianRandPhillips, Jessica Hausner, carlos saldanha, Mary and Zhu Yilong.

There are 7 international judges for the Tiantan Award of this year’s Beijing International Film Festival. The chairman of the jury is the famous Serbian director emir kusturica, and the six judges are: Australian film sound designer david white, actor ChristianRandPhillips, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, Brazilian director carlos saldanha, actor Mary and actor Zhu Yilong.

In terms of participating films, the total number of films registered at this year’s Beijing International Film Festival reached 4,273, among which the main competition unit "Tiantan Award" received 1,509 feature films from 118 countries and regions, and the number reached a new high. Among the 15 finalists, there are 12 foreign films and 3 domestic films, including:

French film "Substitute Teacher"

Austrian/German film "A Life"

Japanese film "Everything at Dawn"

Swiss/French/Egyptian/Qatar film "Back to Alexandria"

Finnish/Italian film "Man Facing Death"

China’s film "Stop and Go"

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

Dutch film "Milk"

China’s film "Travel through the Moon"

German/Slovenian/French film Silence

Indian film "The Lost Baby"

China’s film "Morning Rain"

Argentine film "Ant Girl"

Israeli film "The Deep of the City"

Turkish/Bulgarian film Reed.

The international jury of Tiantan Award will select ten awards from the 15 finalists, including best film, best director, best artistic contribution, best screenwriter, best photography, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress and best music. The final results will be announced at the closing ceremony and award ceremony.

The "Focus on the Future" unit collects the first and second feature-length films directed by new people around the world. The jury chairman of this unit is Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, and the four judges are China director Gu Xiaogang, Dutch photographer Keith van Ostrum, China director Li-Na Yang and China actor Yang Zishan.

For the first time, the short film unit of "ReelFocus New Blood Image Project" was included in the selection system of the Organizing Committee. The jury chairman of this unit was Peggy Chiao, a producer and producer in Taiwan Province, China, and the six judges were Yu Chen, Angel, Qu Chuxiao, Xu Hongyu, China Hong Kong editor and director, Yu Shi and Zufeng.

■ Create the most popular film festival.

"Beijing Exhibition" has planned 16 exhibition units, selected more than 240 excellent works at home and abroad, and plans to show about 750 times in 27 theaters in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. At the same time, three centralized viewing belts will be built for the first time: the viewing belt along Chang ‘an Avenue, the viewing belt in western universities and the viewing belt in the north; In terms of film selection, Beijing Screening has carefully planned many units such as Surging Youth, New Force of Chinese Film, Famous France, and Retrospect Exhibition of Custurica, Chairman of the Tiantan Prize Jury, and screened many classic works such as Dr. Strange Love, Blade Runner 2049, Pulp Fiction, story of qiu ju, Ghost of Honeycomb and Naruto Theater Edition.

The "Film Carnival" will continue to be held in Huairou with the theme of "Light and Shadow Imprint Huairou Life". From April 21st to May 4th, more than 40 activities will be launched in the "7+N" venues in the whole district, including brand activities such as excellent film dating, movie viewing, light and shadow dreaming, carnival, flower Young picking up fun, meeting, indulging in sports, roaming, landscape and countryside, etc., which will provide the general public with multi-level cultural experiences, so that everyone can "play with film and television culture and enjoy themselves".

The "Movie Plus" activity takes movies as the media, mobilizing social forces to organize rich cross-border activities, including science and technology units, short video units, game animation film units, artistic innovation units, film and fashion units, ASUS E-creation public welfare video units, Xinhe NEWHER· female film units, art mirror to the end film units, the first diplomatic film season, the forum of "The Power of Editing", the Beijing National Film Exhibition, and the public welfare live broadcast of "Brand Helps China Film".

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". Through film screening, forum activities and a series of sports film+activities, it will inherit the wealth of Beijing Olympic Games, spread the Olympic spirit and help the construction of Beijing International Exchange Center.

This year’s Beijing International Film Festival will also restart the first AIGC unit, which will fully explore AIGC technology and application, provide a broad display platform for creators, and comprehensively promote exchanges and development between industries.

In addition, the first film-themed Yanqi Lake International Film Music Festival will be held in Yanqi Lake Convention and Exhibition Center on April 20 and 21, with more than 10,000 audiences every day, which will be the first time for an international film festival to hold a film music festival at the same time.

■ Chinese and foreign filmmakers, point of view confrontation, talk about the future of the film.

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

The "Beijing Planning Theme Forum" series of activities will hold four core forums around the themes of "Establishment and Breakthrough under the Changing Film Industry", "High Quality and Diversification of Film Creation", "Breakthrough and Leap of Film Investment and Financing" and "Digital High-tech Empowering Film Production and Development". At that time, many film professionals from China, Canadian, Polish, Lebanese and other countries and regions will be invited to discuss the hot frontier topics such as the development of AI technology, the diversity of film creation, the break of investment and financing, and virtual technology shooting. This theme forum will invite Huang Jianxin, the chairman of the Beijing Film Association and the famous director of China, as an art consultant.

The three movie master classes are: Master Class of Custurica, Chairman of the current Tiantan Award Jury, with the theme of "National Epic and Spiritual Miracle", and the guest speaker is Yu Hua, a well-known writer. At the same time, a master class will be set up for China and Hong Kong director Xu Anhua, with director Vivian Qu as the guest of conversation, professor Dai Jinhua as the host, and a master class for actor and director Chen Chong, with director Xiaogang Feng as the guest of conversation and writer Xu Zhiyuan as the host.

In addition, this year’s Beijing International Film Festival will also increase the open class activities of film performing arts, design guest interviews, script reading, live performances and other links, and highlight the interactivity and practicality of the activities. At the same time, special forums such as Young Filmmakers’ Forum, Young Film Critics’ Forum and China Film Capital Development Forum were held, and the launching of Beijing film and television production service mechanism and the promotion meeting of Beijing film and television resources were held to deepen the interpretation of industry policies.

■ Increase the support for newcomers’ new works and welcome young filmmakers to "go home"

This year’s "Beijing Market" will be held from April 19th to 22nd in the separate venues of the Capital Langyuan Station and Huairou Bona Film and Television Industrial Park. At that time, with the aim of "exhibition, promotion, transaction and exchange", we will fully integrate the high-quality resources of the whole film industry chain at home and abroad, and organize five sections: investment promotion exhibition, project venture capital, industry dialogue, market screening and special activities.

This year’s "China Merchants Exhibition" will continue to adhere to the goal of "transaction as the core and display as the carrier", build a "copyright trading platform" based on the "film element trading place", set up various types of booths, and actively build a bridge for film and television communication at home and abroad.

At present, this year’s "Project Venture Capital" has received a total of 769 project registrations, and will finally select 8 high-quality projects through preliminary examination, review, final road show and other links. All shortlisted projects will conduct one-on-one business negotiations with market partners through the reservation function of the official website of Beijing International Film Festival.

For the first time, the municipal film support fund was introduced, and the Huairou District Government supported high-quality venture capital projects to help them efficiently connect with market resources.

For the first time, the "going home" link of previous young filmmakers was added to the honorary release ceremony of project venture capital, and young filmmakers Yang Zi, Gu Xiaogang and Xu Lei will return to the Beijing International Film Festival; Hold "Night of Beijing Film Festival" dinner, young filmmakers salon, open-air screening and other activities, and invite industry guests and young filmmakers to participate extensively; The chairman of the final jury of the project venture capital sector will be China and Hong Kong director Guan Jinpeng, with director, actor Dapeng, actor Haoran Liu, director and producer Ceng Guoxiang, director and screenwriter Zhang Mo as the judges; Zhang Ji, the director and screenwriter and the 11th vice chairman of China Film Association, was specially invited to be the "Beijing Marketing Art Director", to link with well-known filmmakers in the industry, and strive to enhance the influence and appeal of the venture capital unit of the project and better cultivate new works.

This year’s "Market Screening" will continue to follow the principle of high quality, and will introduce the concept of unit for the first time, and divide the screened works into "Project Venture Capital Young Filmmaker Unit", "Adaptation Potential Unit" and "Focus on the Future Unit", etc., which will be screened for many senior film selectors and copyright parties in the film industry, providing opportunities for many film creators to show their creativity and explore market potential.

For the first time, the cross-border activity of "M+ stress field" film was created. With "film+technology+consumption" as the core, more than 100 brands such as IP derivative, artistic creation, food and wine were assembled to create a three-day cultural consumption carnival in which the film and television industry was broken and the whole people participated.

For the first time, the film science and technology unit of "Light and Shadow Future" was set up to create an innovative model of "academic+technology+industry", and at the same time, the whole process of the first film industry chain AI was fully displayed, injecting new thinking and solutions into the future development of the film.

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

■ Strengthen international filmmaker exchanges and interactions, and continue to deepen exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.

Ambassadors from the embassies of Brazil Embassy in China, Seychelles Embassy in China, Gabonese Embassy in China, ASEAN embassies in China, etc., the presidents of several international film festivals, and representatives of the film and television industry from Qatar, Greece and other countries will attend and exchange in Beijing at that time, and continue to expand the "circle of friends" of international exchanges at the Beijing International Film Festival; For the first time, a diplomatic film season was added to promote international film and television exchanges and international cooperation with film sharing; For the first time, the "Beijing International Film Festival International Meeting Room" was added to promote the exchange of international guests and provide more exchange opportunities for the 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 in Beijing.

■ The College Student Film Festival shows the elegance of youth, and the bright colors of youth touch the cultural construction of the capital.

Beijing International Film Festival The 31st College Student Film Festival will be held in Haidian Campus of Beijing Normal University and Dongcheng District of Beijing from April 20th to May 4th, following the tenet of "youthful passion, academic taste and cultural awareness". At that time, through a series of activities, such as the launching ceremony, the "Youth Night" honorary awarding ceremony, the collection and selection of excellent domestic films, the original film competition for college students, the youth script and creativity competition for college students, the film screening and the meeting of the main creators, and the academic and industrial forum, we will gather youth strength for the sustainable development of China films.

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