Pingyao International Film Festival

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The Pingyao International Film Festival (PYIFF), officially as "Pingyao Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon International Film Festival", [1] is a film festival held in Pingyao, Shanxi, China. It was launched in October 2017 by Jia Zhangke, a Chinese film director, screenwriter and leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema [1] and prestigious festival director Marco Müller. [2] The festival's goal is to bring attention to works done by young, lesser known directors in the Chinese film industry, [3] as well as to encourage communication and cooperation between Chinese and international filmmakers, mainly showing films from Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa. [4]

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History

Zhangke first announced the creation of the Pingyao International Film Festival (PYIFF) in 2017 during a press conference for the China Film Directors Center in Beijing, where this festival is commercially operated and government-guided. [1] Marco Müller, PYIFF's artistic director, who has also served as former chief adviser and selector at the Beijing International Film Festival and former director of the Venice, Rome and Locarno film festivals, confirmed that the festival's name was permitted by Ang Lee, director of the 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon . [1] In a subsequent interview, Müller stated that in 2015 he and Jia Zhangke collaborated their resources for the purposes of creating a film festival in China, which was finalized after Müller visited the ancient city of Pingyao in 2016.[ citation needed ]

PYIFF 2017

The 1st Pingyao International Film Festival took place in the Pingyao Festival Palace between 28 October and 4 November 2017. John Woo was among the guests during the opening ceremony and received the Honorary Award for Significant Contribution to Culture Exchange Between the East and West. The opening film of the festival [5] was Youth!

Awards

Jury:
Vishal Bhardwaj (India – film director, script writer, composer and producer)
Liu Zhenyun (China – writer and scriptwriter)
Kaori Momoi (Japan – actress and director)
Renzo Rossellini (Italy – producer and president of the Roberto Rossellini Foundation)
Aleksey German JR. (Russia – director and writer)
Arnaud Desplechin (France – director and cinematographer)
Xie Fei (China – director and professor)

Jury:
Anurag Kashyap (India, director, producer, writer, Actor)
Song Fang (China, director, Writer)
Ivy Ho (Hong Kong, Producer)
Shozo Ichiyama (Japan, Producer)
Lin Xudong (China, Painter, Editor and Film Critic)
Jean-Michel Frodon (France, journalist, Film Critic and Writer)
Wong Ain-Ling (Hong Kong, Film Critic, Researcher and Writer)

PYIFF 2018

The 2nd Pingyao International Film Festival was held from 11 to 20 October 2018. [7] The ten-day event screened fifty-five films from twenty-five countries and regions in ten sections such as:

1) Crouching Tigers (directorial debuts or second features worldwide),

2) Hidden Dragons (exceptional genre films worldwide)

3) Gala

4) Best of Fest

5) Special presentation

6) New Generation China (latest work from young Chinese directors) sections. [8]

Films that were screened in the 2nd Pingyao International Film Festival include: [9]

Crouching Tigers | debut or second feature film by new directors

Hidden Dragons | imaginative and original genre film from around the world

Gala | new films by major directors

Best of Fest

Special Presentations | special screenings, masterclass

New Generation China | selection of the most original new Chinese language films

PYIFF 2019

The 3rd Pingyao International Film Festival was held on 10-19 October 2019. [10] The festival kicked off with a gala screening of Han Yan's Old Neighborhood and was closed with the world premiere of Hong Kong director Jacob Cheung’s The Opera House. [11]

PYIFF 2020

The 4th Pingyao International Film Festival was held on 10-19 October 2019 as a physical event without international guests due to COVID-19. The opening film and Special Presentation of the festival are both world premieres of Chinese productions – Sun Hong's This Is Life will open the festival, while Zhang Yang's So Far So Close will screen as the Special Presentation title on the night of the awards ceremony. [12]

Crouching Tigers | international directorial debuts or second features

Hidden Dragons | Chinese-language films by first and second-time feature directors

PYIFF 2021

The 5th Pingyao International Film Festival was held on 12-10 October 2021. [13] [14]

Crouching Tigers | first second and third films from around the world

Hidden Dragons | Chinese-language films by first-, second- or third-time directors

PYIFF 2022

The 6th Pingyao International Film Festival was held on 14-19 January 2023. [15] [16]

Crouching Tigers | first second and third films from around the world

PYIFF 2024

The 8th Pingyao International Film Festival was held on 21-30 September 2024. [17]

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