Chinese Youth Video Forum reveals nominations, Peng Yuyan competes for emerging male actors
1905 movie network news The 12th Chinese Youth Video Forum will be held in Wuhan, Hubei from September 22 to 26. On August 30, the forum held a media communication meeting in Beijing to announce the list of shortlisted works and personnel for the "New Artist of the Year" and "Video Exhibition", and at the same time announced the guests who participated in the main activities of the forum such as the Annual New Artist Promotion Committee and the Project Venture Capital Jury. Rao Shuguang, Secretary General of the China Film Association and Director of the Film Art Center of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, actors Na Renhua and Yan Danchen, composer Shu Nan, young directors Li Ruijun and Wang Xuebo attended the day’s activities.
Er Dongsheng became the chairman of the new promotion committee, and Peng Yuyan was nominated for actor of the year
As an important main event of the Chinese Youth Video Forum, the annual New Filmmakers Promotion Unit aims to professionally select and recognize the outstanding young filmmakers in the fields of acting, directing, photography, recording, art, editing, music, and production this year. After inviting Xie Fei, Mu Deyuan, Huang Jianxin, Yin Li and Feng Xiaogang to attend the previous five sessions, Hong Kong director Er Dongsheng became the "helm" of this year’s new promotion committee. He will work with actors Na Renhua and Feng Yuanzheng, general manager of China Film Overseas Promotion Co., Ltd. Gu Guoqing, screenwriter Zou Jingzhi, director Cai Shangjun, photography director Zhao Xiaoshi, recording director Tao Jing, art director Cao Jiuping, editing director Yang Hongyu, composer Shu Nan, and ten individual honors such as annual emerging director, screenwriter, and actor will be selected.
At the media communication meeting that day, judge Na Renhua also announced the list of nominees for this year’s "New Artist of the Year". "28 Years Old", "One Word Worth 10,000 Sentences", "Hello, Crazy!", "Glitter Girl", "Donkey Gets Water", "Riding the Wind and Waves", "Like You" and other 20 works were selected for the annual film list; Peng Yuyan, Zhou Baihao and Peng Yuchang were all nominated for the annual new actor; in terms of actresses, Ren Suxi, Li Qian and Xu Lu were shortlisted. It is reported that the final evaluation results of the annual new artist promotion will be announced at the "Annual New Artist Promotion Ceremony" on September 26.
"One Mind Nameless" and other shortlisted video exhibitions, the project venture capital will support young filmmakers
The video exhibition is another important main event of the Chinese Youth Video Forum. The exhibition solicits excellent works of young Chinese directors from all over the world. Since April 2017, hundreds of Chinese-language films have been signed up from home and abroad. After the selection of 12 filmmakers, scholars and film critics, a total of 33 works have entered the final list. They include 16 feature films such as "One Mind Without Understanding", "Island of Streams" and "Decibel Life", 9 short films such as "Girl Su Yun" and "Invisible Kingdom", as well as 6 documentaries and 3 animated works.
In addition to using the video exhibition to identify and cultivate cutting-edge Chinese film talents, the Chinese Youth Video Forum has also established a "New Youth Manufacturing and Project Venture Capital" public welfare film project incubation platform to provide a good project growth environment for young filmmakers, and to build a communication bridge between film projects with market potential or artistic value and powerful film investment and distribution institutions in the Chinese language industry. This year’s "New Youth Manufacturing and Project Venture Capital" has expanded on the basis of last year, with 21 strategic cooperation institutions signing contracts. 21 top film and television companies such as the Film Channel Program Center of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, Bona Film, Bad Monkey Film, and iQIYI will escort the shortlisted projects. The jury will select five awards: "Winning Award, Business Potential Award, Most Creative Award, Creative Wuhan Award, and Attention to Children Award." The winners will also be announced at the annual New Artists Promotion Ceremony on September 26.
The shortlist for the 12th Chinese Youth Video Forum is as follows:(Sorted by strokes, 33 in total)
Feature films (16)
1. "One Thought Without Understanding", Huang Jin
2. "The Heavy Snow Winter Solstice", Xing Xiao
3. "Island of Streams", Zhan Jinglin
4. "School Terror", Gao Peng, Liu Dingye
5. "Clouds are waiting for me in my hometown", Qi Xu Nan
6. "Decibel Life", Chen Shengji (Malaysia)
7. "Heart Lamp · Ghee", Guan Xi
8. "Eight Years Old", Yang Jin
9. "Farewell", Peng Tao
10. "Golden Pearl Mami", Yang Rui
11. "Spring Tide in Akino", Chen Zhihai
12. "Mourning Women’s Heavenly Group", Sang Mutian, Liu Bowen
13. Discrete Categories, Chen Yue
14. Johnny Keck, Huang Xi
15. "Yuan Shang" (Special Screening), Qiao Liang
16. "The Couch Sleeper", Long Fei
Drama shorts (9 films)
1. "The Girl Su Yun", Wu Jiakai
2. The Prisoner, Pan Siqi
3. "Exam", Song Jinsui
4. "Park of Memories", Zhou Nanshen
5. Halley’s Comet, Guo Zihao
6. The Invisible Kingdom, Liu Mingshan
7. "Parables", Yang Yi Hu (UK)
8. "Gaofu Town", Qiu Sheng
9. "Black Car Driver", Sun Liang
Documentary (5 films)
1. "Do What You Want", Yang Lizhu
2. "Floating Life in the County Town", Qiao Jiaqi
3. "Crazy Patriots" by Liu Zhongbo
4. "Home", Cheng Li
5. "The Shaky World", Fan Jian
Cartoons (3)
1. "Story in the Mountains", Li Qiwei
2. "Old Bear", Chen Chen (France)
3. "The Adventure of Fat Cow with Flammulina velutipes", Zou Shanshan
The 12th Chinese Youth Video Forum The annual list of emerging filmmakers is as follows:(Sort by strokes)
The shortlisted films (20):
"28-Year-old Minor"
"MRS K"
One sentence is worth 10,000 sentences.
"Ignorance"
"Island of Streams"
"Decibel Life" (Malaysia)
The Stone.
"Shining Girl"
"Eight Years Old"
"Hello, madman!"
The donkey gets water.
"Golden Pearl Mami"
"The Hunter"
"Mourning Women’s Heavenly Group"
"Forgive Him 77 Times"
"Riding the Waves"
Mountains Moved by the Sun
"Lover."
"Like You"
"Johnny Keck."
Nominations for New Artists of the Year:
Rising Screenwriter of the Year:
Wang Qiang, Mountains Moved by Sunlight
Zhang Tianhui and Yang Jianjun, "The Hunter"
Chen Chu Heng’s "One Thought Without Understanding"
Zhou Shen and Liu Lu, "The Donkey Goes to Water"
Huang Xi, "Johnny Keck"
Zhan Jinglin, "Island of Rivers"
New Director of the Year:
Wang Qiang, Mountains Moved by Sunlight
Chen Shengji, "Decibel Life" (Malaysia)
Zhao Xiang "Stone"
Huang Jin’s "One Thought Without Understanding"
Huang Xi, "Johnny Keck"
Zhan Jinglin, "Island of Rivers"
New Photographer of the Year:
Zhu Zhigang’s "28-year-old minor"
Chen Keqin’s "Decibel Life"
Chen Qiwen, "Island of Streams"
Cheng Ma Zhiyuan "Riding the Wind and Waves"
New Editor of the Year:
White Jade "Riding the Wind and Waves"
Su Wentai and Zhang Huijun, MRS K
Zhou Shen, Yang Yang and Li Quanyang, "The Donkey Goes to Water"
Zhan Jinglin, "Island of Rivers"
New Recording Artist of the Year:
Zhang Wenjuan and Xu Ying, "Donkey Goes to Water"
Zhao Ying "One sentence is worth ten thousand sentences"
Guo Ming, Tu Hao, "Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves"
Dege made "The Hunter"
New Artist of the Year:
Wang Kuo "Riding the Wind and Waves"
Wang Taisi, MRS K
Chen Feiyu, "Mourning Women’s Heavenly Group"
Lin Zhifeng’s "Decibel Life" (Malaysia)
New Actor of the Year:
**** Mountains Moved by the Sun
Chen Zeyao’s "Decibel Life" (Malaysia)
Zhou Baihao, "Forgive Him 77 Times"
Peng Yuyan’s "Riding the Wind and Waves"
Peng Yuchang "Shining Girl"
New Actress of the Year:
Ren Suxi, "The Donkey Goes to Water"
Li Qian "One sentence is worth ten thousand sentences"
Yang Xiucuo, "Golden Pearl Mami"
Xu Lu’s "Shining Girl"
Rema Cedan, "Johnny Keck"
New Producer of the Year:
Wang Lilin’s "Decibel Life" (Malaysia)
Li Haihua’s "Mountains Moved by Sunlight"
Li Wenwen and Yu Meng, "Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves"
Zhang Zhuti, "Johnny Keck"
Sachiri, Huang Tianyi, Conley, "The Donkey Goes to Water"