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recently, the new film "stars and moon" directed by tang yongkang and produced and starred by li jiaxi was shortlisted for the "new director" competition unit of the 72nd san sebastian international film festival. the film is produced by marco mueller as creative producer and edited by amir naderi. it will have its world premiere in san sebastian, spain on september 22.

in the film, a primary school student named xingxing always imagines that there are aliens in the sky, so he tries every means to see them. however, the villagers think this is absurd and ridiculous, and only his stubborn brother yueyue helps him fulfill this wish.

this new film is not the first collaboration between tang yongkang and li jiaxi. before this, tang yongkang's directorial debut, "walking in darkness" produced by li jiaxi, was shortlisted for the "bright future competition" unit of the 48th rotterdam international film festival, the 37th munich international film festival, and the "hidden dragon" unit of the 3rd pingyao international film festival. the results can be said to be very impressive. another film they collaborated on, "girls and boys" ("happy childhood"), was directed by li jiaxi and tang yongkang served as the director of photography. it was widely acclaimed at the 13th beijing international film festival. "you at that time", also directed by li jiaxi and tang yongkang served as the director of photography, was produced by the famous director kim ki-duk, and it also collided with different sparks at that time. collaborating again on "stars and moon", the two already have mature cooperation experience and unique tacit understanding.

in the process of preparing the new film, director tang yongkang brought his experience of getting along with children into the creation of the story, which made the presentation of the film more real, multifaceted and three-dimensional, and the emotions he wanted to convey were more touching. from his perspective, the film is about xingxing, an innocent child in a closed space, pursuing his dreams. the actual motivation comes from his loneliness caused by the lack of maternal love, which makes him doubt the source of his identity and he wants to find out where he came from. the director hopes to use xingxing's innocent heart to show the purest things to adults, telling everyone to live as they are and to live brilliantly.

at the same time, this film is also another time for li jiaxi to challenge the role of a village woman across age groups after the tv series "taihang children" and the movie "asking the mountain". she said it was an interesting performance. li jiaxi's ability to interpret roles has never been questioned. she has the courage to try roles that are quite different from her own image, and she also has the ability to perform with a degree of tension and relaxation that can be understood by the audience. when filming "asking the mountain", in order to better play the role, li jiaxi insisted on not washing her hair for a month, and the clothes she wore at the time were also old clothes borrowed from the locals by the crew. her willingness to pay for the role is her greatest confidence in interpreting the work. playing the role of a village woman again is an opportunity for li jiaxi to show her accumulated experience to everyone in a more mature way. as a producer, she brought this work to everyone because she hopes to cooperate with director tang yongkang to let everyone see a different age of innocence, and hopes that everyone can have a few moments in the noisy world to return to the purest childhood.

the main exterior scenes of this film were shot along the no. 1 tourist highway of the datong great wall. the specific shooting locations are baiyangkou, yulinkou and other places in tianzhen county, datong; shoukoubao in yanggao county; yuehuachi, ninglubao, baitaizi, and jianlou in motianling scenic area, zuoyun county. here you can have a panoramic view of the scenery of yanbei, as if letting the audience walk into the clean and pure inner world of xingxing. all the framing, shooting techniques, character presentation, etc. are all expressions that serve the core of the story. it may seem ridiculous to others, but if it is what you want to do, just do it. everyone lives for themselves. look at this beautiful scenery and the endless yanbei. why should you care about other people's eyes? you should run freely in your little world and live happily, freely, and wonderfully.

at the end of the story, the moon helps the stars realize their wishes. after watching this film, i hope everyone can find their own moon, and i hope everyone can always keep a pure land in their inner world.

it is understood that the movie "stars and moon" was produced by datong li tang film co., ltd., and co-produced by shanxi li tang film co., ltd., shanxi jiaxi entertainment film co., ltd., and zhuji luoying chenfeng media co., ltd.