On September 16, the 3rd Pingyao International Film Festival held a press conference in Beijing to announce the first batch of shortlisted films for this year's film festival, official posters ("Movie Little Planet"), film festival theme ("Everyone and Everyone"), Pingyao Corner and other related content. In addition to Jia Zhangke, founder of the Pingyao International Film Festival, and Artistic Director Marco Muller, the guests attending the film list launch included Shi Yong, deputy secretary of the CPC Pingyao County Committee and governor of Pingyao County. In his speech, Shi Yong affirmed the value of the Pingyao International Film Festival: "The Pingyao International Film Festival has witnessed the prosperity and development of today's film and television culture, and also witnessed the forward steps taken by the Land of the Three Jins in the longitude and latitude of history and culture," and put forward expectations, "I hope that through the holding of the Pingyao International Film Exhibition, more people will enter Pingyao, understand Pingyao, and remember the images and history of this thousand-year-old city." ”
Pingyao International Film Festival founder Jia Zhangke and artistic director Marco Muller announced the first batch of films in the third film festival
Shi Yong, deputy secretary of the CPC Pingyao County CPC Committee and governor of Pingyao County
The first batch of films announced at this year's film festival includes 52 films from 26 countries and regions, of the 49 films screened in the official unit, 57.1% (28) are world premieres, 73.5% (36 films) are Asian premieres, and China's premiere rate is 100%. The films were selected by eight Pingyao International Film Festival program planners from more than 1,300 global films viewed this year. Before the opening of the 3rd Pingyao International Film Festival, the film exhibition will also announce the last batch of official unit finalists.
At the press conference, the official poster of the 3rd Pingyao International Film Festival "Movie Planet" and the theme of this year's Film Festival "Everyone and Everyone" were officially announced. The official poster "Movie Planet" implies that the movie is a unique and magical planet, and all the film creators and moviegoers are residents of this planet. "There are wandering young people on this planet, with sparkling ideas." Jia Zhangke said, "Because of the ten-day film exhibition, Pingyao has also become a planet. ”
The 3rd Pingyao International Film Festival Official Poster "Movie Little Planet"
In addition, the theme of this year's film festival "ONE TO EVERYONE" has also become the highlight of the audience, which presents a unique atmosphere in which film masters and the public communicate and seek understanding through the film exhibition, "The former 'everyone' is a well-known master in the film industry, and the latter 'everyone' is the public." We expect more possibilities to arise between 'everyone' and 'everyone', just as one person's film spirit can infect thousands of people; a film exhibition can serve thousands of people," Jia Zhangke said.
Pingyao International Film Festival Founder Jia Zhangke and Artistic Director Marco Muller Announced the Theme of the 3rd Film Festival "Everyone and Everyone"
At the press conference, the Pingyao International Film Festival also announced momo, the chief partner of this film festival. Momo and Pingyao International Film Festival hand in hand into the third year, this year in order to better tap the potential of film projects and emerging filmmakers, Momo and Pingyao International Film Festival jointly initiated and titled the "Pingyao Venture Capital" unit, and specially set up the highest award in the field "Momo Qingyun Award", the honorary winner will receive a cash reward of 500,000 yuan given by Momo Pictures to support the subsequent development and shooting of the script. At the same time, Momo MOMO will continue to title the "Filmmaker" series of master classes and pay attention to film academic exchanges.
Pingyao International Film Festival Artistic Director Marco Muller
The 3rd Pingyao International Film Festival 2019
The first screening list 3rdPYIFF Program List (1stbatch) [Special Screening Special Presentation] Special Screening Pingyao Night on the Night of Honor
《靶心/ Bull’s eye /Saand ki aankh 》
(India)
(Director: Tusha Hiranandani Tushar Hirandani)
(World Premiere World Premiere) (P)
The protagonist picks up a gun for the first time at the age of 60 and becomes a professional shooter with his daughter. They won a total of 352 medals, and because of their tireless efforts, more than 50,000 girls found new opportunities for development.
【Closing Film ClosingFilm】
The Opera House
(China)
(Director: Zhang Zhiliang, Jacob CHEUNG) (*Action MartinIal Art)
(World Premiere World Premiere)
Hong Kong, China director Zhang Zhiliang's latest work. With the background of the Beijing Tianqiao martial arts community and the behavior of Liyuan during the Republic of China, it records the dilemma of the inheritance of traditional skills in the changing times. Li Chun and Ouyang Nana starred, and the famous actor Ji Chunhua posthumously composed.
【Crouching Tiger Crouching Tigers】
1. "Our Mothers/OurMothers/Nuestras Madres"
(France/Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg/Guatemala France/Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg/Guatemala)
(Director: César Diaz, Cesar Diaz)
(China Premiere China Premiere) (R) (P) (1st)
Winner of the Golden Camera Award (Best Directorial Debut) at the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival. In the film, the protagonist searches for his relatives who disappeared during the Guatemalan civil war, looking for truth and perseverance.
2. "The Story of a Boatman/ Say They Nothing Stays the Same" (Japan)
(Director Dir: Oda Cut Jean Joe Odagiri)
(China Premiere China Premiere) (R)(P)(2nd)
The second film written and directed by popular Japanese actor Odah, shortlisted for the Venice Day section of the 76th Venice International Film Festival, tells the story of a boatman whose life has changed day after day.
3. "A Certain Kind of Silence/Tiché doteky"
(Czech/Netherlands/Latvia Czech/Netherlands/Latvia)
(Director: Michal Hogenauer: Michal Hogenauer)
(China Premiere ChinaPremiere) (R) (P) (1st)
It has been shortlisted for international film festivals such as Busan and Milan. The young nanny who went abroad to work was questioned about her morality and humanity in the face of her employer's distorted approach to homeschooling.
4. "Whoops! /EebAllay Ooo!》
(Director: Pratek Zaz Prateek Vats)
(World Premiere World Premiere) (R) (P) (1st)
A ridiculous journey of a newcomer to the workplace battling piles of monkeys in New Delhi. The director's documentary debut won the Special Jury Prize at the Indian National Film Awards in 2018.
5. "High Fever/TheFever/A Febre"
(Brazil/France/Germany Brazil/France/Germany)
(Directed by: Maya Da-Rin, Maya Da-Rin)
(Asian Premiere Asian Premiere) (R) (P) (1st)
He was shortlisted for the main competition section of the 72nd Locarno International Film Festival and won the Best Actor Award. As her daughter prepares to study medicine in Brasilia, the 45-year-old protagonist develops a strange high fever.
6. Wet Season
(Singapore, Singapore)
(Director: Chen Zheyi AnthonyCHEN)
(Asian Premiere Asian Premiere) (R) (F) (P) (M) (2nd)
Shortlisted for the "Platform" competition section of the Toronto Film Festival. Focusing on contemporary life and everyday emotions, a restrained woman rhyme. The second directorial work of Asia's emerging director Chen Zheyi, he won the Cannes Golden Camera Award for his debut film "Mom and Dad Are Not Home".
7.《少女佳禾/Summer is the Coldest Season》
(Director: Zhou Sun Zhou Sun)
(World Premiere World Premiere) (R) (F) (P) (M) (1st)
The young girl Li Jiahe happened to meet Yu Lei, a teenager who returned from the reform of work-study school education, and fell into an unprecedented dilemma. Starring Deng Enxi has participated in many movies such as "The Dedication of Suspect X", "The Unknown Generation", "Hello, Zhihua" and so on.
8. Wisdom Tooth
(Director Dir: Liang Ming LIANGMing)
A floating corpse at sea, a mysterious tape, let the girl Valley Creek swim repeatedly on the edge of the world of youth and adulthood. The Shanghai Film Festival Best Actress Award winner Starred Lu Xingchen, and Mei Feng served as the script producer.
9. Single Cycle
(Director: Zhang Qi ZHANG Qi)
Yao Ye, 17, is tired of the place where she lives and longs to return to her hometown, only to find that her hometown had disappeared one night many years ago. Li Pingbin served as the director of photography.
【Hidden Dragon HiddenDragons】
1. "Sweet Potato Pouring Rice/ Koali & Rice"
(Director: Ye Qian YE Qian)
(Asian Premiere AsianPremiere) (F) (Y) (P) (M) (1st)
Li Shaohong supervised the production, and the two film queens starred Yalei and Yang Guimei. He was shortlisted for the 41st Moscow International Film Festival's The Third Age section, was selected for the 37th Munich International Film Festival, and was honored by the 2nd Pingyao International Film Festival, The Developing Film Project And Infinite Freedom.
2. "Walking in Darkness"
(Director: Tang Yongkang TANG Yongkang)
Zhou Jun told the taxi driver the story of the mysterious disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and wife and children, but the driver plunged him into an even bigger mystery. It was shortlisted for the "Bright Future" competition at the 48th Rotterdam International Film Festival and was selected for the 37th Munich International Film Festival.
3. "Nineteen Years of Murder/ BloodyDaisy"
(Director: Xu Xiangyun XU Xiangyun)
(World Premiere World Premiere) (F) (Y) (P) (M) (1st)
Police officer Liu Yibo and the family of the deceased spent 19 years solving a serial murder case marked by Daisy. Zhang Meng supervised the production, and the director Xu Xiangyun wrote the screenplay for the web drama "Forensic Qin Ming" and "Ten Deadly Sins".
4. "Summer of Changsha"
(Director: Zu Feng ZU Feng)
In the process of solving a murder case, the police officer Ah Bin gradually discovers the unknown past of the person concerned. Actor Zu Feng made his directorial debut, and he also starred in the male lead of this film. Shortlisted for a kind of attention section at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival.
5. "An Insignificant Affair"
(Director: Ning Yuanyuan NING Yuanyuan)
Breaking the barrier with his father, the growth story of an adolescent boy. The work of Ning Yuanyuan, a young director who is only 21 years old.
6. "A Trophy On The Sea"
(Director: Ju Anqi JU Anqi)
(World Premiere WorldPremiere) (F) (Y) (P) (M) (2nd)
After discovering that his wife's cheating partner was lying in a pool of blood, a middle-aged dragon set the escape story of an actor. Director Ju Anqi won the Best Asian Film Award at the 44th Rotterdam International Film Festival for "The Poet is on a Business Trip". Wang Xuebing starred.
【Window of Genre Nocturne】1."Particles/LesParticules"
(France/Switzerland France/Switzerland)
(Directed by: Brez Alisson Blaise Harrison)
(China Premiere China Premiere) (P) (*Fantasy Fantasy)
Shortlisted for the 72nd Cannes Directors' Biweek and the Busan International Film Festival. With the arrival of winter, the 17-year-old protagonist realizes that the world around him is changing.
2. "5 is the Perfect Number/5 è il numero perfetto"
(Italy/Belgium/FranceItaly/Belgium/France)
Directed by: Igor Tuvi Igor Tuveri)
(China Premiere China Premiere) (P) (*Crime Mystery Crime/Thriller)
Shortlisted for the Venice and Busan International Film Festivals. A retired professional killer makes a comeback after his son's assassination and embarks on a path to revenge at all costs.
3. "Inuyasha Village/ Howling Village"
(Japan Japan)
(Director: Takashi Shimizu)
(World Premiere World Premiere) (P) (*Horror Horizon)
No one has been able to return from this village alive. "Curse", "Reincarnation" director Shimizu Takashi's latest work.
4. "The Way out of the way/ ParadiseNext"
(Japan/TaiwanJapan/Taiwan, China)
(Director: Yoshihiro Hanno)
(Chinese mainland Premiere China Mainland Premiere) (P) (*Crime Mystery Crime/Thriller)
In the face of a mysterious killer pursuit, can three lonely souls atone for love? Starring Satoshi Mu and Yoji Toyokawa, and directed by Japanese soundtrack master Kihiro Hano, he has participated in the creation of films such as "Sea Flower", "Millennium Mambo", "Twenty-Four Castles" and "The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers".
5. "White Snake Legend , Love White · Snake》
(Director: Zhang Jianfeng ZHANG Xianfeng)
(Asian Premiere AsianPremiere) (F) (P) (M) (*Opera Chinese Musical)
The first 4K panoramic Cantonese opera film, adapted from the Chinese folk tale "The Legend of the White Snake". Starring Zeng Xiaomin is the winner of the 28th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Awards.
6. "Wild Swords"
(Director: Li Yunbo LI Yunbo)
(World Premiere) (F) (P) (M) (2nd) (*Wuxia WuXia)
During the Ming Dynasty's Wanli Dynasty, all kinds of masters were happy to take revenge. A bloody massacre from many years ago reappears, and everyone's narration leads to different memories.
【Premiere Galas】1.Honor Night Special Screening PingyaoNight:
2. Babyteeth
(Australia/USA Australia/USA)
(Directed by: Shannon Murphy Shannon Murphy)
(China Premiere) (P)
Shortlisted for the main competition section of the 76th Venice Film Festival. Actor Toby Wallace won the Marcelo Mastruani Award (Emerging Actor Award). The cast also includes Ben Mendelssohn, who has starred in films such as Star Wars Story and Robin Hood: Origins.
3. "The Burning Secret/ NinaWu"
(Taiwan/Malaysia/MyanmarTaiwan, China/Malaysia/Myanmar)
(Director: Zhao Deyin Midi ZHAO)
(Chinese mainland Premiere ChinaMainland Premiere) (P)
Shortlisted for a kind of attention unit at the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival, it presents the inner world of women in a suspenseful and thrilling way with the background of the entertainment industry secrets.
4. "Architect/Brick"
(Director: Ding Wenjian DINGWenjian)
(World Premiere WorldPremiere) (P) (1st)
Tian Zhuangzhuang supervises the production, director Ding Wenjian is a construction engineer, the film tells the story of an architect who rushes back from Singapore to his hometown to bury his mother, and is involved in the transformation of the old city and two emotions.
【Best of Fest film festival】
1. "I Lost My Body/J' ai Perdu Mon Corps"
(France, France)
(Directed by: Jehmi Clapan Jérémy Clapin)
China Premiere)(P)
Winner of the Grand Prix in the "Critics' Week" section of the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival. An expedition with a severed hand through Paris in search of its own body.
2. Atlantics/Atlantique
(France/Senegal/Belgium France/Senegal/Belgium)
(Directed by: Marty Diop Mati Diop)
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize in the main competition section of the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival. A tower, a group of workers, a couple, an ocean.
3. "Sole"
(Italy/Poland Italy/Poland)
(Directed by: Carlo Sironi: Carlo Sironi)
(China Premiere ChinaPremiere) (P)
It was shortlisted for the Horizon section of the 76th Venice Film Festival and the Toronto and Busan International Film Festivals. The story of a mother who wants to sell her child and forms a temporary family with a strange man, but in the day-to-day relationship, it is a story of affection. Director Carlo Siloni's previous work has won awards at international film festivals such as Locarno, Venice and Turin.
4. Songwithout a Name/Canción sin nombre
(Peru/Spain/UNITED States Peru/Spain/USA)
(Directed by: Melina León: Melina León)
(Asian Premiere AsianPremiere) (P)
He was shortlisted for the Bi-Weekly Section of Directors at the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival and won the Film Vision Award at the Munich Film Festival. Based on true events, the story of a young Peruvian mother searching for her child.
5. "The Bull/The Bull/БЫК"
(Russia, Russia)
(Director Dir: Boris Akopov: Boris Akopov)
It was shortlisted for the main competition section of the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic and won the Grand Prize of the 2019 Russian Kinotavr Film Festival. Adapted from a true crime story that took place on the outskirts of Moscow in the 1990s.
6. "Lhamo and Skalbe"
(Directed by: Sonthar Gyal)
A couple of lovers encountered many obstacles in the process of "applying for a marriage license", and the relationship between the two was tested again and again. The 2019 San Sebastian Film Festival main competition unit finalist, 2018 2nd Pingyao International Film Festival Developing Film Project Best Film Award Winner. The director won the Grand Jury Prize at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival for "Ara Ginger Color".
7. Balloon
(Director: Pema Tseden Wan Ma Tseden)
Director Wan Ma Tse-dan's first female perspective work was shortlisted for the Horizon Section of the 76th Venice Film Festival, the Toronto Film Festival and the Busan Film Festival.
【Made-in-Shanxi from Shanxi】
1. "BataGirl"
(Director: Yang Jin Yang Jin)
(World Premiere World Premiere) (P)
*Director of Shanxi
The story of a Chinese women's soccer player who retired from injury to help a girl in Pakistan's mountainous areas realize her dreams.
2. "Best Director/Best Director"
(Director: Zhang Xian ZHANG Xian)
(World Premiere World Premiere) (P)
* Shanxi Director / Shanxi Story
A couple with successful careers returned to their hometown to get married, encountering conflicts of new and old concepts and cultural differences, and the two were deeply uncomfortable with the "hometown characteristics".
3. "The Ballad of The Date Boy / Brothers"
(Director: Shen Cong SHEN Cong)
*Shanxi Director / Shanxi Story / Shanxi Filming Location / Shanxi Production Agency Production
Adapted from the Pu opera "Ballad of Jujube Children", it is based on the real historical materials of Wu Bozong's wanli search for his brother in Jishan County, Shanxi during the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty.
4. "Father Father"
(Director: Yin Dawei yin)
*Shanxi Story/Shanxi Filming Location/Produced by Shanxi Production Agency
Based on the Meido drama "Father", it tells a touching and profound story that occurs between the migrant worker's cattle ploughing the field and the adopted daughter Xiao Chun.
Theme: Indian New Film Indian Cinema 1957-1978 (Restored) (World Premiere World Premiere)
1. "Our Bread of the Day's Bread/Uski Roti"
（1969）
(Directed by: Mani Kaul, Marnie Caul)
An important milestone in India's new cinema. The wife delivers bread to her husband every day, and this rule is disrupted throughout the day.
2. Donkeyin a Brahmin Village/Agraharathil Kazhuthai
（1977）
(Directed by: John Abraham John Abraham)
The professor adopts a donkey, bringing out absurd stories that satirize the paranoia and superstition of the villagers. Director Abraham is one of the most experimental filmmakers at the Indian Academy of Film and Television.
3. "In TwoMinds/Duvidha"
（1973）
(Directed by: Mani Kaul: Mani Kaul)
The newlywed girl's husband had to be away from home for five years, and a ghost fell in love with her, appeared in her image, and began to live with her. Director Marnie Kaul is one of the most eye-catching works in Europe and was selected for the Berlin Film Festival Forum.
4. Mr. Shome/Mr. Shome/BhuvanShome
(Directed by: Molinai Sen Miles Sen)
A railway officer went on a hunting trip and met a young village girl, who had a wonderful transformation. Director Molinai Sen won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for "Closing the Case".
5. "One's Owen Choice/Swayamvaram"
（1972）
(Directed by: Ador Kopleklish Khan AdoorGopalakrishnan)
A milestone in Malayalam films. A couple who elope find themselves in a relentless world.
6. "The Circus Tent/Thampu"
（1978）
(Director Dir: Govindan Aravindan)
Breaking the boundaries between drama and documentary. A touring circus came to the village and brought small ripples to the lives of the villagers.
7.《云遮星/TheCloud-Capped Star/Meghe Dhaka Tara》
（1960）
(Directed by: Lee Vic Gatak Ritwik Ghatak)
In a refugee-populated village in Kolkata, a selfless teenage girl sacrifices her happiness for her family. Together with "E Key" and "Golden Thread", the film is called the "Epic Trilogy", which is a thorough exploration of life in West Bengal after the partition of India and Pakistan, and has been hailed as a milestone in the history of Indian cinema.
8. Mirror of Illusion/Maya Darpan
(Directed by: Kumar Shahani Kumar Shahani)
In a gray industrialized town, a young woman and her wealthy family are undergoing change. Director Shahani is an important member of India's new film movement.
9. "ThePathetic Fallacy/Ajantrik"
（1957）
A taxi driver has a strange relationship with his Chevrolet classic car. Director Gatak is one of india's most pioneering and influential filmmakers after independence.
10. "Character/TheRole/Bhumika"
（1976）
(Directed by: Shyam Bennigor Shyam Benegal)
Usha became a popular female star, but her love life hit a wall everywhere. Director Bennigor played a key role in the development of independent cinema outside of mainstream Mumbai in the 1970s.
11. "The Seed Seedlings/TheSeedling/Ankur"
The landlord's son seduces his servants, and their relationship ends in misery. He was selected for the main competition section of the Berlin Film Festival.
12. Capricorn/Throne of Capricorn/Uttarayanam
（1974）
An unemployed youth, because of the rapid changes in society around him, finds that his ideals and beliefs are being shaken. The story is inspired by the director's own satirical comics.
FreeivalMentor's Choice
A Mongolian Tale
(Director: Xie Fei XIE Fei)
(2K Fixed)
Adapted from Zhang Chengzhi's novel of the same name, it won the Best Director Award at the Montreal Film Festival. Singer Tengger starred in the lead role and scored the film.
East-WestContribution
Red Sorghum
(Director: Zhang Yimou ZHANG Yimou)
(4K Repaired)
Adapted from Mo Yan's 1986 novellas" "Red Sorghum" and "Sorghum Wine", winner of the Golden Bear Award at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. Jiang Wen and Gong Li starred.
【Fan Carnival Cinephile】
The Climbers
(Director: Lee In-gang/Daniel LEE)
In 1960, the Chinese mountaineering team completed the story of the first human ascent of Mount Everest from the north slope. Directed by Li Rengang, starring Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Yi, Jing Bairan, Hu Ge, Wang Jingchun, He Lin and Jackie Chan.
Notes: (R) = Roberto Rossellini Awards (F) = Fei Mu Awards (Y) = Youth Jury Awards (P) = Audience Voting Honors People's Choice Awards (M) = Camouflage Choice Honors CINEMAPHILIA Critics' Awards (1st) = Directorial Debut Directorial First Feature (2nd) = Director's second work Directorial Second Feature* 1. Some of the films will be released before the opening
* We shall have an adjustment in the program list, and the final program list is subject to the official announcement. The festival reserves all the right to the final explanation.
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Founded by director Jia Zhangke and with Marco Muller as artistic director, the Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival is held annually in the 2,700-year-old city of Pingyao. The first two film festivals were successfully held in 2017 and 2018.
Under the special authorization of film director Ang Lee, the film exhibition, under the name of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", mainly screens non-Western (China, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa) films, aiming to enhance the connection and cooperation between Chinese films and film practitioners in non-Western and developing countries, form a dialogue between non-Western films and Western films; and create a spirit from the Pingyao International Film Festival with a rigorous and responsible attitude, based on becoming a "fine film exhibition" with a large pattern and small body. Establish a film evaluation system exclusive to the Pingyao International Film Festival and radiate global influence. At the same time, with the goal of praising past film achievements and promoting the new creations of young directors, Pingyao International Film Festival focuses on promoting film culture and promoting the growth of young directors, and is committed to providing Chinese audiences with the opportunity to appreciate the world's outstanding film works and promoting the development of local art and culture.
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