20 excellent films screened in Hangzhou theaters More than 10 new films produced in Zhejiang will be highlighted 2023 Youth Film Week (Zhejiang) will be held in Hangzhou next week
Daily Business Daily News Light and shadow build dreams, youth pursue dreams. Yesterday, the reporter learned from the 2023 Youth Film Week (Zhejiang) press conference that the 2023 Youth Film Week (Zhejiang) will be held in Hangzhou from May 15th to 19th with the theme of “Let young people achieve their film dreams”.
The 2023 Youth Film Week (Zhejiang) activities include screenings of Chinese and foreign films, young filmmakers welcome the Asian Games, film theme concerts, the opening ceremony and release activities of the film week, and the release of new films produced in Zhejiang.
It is reported that the opening ceremony and release event will be held on the morning of May 16, divided into three chapters: “The River of Sail”, “The River of Tide” and “The River of Convergence”. At the opening ceremony, the organizing committee will announce the results of the two selections of “Top Ten Zhejiang Films Most Popular with Audiences” and “Ten Most Popular Young Audiences Top 10 Films in 10 Years”.
In addition, important information about key film projects and activities in Zhejiang, such as the issuance of film consumption coupons, the unveiling of Zhejiang Zhijiang Film and Television Shooting Service Center, and “Light and Shadow to the Future” – 2023 Zhejiang University Student Film Season, will be released during the event, running through film creation to From policy guarantees to the whole process of consumer services.
The organizing committee will also launch the theme forum “Zhejiang Power of Film Power”, focusing on three perspectives of “Film Power China Story”, “Film Power China Power” and “Film Power China Market”, bringing together representatives and directors of national film production institutions , actors, screenwriters, etc., focusing on the most popular topics in Chinese films at present.
As one of the most watched parts of the film week, this “Chinese and foreign film screening” focused on international vision and youth attributes, planned three units of “global perspective”, “master trend” and “focus on the future”, and selected more than 20 films Excellent films with themes, styles, and countries will be screened in 10 cinemas including Hangzhou and Ningbo.
As the core section set up by this year’s Youth Film Week to support young Chinese film creators, the “Zhijiang New Director Project” venture capital has collected and selected 396 projects, covering drama, comedy, science fiction, suspense, animation and many other genres . In the end, the jury selected 10 “Annual Preferred Proposals” and 5 “Annual Preferred WIP (Projects in Development) Projects” for the final evaluation.
In order to support the Hangzhou Asian Games, which will open in September, this year’s Youth Film Week also created a theme event of “Young Filmmakers Welcome the Asian Games”. The event will be held in Hangzhou Gongshu Canal Sports Park on May 15th. The theme of the event is “fun interaction, cultural and sports mutual nourishment, star-studded, and support for the Asian Games”. At that time, young filmmakers, athlete representatives, hosts, and representatives of the Asian Games will be organized etc. to visit the venues, carry out interesting competitive games, show the spiritual style of young cultural and sports people, and the profound connotation of “Poems and Paintings in Jiangnan, Vigorous Zhejiang”.
As a series of activities of Film Week, on May 16, the release event of new films produced in Zhejiang will be held at Zhejiang International Film and Television Center. The event focused on the theme of “Light and Shadow to the Future and Chasing Dreams in a New Era”, focusing on promoting more than 10 new films produced in Zhejiang. There are not only the latest masterpieces created by young directors from Zhejiang that show the style of Jiangnan, but also excellent films with grand historical narratives that show thickness and warmth, and blockbuster productions that embody Zhejiang film technology, covering suspense, comedy, history, love, etc. Themes, bright spots.
