chen kaige won the "crouching tiger, hidden dragon, east-west exchange contribution honor" at the pingyao film festival and will hold a 40th anniversary screening of yellow earth
2024-09-22
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chao news client reporter lu fang
on september 22, the pingyao international film festival announced that this year's film festival will award director chen kaige the "crouching tiger, hidden dragon contribution to east-west exchange honor" to pay tribute to his outstanding artistic achievements and his outstanding contributions to the exchange of eastern and western film culture since he started his film career.
chen kaige graduated from the directing department of the beijing film academy and is a leading figure among china's fifth generation of directors. the film yellow earth, directed by him in 1984, was the pioneering work of china's fifth generation of directors and also marked the beginning of a new era for chinese films. in 1993, chen kaige was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the cannes film festival for the third time with the film farewell my concubine and won the highest honor, the "golden palm award". he also became the only chinese director to have won this honor so far. other outstanding films directed by chen kaige include the emperor and the assassin, searching, legend of the demon cat, my people, my country, the battle at lake changjin, and the volunteer army trilogy, which are well-known both at home and abroad.
the "east-west exchange contribution honor" of the pingyao international film festival has been established since the first session, dedicated to paying tribute to the achievements of the honorees in the film field and their contributions to the development of eastern and western film culture, aiming to encourage collision, openness and exchange, so that eastern and western film creation can enrich and develop each other, and bring a more powerful culture. this honor has been awarded to outstanding filmmakers at home and abroad, such as john woo, johnnie to, lee chang-dong, zhang yimou, tian zhuangzhuang, xie fei, tsui hark, yu lik-wai, and huang jianxin.
in addition, 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of chen kaige's film yellow earth. the 8th pingyao international film festival will also hold a 40th anniversary tribute screening of yellow earth (restored version).
the 8th pingyao international film festival will be held from september 24 to 30 at the pingyao film palace in the ancient city of pingyao, jinzhong city, shanxi province.
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