From April 18 to April 20, the Project Pitches Final Road Show and negotiations of the 8th Beijing International Film Festival Film Market were successfully held in the Beijing International Hotel. The top ten projects standing out of the 722 projects made their road shows on the stage. After the final selection by three judges and under the witness of nearly 1,000 domestic and foreign industry elites, the top ten projects competed for the four pitch awards and international promotion awards.
On April 18, the Project Pitches Final Road Show of the 8th Beijing International Film Festival Film Market opened in a fiery atmosphere, and the jury consisting of the famous director Ning Hao, the famous screenwriter/director Mei Feng, and the famous producer Liu Kailuo made its debut. The three final review judges made one-on-one reviews and guidance of the top ten projects at the road show site. After the preliminary review, review and roadshow training, the top ten project representatives detailedly stated the project situation in the road show session and carefully answered the questions fromt the judges.
After the one-and-a-half-hour private meeting by the final jury, River in Spring wins Special Award of Film Market, Summer of Hannan wins Award for the Best Original Screenplay, APP Killing Incident wins Award for the Greatest Commercial Potential, and Wild Horse wins Award for the Greatest Creativity. The four projects won the cash award granted by Sea Level Film, Arcat Film Art Center, Boxiu Pictures and the Beijing International Film Festival Organizing Committee, respectively, and also received the award of “Visual Effects Development Services” provided by Base FX. In addition, the three final review judges also granted the “Excellent Pitch Projects Award” for the six projects of Cliff, Sun Overhead Across the Water, Fantasy Taroko, Insect Competition, South China, and Hunting Dog. River in Spring and Summer of Hannan were also granted the “International Promotion Awards” provided by the Beijing International Film Festival Organizing Committee. They will promote themselves at famous international film festivals this year.
Gu Xiaogang and the project team of “The Special Award” winner River in Spring, the final review judge Ning Hao
Han Shuai and the project team of “The Best Original Screenplay” winner Summer of Hannan, the final review judge Mei Feng
Zhu Jie and the project team of “The Best Commercial Potential Award” winner APP Murder, the final review judge Liu Kailuo
Mao Zexiang project team of “The Best Innovative Design Award” winner Wild Horse, the Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing International Film Festival Wang Jue
Bian Jianguo, Deputy Inspector of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, Han Shuai, the project team of Summer of Han Nan,Gu Xiaogang, the project team of River in Spring
On April 19, the four award-winning projects also participated in the Project Pitches road show session for Hollywood Film Masters Class of the Motion Picture Association of America. At last, Wild Horse was granted the “MPA Award” and Summer of Han Nan the “Special Award of MPA Asia-Pacific Cooperation”. The two projects will travel to Los Angeles and Brisbane, respectively, for international exchanges and training in November.
On April 20, all the top 20 projects for Project Pitches negotiated with the appointed party representing capital to work hard to further realize the dream of film.
The award winners of the Film Market Project Pitches of the 8th Beijing International Film Festival:
Guidance unit: Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee (National Film Bureau)
Host: The People’s Government of Beijing Municipality and China Media Group
Organizer: Beijing Municipal Bureau of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, Huairou District People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, Beijing TV Station (BTV), and Beijing Enterprises Group Real Estate Co., Ltd.