Disaster Artist

Li Shikuan, the new artistic director of the Blue Summer Film Festival, is it really that simple?

In the eyes of outsiders, facing a mess after a power struggle, Li Shikuan, who has been in the world for 30 years, was dug up from the film archive again, how it looks like a puppet, pushed up in the balance of power among different factions The management position has basically no say.

really!

In the first three years of Li Shikuan's tenure, the Blue Summer Film Festival has gotten worse every year, and it has finally become a joke for the entire industry.

but!

Who can be sure that "putting it down" is not Li Shikuan's plan?

Maybe-

Precisely because Li Shikuan saw the difficulties and the constraints of power, he understood that the current Lanxia Film Festival was full of problems, and even began to rot and ooze pus.

If Li Shikuan takes office as a new official from the very beginning, he will undoubtedly be a victim in the balance of power. Not only will he not be able to change the predicament, but he may also set himself on fire.

So, Li Shikuan did the opposite, and simply let the Lanxia Film Festival slide into the abyss step by step, the lake penetrated the center of the earth, and made everyone realize that the situation was so bad that it was on the verge of destruction—

Then, bottom out, and sink the boat.

It's an adventure, a crazy one, but it's also the only way for the different factions to put aside their prejudices and differences for a while and work together to restore the Blue Summer Film Festival's former glory.

After all, the Lanxia Film Festival is about to turn 80 years old this year. As the first film festival in history, it has been able to stand up and down for many years. The background and aura are no trivial matter. Relevant people, they all have a sense of pride and pride.

No one is willing to give up, let alone surrender.

nobody!

Never underestimate the old gun.

The hard-earned fiasco two years ago made the Lanxia Film Festival a pain in the ass, and then—

Regardless of whether the "rotten" is Li Shikuan's plan, the fact is that Li Shikuan finally took the initiative, and the film festival finally began to operate normally.

The once broken and stranded plan has found its link again; the once ignored and forgotten plan has reappeared on the conference table.

Li Shikuan carried out a series of actions resolutely and resolutely. In addition to the internal adjustment, he also took steps to the outside world, which once again made people see the determination and vitality of this 80-year-old old man.

The first step is to start with the world premiere.

The world premiere of an excellent film is stunning. This is the best proof of a film festival's discerning eyes. The more outstanding works choose a film festival as a platform to appear on the global stage, it proves that the film festival is more important.

The strength of the Weihai Film Festival in the past ten years is because they have cultivated many "Weihai directors", relying on the support of Weihai related scholarships and master classes to complete their dream of filming, and have been fully affirmed, and finally formed a benign Loop, countless excellent movies swarmed.

Slowly, Wei Hai has surpassed Lan Xia to become the top film festival in the world.

Similarly, the reason for the rise of Wei Hai is also the reason for the decline of Lan Xia.

For a long time, the Blue Summer Film Festival requires that all shortlisted works have world premieres, even if it is not the main competition unit.

But Seika is different. In the early days of its establishment, it mainly showed those masterpieces that "have been exhibited at film festivals but have not yet entered the cinema" to the public, which can be regarded as "film festivals in film festivals", and naturally there is no requirement for world premieres. .

However, after these years of development, it is impossible for Seika to have no ambitions at all. In the past ten years, they have been promoted to the current position by virtue of a series of world premieres, which have won praise and attention. It is even known as the second largest film distribution market in the world outside of Weihai.

Otherwise, two years ago, even if there was a problem with Lan Xia, filmmakers and media might not be willing to switch to Seika—

Behind the tit-for-tat, the essence is that Seka has grown up and can become Lan Xia's opponent.

Now, Lan Xia also has to face the positive competition of Seika. Every year, who is willing to go to the world premiere of Lan Xia and who is willing to go to Seika for the works that will appear at the end of the year, every film company and every film crew has a steel scale in their heart. , obviously, Lan Xia does not have the advantage.

That is to say, the things that used to be the most attractive in Lan Xia are no longer popular. Relying on people's connections alone is not enough to convince filmmakers—

Benefit.

It's never too early to be profitable, even in the film industry, that's the golden rule.

So, what exactly did Lan Xia do?

What can Li Shikuan do to reverse the situation?

Li Shikuan personally went to two other independent film festivals to be held at the end of the year, one at the end of September and the other at the beginning of October.

Although the scale and momentum of the two independent film festivals are not comparable to Lanxia, ​​Seika, etc., they still have their own prestige and market foundation; at the same time, they are also an indispensable presence in the awards season, playing the role of linking the past and continuing Lanxia. With Seka's momentum, the awards season kicked off.

Richie has reached an agreement with the two major independent film festivals:

If a film is shortlisted for these two major independent film festivals, and it also signs up for Lan Xia and passes the review of the film selection committee, then the film needs to premiere in Lan Xia.

Of course, vice versa, if a film is shortlisted for the Lanxia Film Festival, Lanxia will also suggest that they go to these two major independent film festivals for screening.

In addition, Lanxia Film Festival will make full use of its position in the industry to set up booths for two independent film festivals in Lanxia, ​​not only as a publicity window, but also to attract the attention of more film companies, distribution companies and investors. And cultivate the audience base and make plans for the future.

This interaction between three different film festivals really attracted a lot of directors and producers, after all—

Exposure, the higher the better.

Especially for these independent art works, from producers to distributors, they are most worried about the lack of platform exhibition and lack of sufficient publicity.

Is it possible to drag three now?

If you sign up for one ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, you can get three screening opportunities. I'm afraid no one wants to miss such a "cheap".

The most obvious and direct effect is that the number of registered works—

Two years ago, the number of entries for the Blue Summer Film Festival was the lowest in history. There were only less than 180 films registered. Compared with the scale of Wei Hai's more than 300 entries, it was a world of difference.

But last year, the number of entries for the Lanxia Film Festival returned to around 230. Although there is still a gap from the peak period, the effect is remarkable.

This year's Weihai Film Festival has just ended, and the registration process for the Lanxia Film Festival has not been long since the beginning of the registration process. So far, more than 100 films have signed up. This is good news.

Once Lan Xia can become the premiere platform for awards season works to land on the global market, the attention and popularity will be able to come back.

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