The 4th Sea Film Festival will be held in Sanya, Hainan Province from December 18th to 25th.
On December 16, the 4th Hainan Island International Film Festival in 2022, co-hosted by China Central Radio and Television and the Hainan Provincial People's Government, held its second press conference in Sanya, Hainan, where the preparations for the film festival were introduced , guest invitations and Sanya security situation.
Huang Jianxin served as the chairman of the "Golden Coconut Award" jury. The screening unit was screened all over the island.
The judging panel for the "Golden Coconut Award" at the Hainan Island International Film Festival is composed of 13 film artists from home and abroad. They will participate in the judging work of this year's "Golden Coconut Award" through a combination of online and offline methods. Director Huang Jianxin served as the chairman of the jury. He has directed many classic films such as "Back to Back, Face to Face" and "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", and supervised the production of "My Motherland and Me" and "Changjin Lake".
As an important section of the Hainan Island International Film Festival, the "Golden Coconut Award" call for films opened on July 21 this year. As of September 26, a total of 3,761 films had been submitted from 116 countries and regions. After layers of selection, 11 films were shortlisted for the feature film category, 8 films were shortlisted for the feature film category, and 10 films were shortlisted for the short film category (see the end of the article for the list and posters).
Films shortlisted for the Golden Coconut Award feature feature films include "Holiday After the Sun", "Those Beasts", "Georgia", "Son of Paris", "Saint-Omer", "Umbilical Cord", "I Deserve It If I Love You", "She in the Mist", " Vera, On the Set, and Giant, and the shortlisted films for the Golden Coconut Award Documentary Feature Film include "Stone Epic", "Blue Life", "Burning Dry Bush", "Work" and "Rookies, let's go!" ""See you on Friday, Mr. Robinson""Eclipse""We, students! ", the short films shortlisted for the Golden Coconut Award include "Stewardess-737", "See You in the Deep Sea", "I Failed to Fall in Love with Her", "Mother's Sad Lullaby", "Memoirs of a Storm", "Beauty Queen", "Kite", "Two People, One Person " "The Taste of Betrayal" "Water Balloon".
The official jury of the Golden Coconut Awards will uphold the working principle of "fairness and impartiality" to select the best film, best director, jury award, best actor, best actress, best screenwriter, best Technology, best documentary feature film, best short film, best animation ten awards.
In the film screening section, the 4th Hainan Island International Film Festival set up screening units of "Starlight Premiere", "Asian New Generation", "Film Festival Selection", "The End of the World", "Pearls and Shells", and "Focus on Classics". The "Starlight Premiere" unit will screen the new work "Keep You Safe" directed by Dapeng. The "Film Festival Selection" section selects award-winning works and high-profile works from major international film festivals in the world in 2022. The "End of the World" unit focuses on the international film world, paying attention to this year's masterpieces with good word-of-mouth and box office success around the world. The "Pearls and Shells" unit focuses on highly original and pioneering film works, broadening horizons with multiple perspectives. The "Focus on Classics" unit focuses on the filmmakers and works that have left a strong mark in the world film industry, leading the audience to experience the continuous changes in film narrative and image aesthetics. In addition, this year's Hainan Island International Film Festival continues to carry out activities such as "Island-wide Carnival", "Outdoor Screening" and "Online Screening".
Multi-section activities promote the development of the film industry Film practitioners gather in Sanya, Hainan
The 4th Hainan Island International Film Festival always focuses on the latest global developments and the sustainable development of the film industry. In the master class section, French film curator and film translator Duamé, Dutch cinematographer and film educator Keith Van Ostrum, cinematographer Luo Pan, and German film educator , film director Jan Schutt, director Li Shaohong and director, screenwriter and producer Wen Yan. They will provide exchange opportunities for filmmakers and movie fans in the form of on-site discussions and remote connections, continuing the bond function of the Hainan Island International Film Festival.
This Hainan Island International Film Festival will also hold 9 major theme forums, including the Hainan Free Trade Port Construction Empowering the Film Industry to Steady Development Summit Forum, the theme forum of "Recording Videos, Harmonious Coexistence between Man and Nature", and the International Summit on Film and Television Digital Rights Management Forum, Women's Film Forum, Film Creation Forum, Digital Technology Forum of a new independent unit, China Children's Film Industry Development Forum, Film Music Forum, Public Welfare Film Forum. In addition, the first China Hainan Film Investment Summit will be held. On the land of the free trade port, the Sea Film Festival adheres to an international perspective, keeps pace with the development of the times and the country's overall development strategy and moves forward steadily. More than ten events will work together to discuss the new vision of China's film industry, film creation, and future images.
In terms of discovering new forces, since the Hainan Island International Film Festival "H!Action Venture Capital Conference" was held for the first time, it has been committed to communicating industrial resources, supporting filmmakers, promoting Sino-foreign cooperation, and providing incubation, financing, and promotion for different stages of projects. Serve. After the multi-dimensional evaluation of script review and project review, 15 script projects and 9 projects in production have finally entered the annual shortlist. The annual shortlisted projects will be presented to the judging committee, WIP jury and industry guests during the film festival, and will compete for the final official awards of the organizing committee and partner awards.
In line with the original intention of strengthening international film cultural exchanges and cooperation, promoting the development of the film industry, and promoting the prosperity of film creation, this year's Hainan Island International Film Festival invited actor Wang Jingchun to serve as the promotion ambassador. Engaged in acting for more than 20 years, he has created a series of popular screen images such as Hao Wanzhong and Xu Feng. He won the Best Actor Silver Bear Award at the 69th Berlin Film Festival and the 32nd China Film Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor. At the same time, the 4th Hainan Island International Film Festival also invited directors, screenwriters, producers and other film practitioners from all over the world to work together to promote the exchange and collision of film culture at home and abroad. In addition, Geng Le, Du Jiang, Zhou Bichang, Chen Duling, Liang Jingkang and other guests will also appear on the red carpet at the opening ceremony, and gather together to ignite the stars of this film festival.
Live for the light, walk with the shadow. The 4th Hainan Island International Film Festival is about to open. This year's film festival will aim at "year-round screenings, island-wide screenings, movie viewing for all, and the entire industry chain", dig deep into Hainan's cultural resources, and strive to create an international, professional film festival. An international film festival that combines internationalization, marketization and fashion.
The list of shortlisted films is as follows↓↓
