On July 15, the first "Before You Become a Director" theme film festival opened in Beijing. On the day of the event, curators Li Shaohong and Zhou Xun, well-known filmmakers Huang Jianxin, Wang Hongwei, Guan Hu, Liu Yiwei, Dong Runnian, young directors Shen Yu, Liang Ming and many other industry guests gathered to start a cross-generational dialogue. 
The "Before Becoming a Director" theme film festival is jointly curated by Li Shaohong, the chairman of the China Film Directors Association, the initiator of the Green Onion Project, the famous director, and the well-known actor Zhou Xun. Road, return to the original point of creation, and inspire more young creators to move forward bravely.
After the screening of "Life and Death", director Li Shaohong lamented that he was still inexplicably moved when he looked back at this work seventeen years later. "This kind of touching is not that I am intoxicated by the film I made, but that time, space, characters and stories have not changed, and everything seems to have happened yesterday."
Looking back at her original role, Zhou Xun also felt a lot of emotion. She revealed that it was the first time that she enjoyed this film on the big screen. The filming process was very hard, the sultry heat in the basement, the pain when applying makeup, and the chaos in the small commodity market. in sight. Talking about the secret of personal creation of characters, she said frankly that for actors, it is very important to "believe", "Believe in the creator, believe in what he says, and the overall creative team is also very important. Actors sometimes have a little mental cleanliness. , may be a little resistant, and once she believes it, her world will become colorful."
Opening Forum "Helping young directors finally complete a real work"
At the opening forum "Before becoming a director, after entering the field of vision", the film "Before Becoming a Director" joint manifesto was released.
In Li Shaohong's view, green onion is actually a starting point and an incubator. "Before becoming a director" belongs to green onion, and after becoming a director is a new starting point. "Lush is like a home, and there will be expectations for young directors, hoping that they can move forward more bravely."
Huang Jianxin, chairman of the 7th Scallion Project, said frankly that the Scallion Project has not only cultivated young people, but also promoted the progress of the previous generation of directors. Such intergenerational dialogue and complementarity between the two sides are of great significance to Chinese films. He also pointed out that films can be roughly divided into art films and mainstream market films. The latter follows not originality, but group psychology and values advocated by groups. "So these are two types of films. Commercial films are not very helpful to art films, but art films have always been of great help to the future of commercial films. I hope audiences can support our art films more, so that the mainstream market films in the future will be able to Getting better and better."
In the eyes of Wang Hongwei, chairman of the Green Onion Project, the Green Green Project is not simply to increase productivity for the commercial market, but to hope that industry predecessors can take more responsibility and responsibility, help young Chinese directors to inherit and develop, and encourage them to use the language of a new generation of directors. Record the current era.
Guan Hu, chairman of the 6th Green Onion Project, has studied many domestic film support programs. He believes that the biggest difference of the Green Onion Project is that it can rely on a professional and mature director team to push young directors to the front line for preparation, on-site shooting, and post-production. Edit, and finally complete a real work.
Focus on the green onion unit "When you can't judge rationally, trust your intuition"
Shen Yu, the top five director of the first Green Onion Project, said that the movie "Rabbit Violence" originated from his classwork, and he did not expect to meet the audience. After participating in the Green Onion Project, Director Li Shaohong and other seniors have provided him with a lot of help. , so that "Rabbit Violence" has the possibility of entering the theater, and I am very lucky to participate in the green onion plan.
Liang Ming, the top five director of the 3rd Green Onion Project, believes that young directors should seize every opportunity to complete their debut as soon as possible. "For young directors, there is always a way to complete the first work and interpret it. The most important thing is to have a strong desire to express and express it. Because there is no time when everything is fully prepared, it will never be possible. Perfectly prepared in every way. We will hear a lot of opinions along the way, but sometimes you still have to trust your intuition and when you can't judge rationally, trust your intuition because it's your work ."
After several years of solid accumulation, the Scallion Project has gradually become a "sample of the times" to record young filmmakers born in the 1980s, 1990s, and even the next 00s. The first theme film festival of the Green Onion Project will be held from July 15th to July 17th at the Art Cinema of the China Film Archive. In addition to the opening film "Life and Death", the Scallion Focus Unit selected 5 outstanding works of Scallion directors who have won awards at home and abroad for screening. The film list includes: "Under the Sun" directed by Liang Ming, "Wulin Orphans" directed by Huang Huang ", "Sweet Potatoes Over Rice" directed by Ye Qian, "Rabbit Violence" directed by Shen Yu and "Over the Spring" directed by Bai Xue.
Group photo of guests
"Life and Death" premiered in China, "In that era, there were many good movies in China"The "Before Becoming a Director" theme film festival is jointly curated by Li Shaohong, the chairman of the China Film Directors Association, the initiator of the Green Onion Project, the famous director, and the well-known actor Zhou Xun. Road, return to the original point of creation, and inspire more young creators to move forward bravely.
"Life and Death" poster
"Master Review Unit" directed by Li Shaohong and starring Zhou Xun, "Life and Death" is the opening film. This is the fourth cooperation between the master and the apprentice. The film tells the story of a female college student who fell in love with a "devil" with a human face and a beast heart, and was reborn after a life-and-death catastrophe. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in the United States in 2005 and won the Best Feature Film Award at the film festival. This is the first time it was shown on the domestic big screen.After the screening of "Life and Death", director Li Shaohong lamented that he was still inexplicably moved when he looked back at this work seventeen years later. "This kind of touching is not that I am intoxicated by the film I made, but that time, space, characters and stories have not changed, and everything seems to have happened yesterday."
Looking back at her original role, Zhou Xun also felt a lot of emotion. She revealed that it was the first time that she enjoyed this film on the big screen. The filming process was very hard, the sultry heat in the basement, the pain when applying makeup, and the chaos in the small commodity market. in sight. Talking about the secret of personal creation of characters, she said frankly that for actors, it is very important to "believe", "Believe in the creator, believe in what he says, and the overall creative team is also very important. Actors sometimes have a little mental cleanliness. , may be a little resistant, and once she believes it, her world will become colorful."
From left to right: Guan Hu, Huang Jianxin, Li Shaohong
Director Huang Jianxin pointed out after watching "Life and Death" that the film must rely on the accumulation of all things in order to achieve subtle transmission, to be able to imagine, to have a feeling of empathy, and to generate imagination. "Therefore, "Life and Death" is a good movie. In that era, there were many good movies in China. After watching it today, we will still be moved, triggered, or associated. The growth of each of our directors They all started on the shoulders of the previous generation of directors, and our generation stands on the shoulders of the fourth generation of directors. They have paved a lot of paths for us. This way, Chinese films will be better and stronger when they are passed down from generation to generation.”Opening Forum "Helping young directors finally complete a real work"
At the opening forum "Before becoming a director, after entering the field of vision", the film "Before Becoming a Director" joint manifesto was released.
In Li Shaohong's view, green onion is actually a starting point and an incubator. "Before becoming a director" belongs to green onion, and after becoming a director is a new starting point. "Lush is like a home, and there will be expectations for young directors, hoping that they can move forward more bravely."
Huang Jianxin, chairman of the 7th Scallion Project, said frankly that the Scallion Project has not only cultivated young people, but also promoted the progress of the previous generation of directors. Such intergenerational dialogue and complementarity between the two sides are of great significance to Chinese films. He also pointed out that films can be roughly divided into art films and mainstream market films. The latter follows not originality, but group psychology and values advocated by groups. "So these are two types of films. Commercial films are not very helpful to art films, but art films have always been of great help to the future of commercial films. I hope audiences can support our art films more, so that the mainstream market films in the future will be able to Getting better and better."
In the eyes of Wang Hongwei, chairman of the Green Onion Project, the Green Green Project is not simply to increase productivity for the commercial market, but to hope that industry predecessors can take more responsibility and responsibility, help young Chinese directors to inherit and develop, and encourage them to use the language of a new generation of directors. Record the current era.
Guan Hu, chairman of the 6th Green Onion Project, has studied many domestic film support programs. He believes that the biggest difference of the Green Onion Project is that it can rely on a professional and mature director team to push young directors to the front line for preparation, on-site shooting, and post-production. Edit, and finally complete a real work.
Focus on the green onion unit "When you can't judge rationally, trust your intuition"
Shen Yu, the top five director of the first Green Onion Project, said that the movie "Rabbit Violence" originated from his classwork, and he did not expect to meet the audience. After participating in the Green Onion Project, Director Li Shaohong and other seniors have provided him with a lot of help. , so that "Rabbit Violence" has the possibility of entering the theater, and I am very lucky to participate in the green onion plan.
Liang Ming, the top five director of the 3rd Green Onion Project, believes that young directors should seize every opportunity to complete their debut as soon as possible. "For young directors, there is always a way to complete the first work and interpret it. The most important thing is to have a strong desire to express and express it. Because there is no time when everything is fully prepared, it will never be possible. Perfectly prepared in every way. We will hear a lot of opinions along the way, but sometimes you still have to trust your intuition and when you can't judge rationally, trust your intuition because it's your work ."
After several years of solid accumulation, the Scallion Project has gradually become a "sample of the times" to record young filmmakers born in the 1980s, 1990s, and even the next 00s. The first theme film festival of the Green Onion Project will be held from July 15th to July 17th at the Art Cinema of the China Film Archive. In addition to the opening film "Life and Death", the Scallion Focus Unit selected 5 outstanding works of Scallion directors who have won awards at home and abroad for screening. The film list includes: "Under the Sun" directed by Liang Ming, "Wulin Orphans" directed by Huang Huang ", "Sweet Potatoes Over Rice" directed by Ye Qian, "Rabbit Violence" directed by Shen Yu and "Over the Spring" directed by Bai Xue.
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