The 12th BJIFF Short Video Section: Review Results Announced
On the afternoon of August 17, the Honor Ceremony of the 12th BJIFF Short Video Section theme with "China and the World in Shorts" was held online. Multiple leaders and guest have attended the ceremony, such as Xu Tao, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Chief Editor of Beijing Radio & Television Station and Executive Deputy Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the 12th BJIFF; Jukka-Pekka Laakso, President of the Tampere Film Festival, Finland; Zhu Chengming, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Bilibili; Xu Jingyun, Vice President and Executive Editor-in-Chief of Kuaishou Technology; Lei Binyi, Founder and CEO of Joy Media; Yu Haibin, Secretary General of the CSFF Organizing Committee; Liu Cong, Vice Director of CGTN; director Peng Hui; Liao Xiangzhong, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Communication University of China; Duan Peng, Vice President of Communication University of China. Li Yangwei, a hostess of Beijing Radio & Television Station, acted as the moderator of the honor ceremony.
Xu Tao, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Chief Editor of Beijing Radio & Television Station and Executive Deputy Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the 12th BJIFF, delivered her speech at the ceremony. She said that a lot of works collected for the event were very three-dimensional, which fully displayed the great communication power and influence of short videos in the fields of news and documentary as well as film and television.
Professor Liao Xiangzhong, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Communication University of China, pointed out in his speech that the inclusion of short videos in the BJIFF set a correct value orientation for short videos, which could further promote the high-quality and healthy development of the short video industry. He also pointed out that China has ushered in a new era of innovative film and television media and audio-visual communication. Joint video creation and sharing are shaping a new pattern and new order of international communication. Communication University of China is willing to work with all practitioners to accurately grasp the pulse of media evolution, and make a joint contribution to the development of Chinese film culture and the improvement of international communication capability.
Jukka-Pekka Laakso, President of the Tampere Film Festival, Finland, said in his speech that he found many surprises during the review of the BJIFF Short Video Section, which fully demonstrated that a "new branch of Chinese film" was coming into being.
The Short Video Section, a new part of the BJIFF, aims to encourage more outstanding filmmakers to step on the “track” of mainstream international film festivals and transform from “film audience” to active creators, recorders of our better life and the tellers of our Chinese stories. The BJIFF Short Video Section attracted nearly 2,000 works from 45 countries and regions this year. After three rounds of reviews, a total of 70 outstanding works were selected, covering five categories: news, life, knowledge, entertainment and creativity, as well as the Most Socially Influential Work, Most Internationally Communicative Work, Most Valuable Work for the Public Good and the special “Vision Youth Awards”. The "Vision Youth Awards" focus on the works by young students, and more than 300 short videos have been collected from colleges as well as primary and middle schools, which fully demonstrates the unique perspective and care of "Generation Z" for the society and well as China and the world in their cameras.
“China and the World in Shorts” follows the tide of the times and focuses on the most popular and influential short video forms in the era of new media, so as to show the audience the specialization and diversification under the mode of new audio-visual creation and dissemination and consolidate the short video form as an important means of communication. After multiple rounds of reviews, the organizing committee provides recognition and support for the young short video creators through the honor ceremony, hoping to boost the continuous prosperity of the short video industry and build a diverse platform to tell Chinese stories.
The 12th BJIFF
Outstanding Works of “Short Video Section”
