In fact, the organizing committee of the film festival hopes to make the Beiping Film Festival an A-class film festival, and hopes to hold a film festival that is influential in the world like Cannes and Venice, and to build Beiping into the capital of oriental film and television. The film festival is jointly organized by the Beiping Municipal Government and the General Administration of the People's Republic of China, and the director and deputy director of the General Administration are members of the organizing committee of the film festival. However, even so, there were still troubles in the process of bidding for the film festival, and in the end, the organizing committee could only play a trick, first applying for the "Peking International Film Festival", and then changing the name to the film festival after it was successfully held.

The reason for this problem is that in 05, the Ministry of Propaganda promulgated the "Administrative Measures for the National Literary and Art Press and Publication Awards", in order to prevent "too much" in film awards and festivals, it is required to reduce or prohibit various award activities in the film industry. This document was promulgated by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, and it is still in force, and the General Administration does not dare to easily trespass on it.

Since the title is a film season, not a film festival, there is no competition and non-competition for the participating films, and all films are displayed equally in the "Peking Screening" section. This time, more than 650 Chinese and foreign films from 52 countries and regions signed up for the exhibition. Through careful selection by experts, the organizing committee selected nearly 160 Chinese and foreign films to participate in the exhibition, which were screened nearly 300 times in 20 theaters in Beiping, allowing Chinese audiences to enjoy excellent film works of different genres and styles in the world.

Due to the fact that a large number of Hollywood stars were invited to help the opening ceremony of the film festival, and a number of films will premiere during the festival, this year's Peking Film Festival has not only attracted the attention of the entire Chinese-language media circle, but also a large number of overseas media to conduct follow-up interviews. The festival has not officially opened, and no one knows what the standard is, but at least the attention has increased.

As we knew in advance that the star lineup of the opening ceremony of the film festival was unprecedentedly strong, more than 300 stars, famous directors, chairmen of international film festivals, and high-end people from internationally renowned film companies appeared on the red carpet. Two hours before the start of the red carpet ceremony, reporters and fans surrounded both sides of the 80-meter-long red carpet, and the faces of anticipation made the atmosphere extremely warm.

At half past 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the red carpet ceremony officially began, the first to appear was Yang Zaibao, Zhu Xijuan, Ge Cunzhuang and other 7 old film artists, this year's 82-year-old old filmmaker Ge Cunzhuang has used wonderful acting skills for the audience to dedicate many classic villains, he said excitedly that Peking can hold an international film season is his wish for many years.

Subsequently, under the leadership of director Ning Hao, the starring Zhang Ziyi, Gary Oldman, and Michael Fassbender of the movie "Tricolor World" appeared on the red carpet, and "Tricolor World" is also the opening film of this film festival. Their appearance set off the first wave of high tide for the entire red carpet, and the scene resounded with earth-shattering screams and cheers.

At the recently concluded Oscars, "Black Swan", which received 5 nominations and finally won the Best Actress Award, will be screened in Beiping as the key film screened in the Beiping Film Season. After director Darren Aronofsky appeared, he was quite low-key, but the reporters and fans on the scene refused to let go of the opportunity to contact with international famous directors, and kept shouting "Darren, this way, this way". The only regret for fans is that the film's star Natalie Portman was not present. But it can't be helped, Natalie Portman is pregnant and can't fly around.

After Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster appeared on the red carpet with Mel Gibson, the star of the movie "Beaver", it once again sparked a carnival of fans and media at the scene. Although these two are a little outdated in Hollywood, such a big star can appear on the red carpet of the Peking film season, which is enough to make fans and reporters at the scene crazy.

Next, when Zhang Yimou and Tom Cruise, the actor of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", appeared on the red carpet, the whole scene was completely boiling. Since the launch of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" in January, it has been strictly guarded against the media, and no one expected Zhang Yimou and Tom Cruise to appear on the red carpet of the film festival, which made the media present all overjoyed.

A reporter lamented: "Ten years ago, Hollywood stars were rare to see in China, but now with the rapid rise of the Chinese film market, more and more Hollywood stars are coming to China." ”

This remark has been agreed by many reporters, but some people retorted: "The rapid rise of the Chinese market is one aspect, but this time there are so many superstars, mainly to sell Zhang Ran's face." Take "Beaver" as an example, if it wasn't invested by Summit Entertainment, if it wasn't for Zhang Ran's face, do you think the movie would have premiered in China?"

This remark was agreed by many reporters: "Yes, if it weren't for Zhang Ran, it would not have been possible for so many Hollywood stars to join the show." ”

"I heard that Tom Cruise didn't want to take "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", but in the end, Zhang Ran came out and said that Cruise was moved, and Zhang Ran's influence in Hollywood is really not comparable to ordinary people. ”

The Peking Film Festival is a Chinese film festival, and the number of Chinese stars present must be the most, and almost all of China's top stars have arrived at this opening ceremony. Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, Hu Jun, Zhou Xun, Fan Binbin and other stars all appeared in full costume, and everyone's appearance can instantly warm up the atmosphere on the red carpet. It is no exaggeration to say that the star-sparkling degree of the Peking Film Festival this time is better than any film festival and award ceremony in China, even compared with the three major film festivals.

Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu are the image ambassadors of this film festival, and how they appear is undoubtedly one of the biggest highlights of this red carpet. However, to the surprise of fans and reporters, Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu did not appear together, and Zhang Jingchu appeared on the red carpet alone. This immediately sparked speculation among fans and reporters, what is the situation? Could it be that Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu had a conflict? Is Zhang Ran walking the red carpet alone, or is he walking with a certain beauty?

As time went on, the red carpet ceremony gradually came to an end, and the heavyweight guests had basically appeared. For fans and reporters, the only suspense is whether Zhang Ran appeared alone or with a certain beauty.

An extended Lincoln stopped at the entrance of the red carpet, and after the door opened, Zhang Ran walked down with a smile. However, Zhang Ran did not rush to the red carpet after getting out of the car, but stood at the entrance of the red carpet and waited.

This aroused the curiosity of fans and reporters, who stretched their necks one by one and looked towards the entrance of the red carpet, wanting to know who Zhang Ran was waiting for.

Soon three more cars drove up, and when the doors opened and the people in the cars got down, the whole scene was completely boiling, and it turned out to be Robert De Niro, Matt Damon, and Scarlett Johansson.

The fans and reporters present at this time completely understood why Zhang Ran didn't walk the red carpet with Zhang Jingchu, because he was going to take the crew of "Future Apocalypse" on the red carpet together. As the director and producer of "Future Apocalypse", it is impossible for him to throw the crew aside and walk the red carpet with Zhang Jingchu.

Red carpet host Jin Wei also introduced with a little excitement: "Now stepping on the red carpet is the crew of "Future Apocalypse" led by director Zhang Ran, "Future Apocalypse" has an investment of up to 350 million US dollars, which is the highest investment film in history, and has attracted huge attention around the world since its launch. Today's movie stars Matt Damon, Robert De Niro, Scarlett Johansson were all on the scene......"

After the crew of "Future Apocalypse" walked on the red carpet, Zhang Ran was greeted by the enthusiastic cries of fans, as well as the flashing lights in the hands of reporters, and the atmosphere of the whole scene also reached its peak at this moment;

Although it was walking the red carpet with top Hollywood superstars, the Peking Film Festival was Zhang Ran's home field, and the most famous thing shouted by the fans present was Zhang Ran's name, and the media reporters also focused on Zhang Ran, as if everyone had become his little fans.

After coming to the interview desk and conducting a brief interview, Zhang Ran and the others were about to leave. A hostess took advantage of her position to rush to Zhang Ran's side with an arrow step, grabbed Zhang Ran's hand tightly and took a group photo, and then a bunch of manners ladies ran over to look at the group photo on her mobile phone like crazy, squeaking with envy.

Scarlett Johansson couldn't help but say when she saw those hostesses excited like that, "You're so popular!"

Zhang Ran said proudly: "No way, who made me an idol director!"

Hearing this, Scarlett Johansson and they all laughed. There are idols and powerful actors, but the director does not have this statement, and it is the first time they have heard the word idol director. But if you think about it carefully, it's actually true, Zhang Ran and Paul Thomas Anderson are the three of them called the four handsome directors, and they are definitely idols among directors in terms of image. Of course, in terms of ability, several of them are absolutely powerful.

After entering the venue, Zhang Ran brought Robert De Niro and them to the position of the crew, beckoned them to sit down, and then he came to the front and greeted the leaders present. There were many leaders present at the opening ceremony of the film festival, not only the main leaders of the Beiping and General Administration were present, but even the boss of the propaganda outlet was also present at the scene. With such leaders present, especially the leaders in charge of the film, Zhang Ran must have to come over to say hello.

The leaders present were very familiar with Zhang Ran, and when they saw Zhang Ran coming, they didn't wait for Zhang Ran to say hello, but greeted Zhang Ran first. Cai Fuchao even laughed and joked with Zhang Ran: "Our great hero is here!"

Zhang Ran hurriedly said: "Cai Ju, don't make fun of me, I'm under a lot of pressure." ”

Cai Fuchao was just transferred to the General Administration as the director of the bureau last month, and he is the new director of the General Bureau, and Zhang Ran's title to him was naturally changed from Minister Cai to Cai Bureau. In fact, the reason why Zhang Ran made such a big effort for the Peking Film Festival was to give Cai Fuchao face, and he knew that Cai Fuchao would serve as the director of the General Bureau in the next few years.

Liu Qi also smiled and said: "That's right, you are indeed a great contributor to this film festival!"

In fact, not only Liu Qi thinks so, but the leaders present are very clear that the opening ceremony of the Peking Film Festival can have so many Hollywood superstars present and attract so much attention on a global scale, which is inseparable from Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran said modestly: "I just helped a little, it's nothing at all, the main thing is that our Chinese film market has risen." Now Hollywood studios and Hollywood stars are paying more and more attention to the Chinese market, and I sent them an invitation, and they came with it. If it weren't for the huge backing of the Chinese market, it would be impossible for others to give me this face. ”

Liu Qi smiled: "Zhang Ran is good at everything, the only bad thing is that he is too modest." ”

Zhang Ran laughed and said: "Then I must work hard and strive to be proud as soon as possible!"

More than ten minutes later, accompanied by the dynamic interactive multimedia performance "Dream of Light and Shadow", a round of "rising sun" slowly rose, and bursts of loud pigeon whistles surrounded the ears. In the children's chorus version of "Beiping Welcomes You", the hosts Dong Qing and Ji Xiaojun took the stage to announce the official opening ceremony of the first Beiping International Film Festival "Star Beiping".