Pingyao announces the jury for the best short film: three filmmakers will watch 12 new Chinese films

 The 10th Pingyao International Film Festival announced the Fei Mu Honor Best Short Film Jury.Italian director Matteo Tortone serves as the chairman of the jury, and actor Lu Xingchen and director Wu Lang jointly participate in the selection.Three filmmakers will select the final honors from the 12 shortlisted works in the “Hidden Dragon·Short Film” unit, allowing the lenses of a group of young authors to receive more focused attention in Pingyao.

Short films are the first way for many directors to face an audience.Time is not long, but the creator has to build characters, emotions and world in a limited space.Issues such as trauma repair, identity, women's situation, and rural changes are among the shortlisted works this year, which also shows that young authors are recording the life around them in their own way.

Matteo Tortone's creations span feature films and documentaries, Lu Xingchen has long been portraying different characters in film performances, and Wu Lang continues to pay attention to memory and regional culture.They bring different experiences and focus on different aspects when watching the film.For short film authors, having their work seriously discussed is in itself an important piece of feedback.

The short film section of the Pingyao Film Festival gives new authors the opportunity to meet the industry, audiences and other creators.The applause, questions and exchanges after the screening will give a newly completed short film a longer life.After the opening of the film festival, these 12 new Chinese-language films will also appear on the screens in the ancient city.

Short film creation often starts from a small idea, but can reach a big problem.A family memory, a changing village, a young man's silence, may all become the starting point of a film.The screening and communication opportunities provided by Pingyao allow the author to bring his first and second works to more people, and also allow the audience to meet names in advance who may continue to make feature films in the future.