A few days ago, the results of the first Golden panda award Awards were announced in Chengdu, Sichuan, which not only announced 25 awards in four units, including movies, TV series, documentaries and cartoons, but also held a number of supporting activities such as the First Golden Panda International Cultural Forum, the Golden Panda Festival and the screening of movies together. Film and television workers and related practitioners from many countries and regions around the world gathered in Rongcheng, opening a grand gathering of film and television exchanges and mutual learning of civilizations.
Taking the selection as an opportunity, international stars gather
Accompanied by the opening dance "Covenant of Civilization", the Golden Panda Festival, which announced the results of the award selection, kicked off in the night. More than 7,000 works from more than 100 countries and regions on five continents competed for the first Golden panda award Prize.
In the film unit, Jojo Rabbit, co-produced by the United States, Czech Republic and New Zealand, won the Best Film Award, China director Liu Jiangjiang won the Best Director Award for The Events of Life, British screenwriter christopher hampton and French screenwriter Floraine Zeiler won the Best Screenplay Award for The Father, Argentine actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Spanish actor Penélope Cruz Sánchez won the Best Actor Award and Best Actress Award respectively, and China actors Zhang Songwen and Ni Hongjie won the Best Supporting Actor Award and Best Supporting Actress Award respectively.
In the TV drama unit, the American drama "1923" won the Best Drama Award in the first season, China director Zhang Yongxin won the Best Director Award with The Awakeing Age, Italian screenwriter Savilio Costanzo won the Best Screenplay Award with "My Genius Girlfriend" in the third season, China actress Lei Jiayin and Italian actress Margarita Mazu won the Best Actor Award and Best Actress Award respectively, and China actress Wang Jingchun and Australian actress Sarah Snook won the Best Supporting Actor Award and Best Supporting Actress Award respectively.
Judging from the winners’ list, the first Golden panda award is quite valuable. Works and practitioners from abroad have won more than half of the awards, which shows Kim panda award’s "international style". Zhang Yimou, the chairman of the first Golden panda award Jury, said: "The original intention of Golden panda award was to promote more cooperation, communication, learning and exchanges among world civilizations." Zhang Yimou believes that Jin panda award is significantly different from domestic and foreign film festivals and exhibitions. It is a grand event of film and television cultural exchange and blending, and it is also a grand event of world civilization exchange and mutual learning.
"Artists come from different countries, but works of art should not be divided by national boundaries, races and regions. Jin panda award transcends the barriers of ideas and languages to enhance cultural identity and understanding. We believe that film and television works with great spiritual strength and lofty value pursuit can gain the widest resonance and the most universal empathy, and hope to build an artistic bridge to communicate with the world through good works. " Zhang Yimou said.
With the help of Jin panda award’s platform, Zhang Yimou looks forward to more international exchanges and interactions in the future, offering highly industrialized and excellent content works to China and even the world market, and helping foreign film and television works find their audience in China. "I hope everyone with ‘ Golden panda ’ Friends who go home can make it a messenger of our communication. " Zhang Yimou said.
There was also a special link in the ceremony that night — — Jackie Chan and Jason Wu jointly launched the exhibition of "Our panda" short video, graphic and global solicitation activities, and contributors from all over the world shared their love for giant pandas.
Among these works, there are cool and stunning AI paintings, interesting and creative social media challenge videos, panda direct shots from zoos around the world, first-hand panda videos from protected areas, and elaborate panda-themed blockbuster … … It is understood that since the launch of the "Our panda" short video and graphic global collection activity in July, it has received more than 68,000 submissions from more than 30 countries and regions around the world, and finally selected 20 outstanding works.
Jackie Chan said: "The giant panda not only lives in China, but also travels around the world as an ambassador to spread friendship." At the same time, he also revealed that he is filming a new movie about the story of giant pandas, hoping to be a gift for Sichuan and friends who like giant pandas.
Perception of China culture with pandas as media.
As a cultural symbol, "panda" has already broken through the restrictions of language and region and become the "password" of international communication. Before Jin panda award announced the selection results, guests from different countries felt a feast of China culture with pandas as its origin. In the supporting activity "Face to Face with Panda", guests walked into chengdu research base of giant panda to watch the naive panda at close range.
Douglas Hans Smith, an American film special effects artist, said that she would bring her daughter to China every summer to let her know about China culture. "My love for giant pandas is really hard to express in words." He said. Iranian animation director Mahin Jawa Herian said, "Chengdu is beautiful and I am very happy to be here. The giant panda is so cute that it is suitable for animation. At present, I haven’t made an animation about pandas, maybe I can try it in the future. "
Taking the panda as an opportunity, Chinese and foreign guests feel the charm of China traditional culture and the real contemporary China at close range.
Drink a bowl of Kung Fu tea, pinch a little clay figurine, have a tanghua, and play a pot toss … … The rich and varied traditional cultural activities made the guests linger.
"This is my first visit to Chengdu and my first experience of China traditional culture. I pinched a panda clay figurine and it felt very interesting. " Jacob, an American guqin composer and multimedia artist, is a panda fan. He not only tasted delicious food in Chengdu this time, but also had a "panda addiction".
"China has a long history and profound culture, just like a gold mine, waiting to be excavated." Barris Giansell, a creative director and digital artist from Cyprus, said. Giansell said that he wanted to learn more about China culture and show it to the whole world through his trip to Chengdu.
German producer Gregory Wenkowski praised the convenience of Chengdu: "Everything I experienced in Chengdu these two days was wonderful, and I was deeply impressed by the subway and food in this city." Wenkowski said that he and Julius Ni Chikov, the actor of the TV series Dear Vivian, walked around the streets of Chengdu and found many locations. "It looks great here. We must come back and make a movie here." He said.
Taking film and television as a bridge to carry out cultural exchanges
Civilizations communicate because of diversity, learn from each other because of communication and develop because of mutual learning. At the "First Golden Panda International Cultural Forum" held in the same period, many Chinese and foreign experts and scholars discussed the theme of "Civilization Symbiosis: Colorful Equality and Tolerance". Participants believed that exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations are an important driving force for the progress of human civilization and the peaceful development of the world, especially in today’s world.
Movies have always been an important channel for overseas audiences to understand China. Tang Jili, director and film producer in Hong Kong, China, said that from Kung Fu movies in Hong Kong in the 1970s to martial arts movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero and House of Flying Daggers, the classical traditional aesthetics, implicit oriental emotional expression, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith in China’s films have been recognized by audiences all over the world. In Tang Jili’s view, the values presented in China’s films, such as weeding out the strong and helping the weak, and justice defeating evil, are common to all mankind, which is why these films can be loved by audiences all over the world.
"The film is a bridge that takes me on the journey of understanding China culture." Douglas Hans Smith said. He has participated in the special effects creation of China films such as "Feng Shen Part I: Song of the Wind" and "Seeking Dragons". By understanding China culture, he gradually understood the cultural meaning behind some elements in China’s films, which also allowed him to give creative suggestions based on different cultural backgrounds.
According to Shi Aike, director of the Italian uffizi gallery, the responsibility of today’s cultural workers is not only to pass on the precious heritage, but more importantly, to share it with the same generation in other countries. "This is not only to let other nations know about those wonderful historical treasures and enhance mutual understanding, but also to work together to meet the future." He said.
"This is an opportunity to feel cultural differences and explore cultural commonalities. We need to enhance mutual understanding and reduce differences through more cultural exchanges to make the world more inclusive. " Barris Giansell said.
The first Golden panda award has come to an end, but its concept will continue to be passed down. As the "Golden Panda Initiative" released in the same period said, "We should absorb all the nutrients of civilization, spread outstanding achievements with equality, respect and love, and share beauty with beauty, bridge the gap and build a beautiful community of human destiny".
