The Nomination Film Conference of the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival Asian New Talent Award was held this afternoon. The main creators of 14 Nomination Films came on the stage to introduce their works and share their creative ideas and behind-the-scenes stories. As new works and newcomers, many directors and screenwriters have said that the films come from the true stories of themselves or their friends around them. They hope that the audience who enter the cinema can feel the sincere attitude of their creations through the big screen.
The Nomination Film Conference Site of Asian New Talent Award
The Chinese film THE ROAD HOME tells the subtle parent-child relationship between the older father and the middle-aged son in modern urban life. Director Zang Lianrong said that the prototype of the story is the father of a screenwriter of the film. The father is becoming more and more like a child after his illness, "I believe all boys will experience such a moment when you find that your father has done far worse than you. I think it is the necessary stage for boys to grow up to men. It is the point where the film can be empathetic and the most touching point."
THE ROAD HOME, Director Zang Lianrong
Yuko Hakota, director of the Japanese film BLUE HOUR, said that the hero in the film had a shadow of his own childhood. Akshay Indikar, director of TRIJTA-RADIUS of the Indian film, called his work a "semi-autobiographical film". The young Otto who moved from the rural to urban life in the film is also a microcosm of a generation of young Indians. The scriptwriter and director of the film THE OTHER HALF from Sri Lanka, Lalith Rathnayake, wrote a script about his experience of giving up his music dream because his family was poor and could not afford to buy a violin when he was a student. The Chinese film TO LIVE TO SING focuses on the theme of Sichuan Opera of the traditional Chinese opera. Deng Jie, who has been an actress in Sichuan Opera for five years, was moved by the script and gladly acted as the producer of the film. Most of the actors in the film also came from the stage of Sichuan Opera. The only requirement of the director for them is "real and natural".
The cast of BLUE HOUR
The cast of TO LIVE TO SING
In order to artistically present real and touching stories on the big screen, the creators abide by their profession and show their sincerity. The Chinese film NIMBOSTUATUS is a story of a poor mother and her son with seriously illness living in Beijing. In order to experience the role, the actress Jiang Jiaqi and the young actor Yue Chengxuan directly went to the children\'s hospital to wait for contacting and interviewing many children with serious illness and their parents. Taiwan\'s film THE PARADISE tells the story of a drug rehabilitation farm. The hero Yuan Teng insisted on living with drug addicted youth for more than a month in the drug rehabilitation farm to get a better and further understanding of their psychological activities.
The cast of NIMBOSTUATUS
The cast of THE PARADISE
The 14 Nomination Films fully demonstrate the innovations and explorations of Asian film newcomers in story themes and shooting forms. The Chinese film THE FOURTH WALL tells the story of a parallel universe derived from memory. The Chinese film SPECIAL COUPLE uses comedy to show the misunderstanding of "lovers" encountered by two young mainland men in London. The Iranian film AS I LAY DYING shows people\'s awe of the unknown and life in the form of road films. HOT GIMMICK: GIRL MEETS BOY tells a story of Tokyo boys and girls with the temperament of youth.
The cast of THE FOURTH WALL
The cast of HOT GIMMICK: GIRL MEETS BOY
As another important competition unit of the Shanghai International Film Festival in addition to the Golden Goblet Awards, this year\'s "Asian New Talent Award" will continue to witness the rise of new emerging forces in Asian films, promote cultural interactions and mutual learning between Asian countries and regions, and make Asian films more diversified in vitality.