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Chapter 514 "The Wandering Earth" becomes the opening film of the film festival

June 15th, Shanghai Grand Theater.

The red carpet was star-studded, and Chen Jingxing and the other six judges maintained a smile that was almost frozen in front of the cameras and paid tribute frequently.

After finally holding on for three minutes, Chen Jingxing breathed a sigh of relief and led the judges towards the Grand Theater.

After the Magic City Film Festival concluded last year, with the persuasion of the film bureau leaders, Chen Jingxing took over the position of Chairman of the Jury of the Magic City Film Festival for two consecutive terms.

Fortunately, he is not the director of the organizing committee. The chairman of the jury, like other judges, is busy with the nine days of the film festival. He watches all the films in the main competition unit within a few days of screening at the film festival, and then makes selections for each award.

Fortunately, some of the studio scenes of "Interstellar" have been filmed. After the Shanghai Film Festival, Chen Jingxing can take the crew abroad to Europe to shoot the scenes of the water planet and the glacier planet, which did not delay the filming schedule much.

The Shanghai Film Festival invited him to serve as a judge just to use his fame to lend some aura to the film festival and at the same time increase the number and quality of submitted films.

After all, most of the previous jury chairpersons of the Magic City Film Festival were domestic filmmakers and well-known actors. There were also foreign filmmakers who served as chairmen, but they were all lesser-known art film directors.

There has never been an internationally renowned director like Chen Jingxing serving as the chairman of the jury in the previous 21 editions of the Shanghai Film Festival.

The Media Awards also have a complete set of awards including Best Film, Director, Leading Actor and Actor, Supporting Actor and Newcomer, etc. Most of the winners are domestic actors.

"Director Chen, well-known blogger Sanxiao broke the news that DreamWorks' costume drama has begun casting..."

Sometimes it is a commercial blockbuster to attract media attention, but more often it is a selection of so-called "legends" that have not been shortlisted for the main competition. There are no certain rules.

However, Chen Jingxing’s position as chairman did not mean that he did not receive benefits.

At least, DreamWorks' space science fiction movie can use the reputation of China's aerospace industry development as a gift for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Zhu Wenjiu is completely different from Wu Zhaoxian, the chairman of Tianrun who Chen Jingxing often interacts with. Wu Zhaoxian has a strong businessman temperament, while Zhu Wenjiu has a more serious temperament, and his temperament is elegant and makes people feel like spring breeze.

After the National Day release last year, several studios joined forces to force DreamWorks to give up some share of the pie.

Moreover, there are three science fiction-themed works among the feature films and short films in the main competition section, which has not been done before.

Most of the time, there is really no conflict of interest, and there are no hidden rules to follow.

It was also Jingying's bad luck. It happened to have Chen Jingxing as the chairman of the jury. After some communication, "Eight Hundred Revelations" naturally lost to "The Wandering Earth" without any suspense.

Therefore, "Apocalypse of Eight Hundred" has decided to be released in the summer. After all, there are many gift films for the National Day, and "Apocalypse of Eight Hundred" is not a gift film, so the best choice is the summer release.

After dealing with the media, Chen Jingxing entered the Magic City Grand Theater.

Because there are gift films in the National Day movie this year, the competition in the summer movie is particularly fierce.

He is considered the real operator of the Shanghai Film Festival.

DreamWorks has taken a step back and cannot bully others too much.

For example, this year's Magic City Film Festival has more than 4,300 films registered for competition, and the number of films registered has reached a new high, more than 500 films more than last year.

Being released in late June can be regarded as a summer release.

As for "The Wandering Earth", it is scheduled to be released on June 22nd, and it is planned to be a summer release.

The reporters looked at each other.

The most I can get is the 74th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

But this change is better than nothing.

The opening films of the Shanghai Film Festival are usually not films shortlisted for the main competition.

After all, there are only a few famous business directors like Chen Jingxing in Hollywood, and the Shanghai Film Festival cannot invite them.

Questions related to the film festival...

Chen Jingxing nodded, it seemed that the reporters were very smart.

The Magic City Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival are separated by more than a month. High-quality films must be given priority to apply for Cannes. Of course, many films will also apply for the Magic City. However, the films that can be selected into the main competition of the Golden Goblet are basically unsuccessful in Cannes.

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Although the Film Festival Media Award is far from as valuable as Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers, the title does have the words "Magic City International Film Festival" in it, which is quite bluffing.

Chen Jingxing plans to screen it for the first time at the opening ceremony of this year's Shanghai Film Festival, and then conduct small-scale screenings for a week to build up reputation until the large-scale release on the 22nd.

Chen Jingxing: "Today is the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Film Festival. Please ask some questions related to the film festival."

However, Chen Jingxing, the chairman of the jury, did not receive any pressure from Tianrun. Zhu Wenjiu, the director of the organizing committee, never communicated any PY transactions with Chen Jingxing from the beginning to the end. The two had only contacted each other by phone before.

"Eight Hundred Revelation" and "The Wandering Earth" compete to be the opening film.

After all, "Chen Jingxing revealed" and "Chen Jingxing said" are definitely more eye-catching in the news than "Guo Fan said".

Relying on this method of setting up the main competition Golden Goblet Award and the Media Award separately, the main competition unit of the Shanghai Film Festival is actually relatively clean, and its fairness is relatively guaranteed.

Can Qidao become the helmsman of the Shanghai Film Festival?

The competition for this year's opening film is extremely fierce.

But Chen Jingxing is on the screenwriter list of "The Wandering Earth" after all, so besides interviewing Guo Fan, Wu Jing and others, the media will not let Chen Jingxing go.

The screening of "The Wandering Earth" at the Shanghai Film Festival is an important step in publicity and is the beginning of screenings in the following week. Therefore, it is necessary to give the media more information to make them more popular.

The three major European movies are separated by four months from each other, and almost all the movies of the past year are captured in one go.

Awards other than the Golden Goblet Award have nothing to do with Chen Jingxing and the jury. These are basically the resources in the hands of Tianrun Pictures.

"Eight Hundred Revelations" is difficult to relate to.

But it can be smoothed out.

How many good art films can there be in a year?

Those who are shortlisted for Cannes may not be that good, let alone the losers.

And other companies can't say anything. After all, during the past summer domestic film protection month, many Hollywood movies were scheduled to be released in late June or the end of August. You can't say that Hollywood has broken through the domestic film protection month.

"Director Chen's words are wrong. The last time I saw Director Chen was at the New Era Chinese Film Creation Seminar not long ago. But at that time, Director Chen, you were speaking on the stage and I was the audience below."

Then, due to review reasons, it was not until April that we obtained two certificates, namely a public screening license and a digital film technology certificate.

The Magic City Film Festival Organizing Committee also welcomes "The Wandering Earth" as the opening film, which can increase the exposure and attention of the film festival, which is a win-win situation.

The opening ceremony was not long, it only included the presentation of a few special awards, speeches by the leaders, speeches by the jury representatives, etc. After all, after the opening ceremony, most people had to go to the nearby Grand Guangming Cinema to watch the opening film "The Wandering Earth".

"Director Chen will have to work hard in the next few days. There are many more films registered this year, so there are many more films in the main competition than last year. No film is willing to be eliminated."

"Mr. Zhu, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Just like Jingying Film created the Beijing circle in the domestic film and television industry, Tianrun Pictures, which is also one of the Five King Kongs and is now one of the Six King Kongs, is also a representative of the Shanghai circle in the film and television industry.

As for whether he, as the chairman of the jury, has played a blessing role in the film festival, it seems that there are still some changes.

There is no problem in using it to provide bonuses to some second-, third-, and fourth-tier actors.

China Media is one of the top comprehensive cultural industry groups in China, even larger than Mango Media.

The opening film of this year's Shanghai Film Festival is "The Wandering Earth".

Since it is the Shanghai area, the Magic City International Film Festival is naturally also the territory of Tianrun Pictures.

Jingying Film's "Eight Hundred Revelation" started filming at the beginning of 2017. However, due to twists and turns due to shooting scenes, script modifications and other reasons, the official filming was delayed until the second half of the year, and it was not completed until the beginning of 2018.

Sitting next to Chen Jingxing is Zhu Wenjiu, the executive director of Tianrun Pictures and a well-known producer in the industry.

Of course, on the one hand, the films in the main competition section of the Shanghai Film Festival are all literary and artistic films, and most of them are foreign films.

After all, major studios such as Jingying Film, Tianrun, and United Cinemas control a lot of theaters. DreamWorks has indeed continued to take advantage of the relatively fierce production during the big period, and rarely co-produces with other studios to share the profits.

Very few indeed.

After all, the gifts were dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 70th anniversary of the Korean War.

"I heard that the project of "The Wandering Earth II" has been approved. Director Guo previously said that the characters in the sequel will be brand new, and "Spike III" is also in preparation, so Wu Jing will not appear in the sequel?"

"Director Chen, I heard that DreamWorks is planning to make a costume drama. Is it true?"

Headquartered in Magic City, it has a close relationship with the Magic City Media Group, which owns Donghai Satellite TV. Its major shareholder is Media Group.

Because it was the opening film, the main creators of "The Wandering Earth" were also present and were being interviewed on the other side.

Chen Jingxing is also happy to satisfy the media's curiosity while trying not to reveal too much.

He also has another identity, the director of the Shanghai Film Festival Center, the executive deputy secretary-general of the organizing committee, and the current Chinese representative of the International Film Producers Association.

Other film festivals make a living by picking up leftovers, and they can only stand out from the short ones.

Chen Jingxing was exceptionally generous from the inside story of casting, to the interesting things he learned about what happened from project establishment to filming, and the future plans for the film.

With such a wholly state-owned enterprise as its backer, Tianrun can long-term stand among the top five in China, comparable to National Film and Beijing Film.

"Director Chen, are there any space scenes in "The Wandering Earth"?"

"Director Chen, do you have any predictions about the box office prospects of "The Wandering Earth"?"

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Chen Jingxing made a certain compromise and did not participate in this year's summer film.

The main competition units are the Asian Newcomer Award and the Media Award in addition to the Golden Goblet Award. This is where the unspoken rules prevail.

"Mr. Zhu, you're welcome. Why bother? Watching movies is a pleasure for me. The more movies, the better..."

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"I heard that DreamWorks is going to make a costume drama?"

Chen Jingxing secretly laughed in his heart, he really couldn't hold back his anger.

(End of chapter)