A still from The Water Murmurs, a short film directed by Chen Jianying. Chinese short films have enjoyed a recent wave of success at international festivals from Cannes to London.When Southern Afternoon, a short film directed by Chinese filmmaker Lan Tian, was awarded the Sonje Award at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea on Oct 14, many thought China's short-film industry had already had a good finish to the year.
Meanwhile, three short films by mainland Chinese directors are set to compete at the upcoming Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan - despite Beijing's continued boycott of the event.PHOTO: South China Morning Post According to Fan, who is also an adviser to the Busan International Film Festival, the strength of Chinese short-film creation stems from the freedom that young directors have to express themselves.
Besides the advantage in numbers, Lei believes the quality of China's new generation of filmmakers is also improving. Song Wen, co-founder of the First festival, believes that the style of China's young filmmakers is evolving. "No more showing off. These works, as a whole, are more focused on humanistic temperament. More importantly, most of them focus on social issues, family relationships, and people's problems."PHOTO: South China Morning Post
"It's harder and harder to get a 'dragon mark'," he continues, referring to the public screening licence that is required for films to participate in international festivals, "and the overall review time [for the films to be vetted by officials] is getting longer and longer. The comments about revisions also lack details."
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