The 4th Hainan Island International Film Festival

On December 18th, the opening ceremony of the 4th Hainan Island International Film Festival was held at Haitang Bay Square, Haitang District, Sanya City, Hainan Province. The current Hainan Island International Film Festival is an eight day event dedicated to strengthening international film cultural exchange and cooperation, promoting the development of the film industry, and promoting the prosperity of film creation.

The Hainan Island International Film Festival opened on December 18th with a dazzling array of stars. The filmmakers passionately recommended and expressed that the opening ceremony party relied on the theme concept of "living towards the light and walking with the film", with three chapters of "raising the waves", "stepping on the waves", and "galloping", symbolizing the sincere expression of filmmakers on the path of light and shadow, the unity of past generations of filmmakers, and the bright prospects of the film industry. It symbolizes that Chinese films will work hand in hand with world films, Rushing forward in the wave of the new era, becoming a solid wave that helps the flourishing development of cultural undertakings.

This year's Sea Film Festival received a total of 3761 registered films from 116 countries and regions. Finally, 11 feature films, 8 documentary films, and 10 short films were nominated to compete for this year's Golden Coconut Award. At the opening ceremony, filmmakers such as Ge You, Chen Zhixi, Zhao Yazhi, Geng Le, Du Jiang, Song Qian, and others made significant introductions to the films nominated for the "Golden Coconut Award".

In the opening ceremony, the live actors Geng Le, Jin Han, Yuan Wenkang, and Yin Xiaotian recited "The Road of Light and Shadow", telling the story of the film from black and white to color, from niche to diverse fusion, and using the love of filmmakers to make the film industry rise. By using projection tools that carry numerous collective memories to narrate the history of changes and recreate real-life scenes, we can evoke collective memory and emotional resonance in the hearts of the film audience. Promotion Ambassador Actor Wang Jingchun appeared on stage with the title of "The Power of All Shadows". Actor Wang Jingchun combined his own experience to depict the width, temperature, and depth of the film, conveying warm and strong emotions with firm and gentle words, leading everyone to witness the surging power brought by the film, inspiring every filmmaker to live up to time and move forward bravely.

Facing the world and promoting the development of the entire film industry.

Since its establishment in 2018, this young film festival, located on the beautiful island of the South China Sea at the end of each year, has been committed to providing a stage for Chinese films to face the world, strengthening international film cultural exchange and cooperation, promoting the development of the film industry, and promoting the prosperity of film creation.

The Hainan Free Trade Port Summit Forum, which was first held on the morning of the 18th, was the first forum of this year's film festival. Guests provided many positive, specific, and constructive suggestions on the current situation of the film industry in various dimensions, as well as the subsequent development of the Hainan International Film Festival based on the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port, and how to promote the Hainan film industry. Some of them could be implemented Collaborative projects and plans. In addition, the theme forum of "Documentary Imaging · Harmonious Coexistence between Human and Nature", the International Summit on Digital Rights Management in Film and Television, the Women's Film Forum, the Film Creation Forum, the Digital Technology Forum for a New Independent Unit, the China Children's Film Industry Development Forum, the Film Music Forum, and the Public Welfare Film Forum, as well as the first Hainan Film Investment Summit in China, will focus on professional topics from various dimensions of the industry and work together to assist, Explore the new vision of China's film industry, film creation, and future imaging. As an international film festival exhibition, Haiying Festival continues to focus on the latest global trends and sustainable development of the film industry. French film curator and translator Duame, Dutch cinematographer and film educator Keith van Ostrom, cinematographer Luo Pan, German film educator and director Jan Schutter, director Li Shaohong, and director, screenwriter, and producer Wen Yan jointly form the master class lineup for this year's film festival. They will continue the bond role of the Hainan Island International Film Festival through on-site discussions and remote connections, Provide communication opportunities for filmmakers and fans.

The master class event schedule includes 15 script projects and 9 ongoing projects, which will be unveiled at this year's "H! Action Venture Capital Conference". The film power of young and new students, as the fresh blood of Chinese cinema, will be transmitted to the market through the platform of the Sea Film Festival. In addition to the shortlisted films in the competition unit, films with different themes such as Starlight premiere, Asia's new generation, film exhibition selection, Ends of the World, pearl picking and shell picking, and focusing on classics will be screened in different film venues in Sanya from December 18th to 25th. It is worth mentioning that this year, the outdoor screenings that feature this film festival have increased to four locations, and for the first time, they have expanded out of Sanya to Haikou, using movies to bring this island closer to the world.