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The Interview for the film "The Odor of Father"

       Director’s Introduction:  Jianlin Pan was born from northwest region of China in 1969. He graduated from a university in Beijing with law degree, specialized in economic laws. He self-funded his film producing/directing career in his early 30’s, and produced and directed three feature films and two documentaries. Some of his films were in the finalist and rewarded from well-known film festivals such as Berlin International Film Festival, and Locarno Film Festival.  Unfortunately, none of his films obtained commercial release permit in China. He was broken, and returned to his hometown since 2008. He started to do business since then to make a living for his family and himself.  Film Synopsis: Pan is a single father, who raise two underage boys (Xiaoxiao and Lele) along.  Trying to compensate the lacking of maternal love for the two boys, Pan decorated the house with bright colors. He treats his boys with thoughtful kindness in dai...

Interview of the film "Miracle Band"

      Director Profile: Chunling  Xu , female, director, completed the film "Miracle Band" in February 2023, and the director is also the screenwriter of this film. She spent more than a year interviewing more than 100 visually impaired people, walking into the real lives of visually impaired friends, following them by bus, subway, eating and chatting, walking into their families, collecting their touching events, and accumulating more than 1600 hours of precious material, Strive to truly reproduce the life of disabled people in the new era in the film, and the script has been revised over sixty times. The original intention of the film creation is to shoot a film for visually impaired groups, hoping that more people will lend a helping hand to integrate visually impaired groups into society, encouraging them to live with dignity and have the courage to pursue their dreams. Film synopsis: It tells the story of six blind teenagers who dreamed of becoming excellent mus...

Interview of the film "The Death of the Hedgehog"

    Director Profile: Ding Haoran: born in 2001.02.13, currently studying at Hebei University-Central Lancashire College of Media and Creativity, majoring in drama, film and television literature. He has directed the short documentary "Ask Wing Chun", which has won awards at several international film festivals, and directed the martial arts drama short film "The Soul Returns Home", "The Cause of Death of the Hedgehog" as the second work of his drama short film. Film synopsis: The kind-hearted Jon and his wife were slandered by netizens due to an accident. Lady Lucy died in the accident. Jon committed suicide due to cyber-violence. The girl they took in, Chen Anna, sought the help of journalist Paul in order to help them restore the truth.   Paul inadvertently angered Anna in the interview. Anna's emotional behavior plunged her into greater cyber-violence. Director's Statement: I hope to use Anna's experience to appeal to all online friends to ...

Interview of Lingyi Zhou, the director of the short film “Avenger”

  Profile: Bachelor of Economics, East China University of Political Science and Law, 2014. Master of Political Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2016. EDBA candidate, Business Management at the University of Montpellier, 2020. Question 1: Avenger (复仇) is a film about a woman who takes revenge upon her sister’s murderers who could not be tried as adults for their crime due to their age. What drew you to this story, and why did you want to make this film? This film primarily explores "equal retaliation," or "lex talionis" in Latin. This kind of retribution is rarely seen in modern society, as people often turn to the judicial system to resolve conflicts. However, what happens when the law itself is flawed or the judicial system fails to deliver a fair judgment based on the law? At that point, the majority might accept their fate, but a few individuals may opt for "an eye for an eye" action to achieve what they perceive as justice. The lead charact...

Interview of Liu Chen , Chinese filmmaker

  Profile: Liu Chen is a film producer and an Executive producer who graduated from the Department of Performance of the Central Academy of Drama with a Bachelor of Arts and an academic master of Arts degree. She is committed to the integration of the art and culture industry and brand content marketing. She has participated in international art exchange visits on behalf of the Central Academy of Drama many times and won several honors. She is currently the CEO of Beijing Qianchen Pictures and the CEO of Beijing Twelve Shanqing Trading Co., Ltd. , Executive Director of Shenzhen Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce; Executive Director of Shenzhen Chaoshan Youth Chamber of Commerce . She has  been certified by IMDB in the international film industry.   Question 1: 1. Liu Chen, you are a famous actress on screen and stage, a singer, a film producer, a business person and an entrepreneur. Is it difficult to find enough time to do all of these things and still enjoy a happy life? Do y...

Interview of Deng Bin, the director of the documentary movie “Hometown on the horizon”

  Profile: Director Deng bin, enlisted at the age of 17 , since then, he has been engaged in news media and graphic photography , In 2005, he joined the Economic Science Press as an editor , Since the establishment of Kalman (Beijing) film and television culture media Co., Ltd. in 2008, Four episodes of documentary "looking for Cao Xueqin" were filmed in 2012 calendar year , In 2015, he studied in the class of producer and director of Beijing Film Academy , In 2016, the work "forgotten gift" won 5 domestic awards and 4 international awards , In 2017, there were two domestic awards for shooting the micro film Qinglian , In 2018, the public welfare micro film "memories of coffee" won the first prize in the integrity micro film competition of the people's Bank of China. From 2018 to 2021, he shot six episodes of documentary "hometown on the horizon" and was shortlisted for the 11th documentary Academy Award in 2021.   Question 1: Deng Bin. The d...

Interview of Ding Haoran, the director of the documentary movie “Ask Wing Chun”

  Profile: Ding Haoran: Born on 2001.02.13, he is currently studying at Hebei University-Central Lancashire College of Media and Creativity, Film. Major Courses: Audio Production, Video Production, Documentary Creation, Narrative Film Creation, Film and Television Screenwriting, Film and Television Writing, Computer Cartography, etc., he has directed many films such as: Life Should Be Like This, Quietly Love You, Healthy Superman, etc. and has won a large number of awards in China. And he has composed music: Light up youth, join hands with the Winter Olympics, run to the future Has been reported by many well-known media in China.   Question 1: Ding Haoran, the director of ‘Ask Wing Chun’, has made films about a wide variety of subjects; Life Should Be Like This, Quietly Love You & Healthy Superman to name three. What made you want to make a film about Wing Chun Kung-Fu?   Ans: Because Wing Chun is a representative martial art among traditional Chinese martial arts, it...