In 2020, the film has been challenged as never before since its birth. Luckily, we will finally witness firsthand the rebirth of the 125-year-old young art in adversity this August.

　　It is the times that have us come into unavoidable confrontation with this period of difficulties and setbacks. Looking back at that faraway time during which we were kept away from the silver screen, it seems like a period of time that serves an experimental purpose, testing the affection and enthusiasm of all of us at both ends of the screen, and propelling us to reflect on our relationships with the movie, theatre, and movie life.

　　In any hard time of the world, there are always films that heal countless imprisoned minds. When life recovers from dormancy, films are needed to light up our long-hanging blank mind.

　　The Beijing Film Panorama will never stop at “seeking the film for the audience”, but move towards “finding the audience for the film”. Today, this kind of two-way interactions brings one more meaning of returning to the starting point, seeking a sense of responsibility—the premier love for the film.

　　At all times and in all countries, there are always some codes of image that travel through the dust of time and hit the mind of movie fans. Around us there are always filmmakers who make persistent efforts to use their cameras to mentally analyze the film.

　　As stated by Peter Greenaway once, “cinema is dead, long live the cinema.” The movie, as he predicted, continues to be passed on, regenerate, and evolve in the change of times.

　　In the projection booth of Cinema Paradiso, there is the projectionist Alfredo, the portrait of the silent movie master Buster Keaton that Alfredo ceremoniously puts up above the camera, and a little movie fan named Toto who is illuminated by the light and heat of the camera.

　　Dim the ambient lights and light up the silver screen.

　　Movie is still young. Long live the movie!！

　　The “Long Live the Movie” special section of the Beijing Film Panorama will present the following 8 great films:

Reasons Why We Must Watch the Movie:

To watch Keaton who dips a toe in the movie world for love;

Bravery to go to the end of the world, dream in a dream, play within a play

Sherlock Jr. (4K)

　　Director: Buster Keaton｜Stars: Buster Keaton / Kathryn McGuire｜The United States｜Silent｜Chinese/English subtitles｜1924｜45’

　　Sherlock Jr. is a classic film with the longest history which is shortest and the most forceful on the film list for this year’s BJIFF Beijing Film Panorama. The comedian Buster Keaton directed and featured in the film, where his iconic sternness and juggling movements are played to the hilt in countless inspiring acts. Keaton plays a movie projectionist in this film, but he daydreams of becoming another detective Sherlock. As the scenes change, the images on the screen continue to change from fantasy to reality...

Reasons Why We Must Watch the Movie:

For moviegoers,

movie is just like heaven.

Cinema Paradiso (4K)

　　Director: Giuseppe Tornatore｜Stars: Philippe Noiret / Savatore Cascio｜Italy / France｜Italian｜Chinese subtitles｜1988｜124’

　　This film is one installment among Tornatore’s “Time and Space Trilogy”, depicting movie fans’ most sincere love for the film. It has become an immortal classic in the film history. Toto, a young Italian boy obsessed with the movie, dreams of becoming a film projectionist in the small town. Alfredo, an old projectionist, forms a deep friendship with Toto, and encourages him to leave the town to pursue his own future. As he grows up, Toto who has experienced repeated frustrations and setbacks returns to his hometown after the death of his old friend to regain the initial feelings that he has gained from the movie.

Reasons Why We Must Watch the Movie:

Fantastic, songful, funny.

An extraordinary journey to movie fans' inner sublimation

Talking the Pictures

　　Director: Masayuki Suo｜Stars: Ry? Narita / Yuina Kuroshima｜Japan｜Japanese｜Chinese subtitles｜2019｜126’

　　In Japanese cinemas more than a hundred years ago, audiences who wanted to understand the content of silent movies all relied on the dramatic interpretation of "Katsubenshi". When he was a child, Shuntaro Sometani dreamed of becoming a narrator or Katsubenshi, but as he grows up he becomes a “fake Katsubenshi” by accident. Shuntaro meets many misunderstandings when he mingles with thieves, a movie theater owner and a hot-blooded police officer. This is a film that vividly brings film technology and history to the screen, with many plots paying tribute to the classic black and white silent film. It is hailed as the Japanese version of Cinema Paradiso.

Reasons Why We Must Watch the Movie: 

To watch how Hirokazu Koreeda triggers the invisible side of two French goddesses.

The Truth(4K)

　　Director: Hirokazu Koreeda｜Stars: Catherine Deneuve / Juliette Binoche ｜France / Japan｜French / English｜Chinese subtitles｜2019｜107’

　　In the world beyond the spotlight, a famous French actress still has to face the delicate relationship with her daughter. After the mother and daughter reunite, the memories about their love and hatred are revealed. The artistic career of heroines and actresses in the movie as well as a woman's memories and real life are all entangled in The Truth. How will the truth of family relationship be faced? The director Hirokazu Koreeda is adept at narrating “non-mainstream” family relationships. This film is his first creation in the new cultural context of France. Let’s see how he adopts Oriental delicacy to depict the emotional entanglements between a French mother and her daughter for decades.

Reasons Why We Must Watch the Movie: 

This is a self-deprecating film that can help you review the knowledge points of postgraduate entrance exam for film studies. 

Take the bait

A Trophy on the Sea

　　Director: Ju Anqi | Stars: Wang Xuebing/Cao Weiyu | China | Mandarin | Chinese/English subtitles | 2019｜90’

　　This is a self-analysis film of a filmmaker which is somewhat self-deprecating. The director has a surprise appearance and advises the “actors” and “screenwriter” in the play by using his own experience, showing the audience a journey of behind-the-scenes preparations for an art film which goes nowhere. The unsuccessful walk-on part An Pengyuan who is a fishing enthusiast in the film finally wins a trophy in a fishing competition. But when he returns home to show the good news, An finds that his wife cheats on him with someone who is left wounded. An Pengyuan flees to an island with a fishing package on his back. But, while he is chased by the police, An breaks into the home of a strange woman, where he finds another body...

Reasons Why We Must Watch the Movie:

Record images intertwined with fiction and nonfiction. 

Fusion and overlapping of history and future

Krabi, 2562

　Directors: Ben Rivers/ Anocha Suwichakornpong｜Stars: Arak Amornsupasiri / Nuttawat Attasawat｜The United Kingdom / Thailand｜Thai/English｜Chinese/English subtitles｜2019｜94'

　　In Buddhist calendar 2562,or 2019 AD, the scenic Thai island of Krabi is recorded on the 16mm film, and the scenery was picturesque and lithe and graceful like a poetic scroll. Fictional and non-fictional images slowly unfold as long as the time goes on, and the two directors are eager to place themselves in and then get out. The film was nominated for the Locarno Film Festival and the Asia Pacific Film Festival.

Reasons Why We Must Watch the Movie:

Tarkovsky prayed with the poem for the movie. 

And created him a legend of master with eight films

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer 

　　Director: Andrey A. Tarkovskiy｜Star: Andrey Tarkovsky｜Italy / Russia / Sweden｜Russian｜Chinese subtitles｜2019｜97’

　　The documentary directed by Andrey Tarkovsky’s son shows Tarkovsky as both a film creator and a father. The film connects Tarkovsky's creative background and life experience with eight segments. There are a lot of rare documentary videos recounting Tarkovsky’s life and work in the film. The director who is Tarkovsky’s son passionately shares with us his father’s memories, view of art, and philosophical reflections on the world. The film is an exclusive archive that can never be missed by movie fans.

Reasons Why We Must Watch the Movie:

After watching this movie. 

You can understand the movie through cinematic sound since then

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

　　Director: Midge Costin｜Stars: Erik Aadahl / Ioan Allen｜The United States｜English｜Chinese subtitles｜2019｜95’

　　Where does cinematic sound come from? This film selects classic audio production examples to explain the mystery of the design of the cinematic sound in a fun way. By disconstructing and narrating the sound stories of classic movies from Star Wars to The Godfather, it demonstrates and explores the technical, historical, artistic and emotional power of cinematic sound. The film is a feast of sound and the preferred choice for movie fans advancing to a new level.