On the evening of October 16, the South City Wall Gate was filled with light and stars. The entry ceremony and closing ceremony of the 6th Jackie Chan International Action Film Week was grandly held. Outstanding action filmmakers gathered again in the ancient capital of Datong to attend the light and shadow event and showcase China. strength.
Mr. Jackie Chan, founder of Jackie Chan International Action Movie Week and famous action filmmaker, Cao Yin, director of the Film Channel Program Center, Lu Liang, deputy director of the Central Propaganda Film Bureau, Wang Pingjiu, deputy editor-in-chief of the Film Channel Program Center, Wu, director of the General Office of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television Security, Vice Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee Qian Jin, relevant responsible comrades from the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Provincial Bureau of Commerce, and the Provincial Investment Promotion Bureau, as well as relevant leaders from Zhangjiakou City, Ulanqab City and other brotherly cities were invited to attend.
Zhang Jifu, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Zhang Qiang, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, Ai Lingyu, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, Gu Ming, Director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress and other leaders of the four municipal teams attended.
Jackie Chan International Action Movie Week has been successfully held for five times. It aims to commend filmmakers who have made outstanding contributions to action movies, focus on cultivating new forces in Chinese action movies, use movies as a bridge, use action to make friends, build an action movie exchange platform, and help China Culture goes abroad to promote exchanges and mutual learning among world civilizations. Since 2018, Jackie Chan International Action Movie Week has been settled in Datong for two consecutive years. The scale and influence of the event have continued to increase, and it has become a well-known brand in the international action film industry and a grand festival for world action filmmakers. This year's film week once again joins hands with Datong, hosted by the Film Channel Program Center, Datong Municipal People's Government, and Jackie Chan International Group, bringing together heroes to demonstrate the power of China and help the world achieve harmony. During the period, the "Yao Miao Film Laboratory" themed forum was held, where well-known filmmakers and industry figures discussed the development of action movies; the "Script Game·Big Challenge" event brought players a unique "immersive" experience; "Yili Li's public welfare live broadcast, a fancy call for "Datong Good Food"... The wonderful film week activities brought a different kind of film culture feast to the general public and tourists.
The light and shadow are gorgeous, and the evening drum welcomes guests. In the evening, the "Kung Fu Gate" symbolizing action movies was lit up, and the emperor and empress of the Northern Wei Dynasty came out of the city to greet guests from all over the city. The Indian Miles Knights, the Outstanding International Art Troupe, the Marriage Class Longyun Martial Arts Troupe, China's Songshan Shaolin Temple Monk Troupe, and the flying stunts The teams performed in turn, and action filmmakers, celebrity guests, etc., dressed in costumes, entered the city to watch the ceremony. Accompanied by the singing of "Happy Harmony", Mr. Jackie Chan walked into the scene arm in arm with more than a dozen lovely children, receiving thunderous applause.
The closing ceremony was hosted by Lan Yu, Wu Yue, Yao Miao, Wang Yaoqing and Zhang Lanxin.
This Jackie Chan International Action Movie Week is based on the golden development period when China is moving from a big film country to a powerful film country. It has specially set up the "Top Ten Classic Chinese Action Movies" selection event, focusing on classic action movies, through extensive recommendations from the audience and netizens, expert selections, The jury's selection method finally selected the "Top Ten Classic Chinese Action Movies", looking for the same frequency resonance in the light and shadow memory of the whole people, and drawing inexhaustible strength from the classics of film history. At the closing ceremony that night, Wu Jing, Wang Baoqiang, Yao Chen, Tian Niu, Wen Bixia, Huang Bo, Yin Li, etc. announced the selection results in turn. "Hero", "The Grandmaster", "The Master", "A Better Tomorrow" and "Wolf Warrior 2" were rated as "Top Ten Classic Chinese Action Movies", "Drunken Master" and "Police Story" were specially recommended by the jury, and "The Way of the Dragon" "Changjin Lake" was specially recommended by the organizing committee.
In 2018, the movie channel "Operation Starlight" took the first step from the land of yellow flowers. Chinese filmmakers such as Jackie Chan witnessed and participated in the process of "a small yellow flower becoming a big industry". In the past three years, the city's yellow flower planting area has increased from 170,000 acres to 265,000 acres, and the yellow flower output has increased from 62,000 tons to 141,000 tons. The closing ceremony set up a special session to promote Datong Yellow Flower. Jackie Chan introduced it passionately at the scene: "Datong Yellow Flower looks like a flower, tastes like a vegetable, and is used as medicine. The most important thing is that it can help the people of Datong continue to increase their income and become rich." He proposed. Filmmakers and people from all walks of life took active actions to endorse Datong's characteristic agricultural products for public welfare and contribute to rural revitalization.
At the closing ceremony, wonderful artistic performances brought wonderful audio-visual enjoyment to the audience.
- The theme song of this year's film week "The Power of China" made a stunning appearance as the opening song and dance. Jackie Chan and young actor Xiao Zhan sang on stage together, which aroused cheers from the audience;
- situational performances "Tribute to Classics" and "Kung Fu Dream" reproduced classic scenes from the film , taking the audience into the light and shadow of memories;
- "Martial Arts Super Fight" staged the peak free fighting showdown, and the scene was explosive;
- "Flowers and Full Moon", "Aurora", "Life is Like a Stone", "A Bridge of Fate", etc. The familiar classic songs made the audience forget to sing along...
Stars such as Yu Rongguang, Jam Hsiao, Miriam Yang, Yang Kun, Tan Weiwei, Jiang Luxia, Li Zhiting and other stars all appeared on the stage, and the stars were shining. Especially in the retrospective display of the "Twelve Zodiac Signs" film, the important cultural relic ox head, which had been lost overseas for many years, appeared in Datong for the first time after its return. The audience was lucky enough to see the true appearance of the national treasure. "Never forget the moment when you turned around. The sea and sky are vast, and we will meet again tomorrow..." Finally, with the singing of Jackie Chan's "Hard to Say Goodbye", the 6th Jackie Chan International Action Movie Week came to an end.
Reporter | Li Xuefeng Li Mingxuan
Photography | Yu Hong Han Kun
Editor | Wang Yu
