Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Yuan Yun'er
It's the annual "onion picking season" in the Chinese film industry. The seventh " Green Onion Project " hosted by China Film Directors Association recently selected the top ten directors. Affected by the epidemic, this year's Green Green Project Venture Capital Fair adopted online live broadcast for the first time. The top ten directors closely followed the social reality, closely integrated their creative vision with the current market, and launched project roadshow , attracting the attention of hundreds of companies in the industry.
Since its launch in October 2021, the seventh Green Green Project has attracted many young directors with film dreams to sign up. After layers of selection and months of training, this year's "Green Green Project" has produced the final top ten directors and their projects, namely: Zhang Yejiao's "Pet Paradise", Ma Duo's "That Thing at Ten O'Clock", Yu Zhou Chunyu's "Goodbye Yingzhou", Xu Hanlin's "Good Night in the Universe", Li Li's "Beidaihe", Sun Xiao's "Unnecessary", Li Yue's "Sleeping Volcano", Zhong Kaifeng's "Swimming in the Whale", Pu Ba's "The Blind Girl and the Tabby Cat" and "Gathering Cotton" by Xu Lele.
"Although the film industry has been continuously affected by the epidemic in the past three years, the 'Green Green Project' is still moving forward. This year we held the venture capital meeting online for the first time. In the vast world of film, we are not far away. Looking forward to this The top ten directors of this generation can find investors who appreciate them and make their first feature films," said Li Shaohong, president of the China Film Directors Association. She also revealed that the "Green Onion Project", which is dedicated to discovering and supporting new directors, has launched more than 20 films in the past seven years, of which 6 have been released in theaters, 3 have been broadcast online on streaming media platforms, and another 11 films have entered the advanced stage, 1 film has just been completed, and 1 film is currently being filmed.
