Many people who have come to the FIRST Film Festival have said that if it weren't for this film festival, maybe most of them would never have come to Xining in their lifetime.

And that's exactly what happened.

Shen Ming's biggest impression of Xining is probably an important central city in the northwest region...

He had always thought that the provincial capital of Qinghai was Yushu or Lanzhou...

Of course, he is not a fool, thinking that the so-called northwest city is a steppe or a large pastoral area, riding a horse to drive sheep every day, leading a Tibetan mastiff to guard against wolves...

This thing, even if you think about it, you know it's impossible.

The large-scale development of the western region, the national nature, a little reading of the news, you know that it is impossible to be like the 60s, remote rural areas, what to use a basin to serve food, ride a horse to hurry...

However, when he arrived in Xining, Shen Ming was really surprised, this place actually looked very good and modern!

Compared to some cities in the central region, it is definitely slightly better...

According to the locals, the house price here is around seven or eight thousand...

Seven or eight thousand, which is almost equivalent to the third-tier level!

Every year, although the participants are the debut films of some young directors who are not famous, they are rarely coerced by capital or the market because they are oriented to some art films or independent productions.

The works of these young directors are either avant-garde or artistic or experimental or genre, but no matter what the genre and style, they can always be included in FIRST.

Why did Shen Ming come to FIRST?

Because, this is recognized as the first film festival in the mainland!

No, it can't be called a film festival, it can only be a film exhibition without official permission, at present, we only have the Shanghai Film Festival, the Beijing Film Festival and the Pingyao International Film Festival, FIRST, which can only be called the FIRST Youth Film Festival.

Very rated!

Let's put it this way, the young film directors who have shined in recent years have basically come out of FIRST!

director Xin Yukun of "Heart Labyrinth" and "Bursting Silence";

director Zhang Dalei of "August";

Zhou Ziyang's "Old Beast" and Hu Bo also found "Elephant Sits on the Ground" at FIRST's venture capital meeting, Wen Muye won the FIRST Short Film Special Award, and then was selected by Ning Hao to direct "I Am Not the God of Medicine"...

This year's FIRST is very crowded!

"The Party at the Southern Station" is the opening film, and the main creators of the crew are here, Yao Chen, Haiqing, Song Jia, Zhu Yawen, Wang Chuanjun, Zhou Dongyu are also here...

Of course, the weight of these people together is not as good as Shen Ming alone!

The red carpet ceremony was held at the Qinghai Grand Theater...

Unfortunately, it rained that day...

……

On the red carpet, Shen Ming held the little yellow duck, and the two walked very slowly...

There were not many media at the scene - it is said that many of them rushed to Xining because of Shen Ming.

"It's still interesting to have a domestic film festival red carpet!"

Zhou Dongyu asked strangely, "What do you say?"

"It's a novelty, it's all Mandarin!"

As Shen Ming walked, he waved to the fans who shouted Shen Ming's name on both sides...

"Is it more novel than Cannes?"

“… Cannes is too commercial..."

The two came to the interview area, and the host asked: "Hello, Shen Ming, why did you walk the red carpet with Miss Zhou Dongyu?"

Zhou Dongyu replied: "We just collaborated on a play, "Solid as a Rock" directed by Zhang Yimou!"

"Are you playing a couple?"

“… This can't be spoiled, the director said it, and he can't say a word!"

"It's the first time you come to our Xining FIRST Youth Film Festival, how do you feel?"

"It's good, there are not so many twists and turns, everyone only talks about movies, such a place, there is probably only FIRST in the whole of China!"

"Thank you..."

The host was very impressed...

That's the case, the FIRST Film Festival does not have the blessing of the government, there is no video website, no TV station broadcasting, only a few sponsors, so, very poor...

The previous sessions were all about generating electricity for love, purely relying on volunteers to help and work for free...

But this year, with the official support of Xining...

Therefore, the original closing film "Parasite" was due to technical reasons..."Sherlock on the Plains" was originally the main competition unit, but it has been released, and now it has become the closing film...

Dante told Shen Ming that there are several directors who are very good this year, Qu Youjia, the director of "Three Feet", Gu Xiaogang, the director of "Spring River Plumbing", and of course, "Spring Tide" blessed by Hao Lei, whose director is Yang Lina...

As for "Mosaic Girl", although Wang Yanhui and Wang Chuanjun starred, the movie was too conceptual - typical of not knowing what to do...

Minghui Company has several projects in hand, "Assassin and Postcard", "Trident", "Chang'an Road", etc., are all genre films that are both literary and entertaining, and Minghui Company needs to sign a few directors who are good at genre films...

After entering the backstage, Shen Ming said hello to a few acquaintances, and Li Ziwei, the person in charge of the organizer, came over, bowed first, and then said, "Teacher Shen Ming, can you please give me a show?"

“… Huh, me?"

"Yes, just a little bit!"

"For how long?"

"Five minutes or so, and then we'll let the jury come out. ”

Shen Ming thought about it for a moment: "No problem!"

"Then please,"

Li Ziwei stared at him...

"Going now?"

"Yes, the audience is waiting..."

“… You at least say it in advance, you don't even have any preparations!"

After complaining, Shen Ming still followed Li Ziwei and walked out.

Generally, the opening of film festivals is handed over to relatively famous stars or directors.

The organizer will also help him prepare the set of words in advance - foreigners rarely improvise, and they all have lines.

Shen Ming really didn't think that the organizer would find him, after all, he was neither a judge nor an award presenter, he was purely here to participate in the venture capital fair...

It can be seen that the FIRST Film Festival is really shameless, and directly let Shen Ming go on stage.

Fortunately, Ming Tsai has to see the wind and waves, and I am not very worried about the embarrassment or how it is...

……

Shen Ming tidied up his clothes a little, and then came to the stage.

He bowed first, and then said, "Good evening, everyone, welcome to the Xining FIRST Youth Film Festival, I am the opening guest Shen Ming!"

There was a burst of cheers from the audience, Shen Ming's reputation in recent years is not only in terms of actors, but also in terms of producers...

In addition to the audience, the directors and creators who were selected for the main competition unit and the screenings were seated in the audience, and of course they were very eager to pay attention to Shen Ming...

However, Ming Tsai is not RMB after all, and there must be people who don't like it...

"The organizer asked me to say casually, to pass the time, then I will say a few words casually..."

"Actually, FIRST approached me last year, but I haven't had time, I'm busy supporting North American independent films..."

All kinds of laughter in the audience...

Supporting North American independent films is a bunch of good deeds that give Shen Ming'an a nickname...

"Don't laugh, I'm telling the truth, "Burst Drummer", "District 9", "Dallas Buyers Club", including "La La Land" and "The Fighter" that I invested in this year are all independent films, and in the overall environment of Hollywood, they can also be regarded as marginal themes!"

"Of course, we also did "Sherlock on the Plains" and "The Boy and the Sea", the scripts of these two films are very good, I really welcome everyone to vote the script to Minghui Company, good projects, we will advance as quickly as possible, and our biggest feature is that we will never interfere with the creation, even if your film is cut out for four hours, we will still release it!"

A bunch of people in the audience applauded...

This is ridiculing Wang Xiaoshuai...

Shen Ming continued: "Last month, I was lucky to win an award in Cannes, I really think that the Cannes Film Festival is similar to our FIRST Film Festival, in addition to Cannes there is a sea, but we also have Qinghai Lake!"

The scene is already full of joy...

Cannes and FIRST Film Festivals can be similar?

"However, what we didn't expect is that our film festival is really going to the extreme, and we really don't care about anything, but everyone really loves movies, and when you pay for your own wine and accommodation, you still come to the exhibition with great interest, which is not love, so what is love?"

"Okay, without further ado, we have invited this year's judges to attend!"

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