"Shanghai is a unique city in China, it's the birthplace of Chinese cinema, and that's why the Vancouver Film School is here." James Griffin, Founder and Dean of Vancouver Film Academy, said, "Over the past decade, the Shanghai Vancouver Film Academy has been working hard to inject new vitality into Shanghai's film industry, and in the process, I have come to realize Shanghai's openness and willingness to cultural exchange. ”
On the occasion of in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping's cultural thought and in-depth practice of the important concept of the people's city, the series of short videos "Global Film and Television People Look at Shanghai" jointly produced by the Information Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, the Shanghai International Film and Television Festival Center and Wen Wei Po is on the air. The series of short videos invites judges of the 2024 Shanghai International Film and Television Festival, guests from the film market, representatives of the film festival, well-known directors, producers, foreign scholars, international students and international figures in the field of film education to talk about Shanghai in their eyes, encounter the city of films, and go to the appointment of light and shadow, so as to show and spread the charm and vitality of Shanghai to the world.
"Global Filmmakers Look at Shanghai|James Griffin"
James Griffin
Founder and President of the Vancouver Film School
◉ Every time I come here, I feel like "Wow."
"I first came here in 2000 and then I didn't come back until 2013, and in that time, Shanghai's development was like a miracle. Shanghai is one of the most modern cities in the world, and every time I come here, I feel like 'wow'! Dean James Griffin told us that in Shanghai, he was touched by two things: one was to see the warm scenes of elderly couples supporting each other on the streets, "It was a beautiful thing for me. "Another vivid memory was a small restaurant where he had probably the best food.
As an educator, Dean James Griffin said that without being directly involved in the large-scale operation of the film industry, what the Film School is doing is to align with the future transformation of the film industry, making global connections in various areas of education, including filmmaking, animation production, game production, and more. He believes that the uncertainty of AI is rapidly affecting all creative industries, and that AI is not only developing at a high speed, but will grow at an exponential rate, "No one knows exactly how much impact it will have, but we know that it cannot be ignored, so we are building a closer relationship with the industry." ”
"The Shanghai International Film Festival is a wonderful international event." What impressed Dean James Griffin was that a friend who made a movie screened his work during the film festival, because the film was touching and popular, and was arranged to be screened in the big theater in time, so that more audiences could see good movies.
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Source: Jing'an, Shanghai