China News Service, Pingtan, November 20 (Reporter Lin Chunyin) The 2021IM Cross-Strait Youth Film Festival Support and Commendation Conference was held on the evening of the 20th at the Zhuyu Bay Film and Television Base in the Comprehensive Experimental Zone of Pingtan, Fujian Province. Many short films of Taiwanese young directors were shortlisted and awarded. The second IM Cross-Strait Youth Film Festival came to an end.
IM Cross-Strait Youth Film Festival aims to support the image creation power of young colleges and universities on both sides of the strait. The total prize money of this film festival is 3.245 million yuan (RMB, the same below), which is known as the highest prize money of the global short film film festival.
“Accordion” by Aimeiti Maimet, a graduate student of the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy, was awarded the best film of this year’s film festival. At the age of 30, he received a bonus of 300,000 yuan, which made the young director who was born in Xinjiang and “has found a job” “have the courage to continue writing scripts.”
Yan Haohao, a graduate of the American Film Academy’s master’s degree in directing, used his film “Huang Zhenzhen’s Speech” to record the memory of SARS in China in 2003. He was shortlisted for multiple awards and won the Kylin Jury Award.
Gao Shiwen, a graduate of the Film Institute of Taiwan University of the Arts, invited two amateur children to star in “A Qiang, a Good Student”, reflecting on the influence of stereotypes and labeling on young people, and was awarded the best director of Kirin. Many Taiwanese works have been shortlisted for multiple awards and won, which is even more eye-catching.
Lu Sheng Liang, who studied in the Taiwan University of the Arts in audio-visual creation and digital media industry, explores multi-line narrative and multiple roles in the short film “The Beautiful Knot”, showing the coexistence of multi-ethnic and multi-cultural in Taipei. The film was rated as a cutting-edge short story.
“The Wind” by Sun Mingyu, who graduated from the Department of Film Creation at Taipei University of the Arts, “Where Are You Going” by Zhang Boquan, a Taiwanese student at the Beijing Film Academy, “Wai An” by Ge Defeng, Taiwan University of the Arts, and “Wang Cenyu, Chaoyang University of Science and Technology, Taiwan” “White Swallowtail”, “When You Are Old” by Yang Ren from City University of Hong Kong, and “Before the End” by Lin Yuhua of Providence University in Taichung were all rated as outstanding short films by Kirin.
Lu Sheng Yuan Haitao, who went to colleges in Taiwan to further his studies, participated in the “Endless Life” creation training camp of this year’s film festival.
Liang Lulu, who arrived at this film festival with seven Taiwanese student works this time, broke through the barrier of the epidemic, told reporters from China News Agency that Taiwan’s young directors cherished the film festival very much. Taiwan’s young directors immediately gave feedback on the scene, “Every positive interaction and affirmation will allow young directors to go further in the future.”
The works of this year’s film festival have various themes, including the warm care of Tibetan Braille, the humane care of nursing homes, the inner world of the disabled, the life of studying abroad in the United States, and the living conditions of young Israelis… These order review committees, Taiwanese veteran director Li You-ning, who has been in the industry for 40 years, said with emotion that his horizons have been widened. He said frankly, “The primary task of the young generation’s choreographer is the challenge of choosing characters and storylines.”
“This year’s film festival encourages young people on both sides of the strait to pay attention to social reality and resonate across the strait.” said Hong Lei, founder of IM Cross-Strait Youth Film Festival, director of the Satellite TV Center of Fujian Radio and Film Group, and director of Southeast TV. In the post-epidemic period, the enthusiasm of filmmakers has not diminished; The film festival “more quantity, better quality”, 1,376 films from 260 universities around the world, including 26 universities in Taiwan, 103 films in Taiwan, the number has increased.
“Face your inner feelings and write fearlessly with images.” said Wang Xiaoshuai, the well-known director of the IM Cross-Strait Youth Film Festival jury. He hopes that the support and recognition of the film festival will enable more young directors to shoot their own works and stick to it. (over)Return to Sohu to see more
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