Shadow gathering in the southwest, the wonderful moment of the collection of domestic art masterpieces ＂Jin＂

From May 28th to 29th, "Art Film Exhibition 2023 Spring Chinese Complex Theme Exhibition" came to Eying 1958 Film City, bringing "Light of White Pagoda" and "Tales of Yong ‘an Town" to Chengdu fans. The creative process of the directors of the two films is not the same, but both have formed a certain artistic style. Thanks to their intensive cultivation of film art, their works have been affirmed in international heavyweight film festivals, and this screening also allows some lucky audiences to find out in advance.

Director Lv Zhang’s latest work "The Light of the White Tower" was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, and won five heavyweight awards such as Best Screenplay and Best Actor at the 13th Beijing International Film Festival. After the screening of the film, Zuo Heng, a researcher at China Film Art Research Center, had a talk with director Lv Zhang, and the director shared the process of the film creation. It is precisely because of his profound literary and artistic accomplishment that "Light of the White Pagoda" can touch the old traces of historical and cultural celebrities on the premise of a certain urban temperament, and then sketch out the real characters and rich narratives.

Perhaps inspired by the director’s self-report, the questions raised by the expert audience on stage and off stage are also sharp and in-depth. The director analyzed two designs that caused "strangeness" in the film from the perspective of character motivation; In view of the mirrors and glasses mentioned by the audience, the director took Zhu Ziqing’s "The Back" at his fingertips to show that the side or back can even sneak into the deep soul of the characters more than the front face; The answer to the cliche dialect question reflects director Lv Zhang’s persistence and pursuit of film texture. The viewpoints clashed, and there were many good sentences. The two events once again fixed countless wonderful moments for this film festival.

The Tales of Yong ‘an Town is the opening film of this art film exhibition, and it was shortlisted for the director’s biweekly unit of Cannes Film Festival in 2021. The story of "Yong ‘an Town" is related to the film itself, which allows the audience to appreciate it and reflect on themselves either empathically or distantly. After the screening of the film, Liu Yang, the actor of the "director" in the film, was invited again. In reality, Liu Yang is an actor by profession, and in the film, he plays a director. Due to the habit of fully cooperating with the director’s creative intention at the scene, Liu Yang said: "When confronting the real directors in reality, I really want to thank all the directors for their tolerance in freely changing my identity in and out of the play. Director Wei Shujun also gave me this trust and space. "

Consistent with the arrangement of activities in previous cities, the Art Film Exhibition not only allowed Chengdu fans to witness excellent works in advance, but also held a seminar on promoting the high-quality development of art films. The topic of this seminar was "New Wave and New Power", and many film practitioners, film educators, industry experts and scholars had in-depth exchanges on the influence of the art film wave on China film art and how young creators could get closer to the audience.

"Art Film Exhibition 2023 Spring Chinese Traditional Theme Exhibition" is sponsored by China Film Archive (China Film Art Research Center), undertaken by the National Art Film Projection Alliance, and supported by the Office of the Management Committee of the Special Fund for the Development of National Film Industry. Since May 11th, the film festival has passed through four cities, and will further arrive in Guangzhou, bringing cool summer days to local fans. The film festival will continue to unite the strengths of films from different regions and inject vitality into the development of domestic art films on the basis of strengthening industry exchanges.