On the evening of November 1st, the opening ceremony of the 9th Silk Road International Film Festival was held in Xi'an. The picture shows the scene of the opening ceremony. Photographed by reporter Dai Jikun
The Silk Road leads to the world, and light and shadow shine in Chang'an .
html On the evening of November 1st, the Qujiang Athletic Center in Xi'an was brightly lit. The culture of the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties and the film art on the Silk Road complemented each other and bloomed with brilliance. The opening ceremony of the 9th Silk Road International Film Festival, sponsored by China Central Radio and Television, Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and Fujian Provincial People's Government, and hosted by Shaanxi Provincial Film Bureau, Xi'an Municipal People's Government, Shaanxi Radio and Television Station, was held here. Many well-known filmmakers and stars appeared on the scene to witness the grand opening of the 9th Silk Road International Film Festival. They attended this light and shadow feast and felt the power of Chinese movies surging under the new era of film waves.
Starlight shines in Yinghui Changan
5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Incandescent lights alternate between bright and dark, and frames of empty shots count down to the opening of the 9th Silk Road International Film Festival . "It has a gorgeous name - the Silk Road. The nature and seasons there understand light and shadow better than I do... Please be prepared to witness with me all the new miracles created on this road." As the video "Silk Road·The Power of Film" was played on the big screen, the opening ceremony of the 9th Silk Road International Film Festival officially began.
Chinese director Diao Yinan serves as the chairman of the jury, Hungarian director and screenwriter Ildiko Inyeti , Philippine director and producer Brillante Mendoza , Japanese film producer Shan Shangsan , Chinese film director, screenwriter and writer Wanma Caidan , Chinese actor Yan Bingyan , Chinese actor Liu Ye served as the judges of the Film Festival "Golden Silk Road Award" international jury took the lead in making its appearance.
This year's film festival attracted 1,598 films from 90 countries and regions to compete for the "Golden Silk Road Award", with hundreds of domestic and foreign leading figures in the film and television industry, well-known experts and scholars participating. The 19 films shortlisted for the "Golden Silk Road Award" competition were announced at the opening ceremony, including the feature films "I Am the Rabbit King" and "Quiet Freedom", the drama films "Marcel" and "How I Learned to Fly", the documentaries "On Ice" and "A Parked Life", and the animated films "The Song of Nayula" and "Everything About My Family", etc.
The interspersed theatrical performances integrate Shaanxi’s history and culture, intangible cultural heritage culture and Silk Road culture into it. They are gorgeous, rich, diverse and inclusive. Exquisite and gorgeous neon clothes and feather dances, flying apsaras from Dunhuang falling from the sky, exotic dances from various places along the Silk Road, the situational song and dance show "Silk Road Wisdom" travels through time and space to ancient Chang'an, the starting point of the Silk Road where world civilizations blend. Sounds of Qin Opera melodious, scenes of black-and-white movie scenes with a long history, and the music, poetry and painting show "Poetry of the Silk Road" led the audience to review the development of Chinese films. The best wishes for love and peace from different countries and different languages express the common aspiration of people around the world - peace and cooperation, openness and tolerance, mutual learning and co-construction, and mutual benefit and win-win results.
With the unveiling of the "Golden Silk Road Award" trophy, the 9th Silk Road International Film Festival officially kicked off. The slowly playing song "I Love My Motherland" pushed the atmosphere to a climax.
The lights in Chang'an are like day, but the night is still young in the ancient capital. A professional and international film event has begun. A journey of light and shadow for filmmakers and fans, and a cultural feast for the benefit of the people are on the way.
Film Power Silk Road Feelings
The 9th Silk Road International Film Festival has the theme of "Silk Road Connects the World, Light and Shadow Shines in Chang'an". Through seven main units and multiple film activities, countries and regions along the Silk Road can communicate and learn from each other using light and shadow as a medium, allowing diverse world civilizations to communicate here, allowing colorful Silk Road stories to gather here, and making Silk Road civilization sustainable.
Here, seven major activities create a professional and international film event.The opening ceremony of the film festival, the awards ceremony, the Silk Road Film Resource Sharing and Win-win Cooperation Forum, the New Generation Filmmakers and Future Film Analysis Forum, as well as film art night, film screenings, film and city - Chinese film location economic inspection, Western Film Week and other film activities allow film workers from all over the world, movie fans and audiences across the country to share human image memories in the "horizon" of light and shadow.
Here, nearly 1,600 films gather the world’s outstanding works. Among the nearly 1,600 excellent films collected from around the world by an international film selection team composed of many internationally renowned filmmakers, 19 shortlisted films stood out. Among these 19 films, the top ten "Golden Silk Road Awards" will be selected and announced at the awards ceremony on January 3.
Here, two main forums and nine sub-activities will assist the cooperation and development of “Belt and Road” films. "One Belt and One Road" film cooperation, market investment, artistic integration, etc. are all forum discussion topics for famous film directors, producers, heads of film institutions, and industry experts from countries and regions along the "Belt and Road". They will discuss the sharing of Silk Road film resources and win-win cooperation, build a Chinese film evaluation system in the new era, analyze the new generation of filmmakers and future film development, explore new paths, study new plans, and seek new momentum for the development of the film industry.
Here, film activities with the main contents of Shaanxi Province Film Project Promotion, Young Director Support Program, Master Class, and Silk Road Youth Short Film Exhibition will be an eye-opener for the audience. Activities such as the "Original" Film Visual Art Exhibition, See Again·"Poster Art and Rebirth of Western Movies across Era" Exhibition, Youth Short Film Carnival, etc. will project the power of light and shadow, allowing citizens and tourists to share a feast of visual aesthetics during leisure time.
light and shadow as media Art Without Borders
Since the opening of the first Silk Road International Film Festival in Xi'an in 2014, the Silk Road International Film Festival, as a global cultural IP, has demonstrated the charm of Silk Road culture and the spirit of openness and inclusiveness. It has become a festival event for filmmakers from countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative and an engine for the development of the film industry. It has played an important role in promoting people-to-people connectivity and mutual learning among civilizations in countries and regions under the Belt and Road Initiative.
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the "Belt and Road" initiative, the Silk Road International Film Festival, as the only comprehensive international film festival named after the "Silk Road" in my country, was grandly held for the fifth time in Xi'an, Shaanxi. A cultural exchange bridge based on culture and using light and shadow as the medium was once again built. During the 5-day screening event of
, the offline screening will present 149 films from 51 countries and regions to the audience in 41 theaters across Shaanxi Province through 11 units including the "Golden Silk Road Award" competition unit, classic filmmakers, Silk Road Vision, women's stories, and cultural roots, for a total of 382 screenings. The online screening will launch 85 excellent domestic and foreign films in 9 units including Vientiane Grand View, Bauhinia Image, Thick Fog, and Freeze Youth, bringing an exclusive movie-watching experience to more audiences.
This year’s film festival pays special attention to public participation and interactivity, allowing more people to feel the charm of art. During the screening period, 10,000 free movie tickets will be distributed, allowing the film festival to reflect both artistic connotation and humanistic warmth.
In recent years, with the continuous advancement of the great process of jointly building the "Belt and Road" and building a community with a shared future for mankind, the Silk Road International Film Festival has grown and flourished with the care and support of countries around the world. On the road of jointly building the "Belt and Road", it has sown the seeds of culture, nurtured vitality and vitality, and gathered confidence and expectations.
Movies serve as matchmakers to carry forward the spirit of the Silk Road; light and shadow serve as mirrors to build a bridge of friendship.
On this night, light and shadow meet here, people's hearts are connected here, cultures are exchanged here, and civilizations learn from each other.
On this night, the classics of world movies collided here, sparking the exchange of civilizations, and the splendid international cultural exchanges along the Silk Road opened a new chapter here.
On this night, the true, three-dimensional and vivid Chinese story, the sonorous, powerful, loud and far-reaching voice of China started from here and spread to a wider distance...
(Reporters Bai Hua and Zhao Zhuoyi)
