Many people know that when a movie is released, it is actually the busiest time for the entire crew and creative staff.
But this statement has no effect when applied to Li Yi.
After "Cinema Paradiso" was released, it can be said that Li Yi hardly gave any support for the movie.
A Buddhist look.
In addition, the main creative members of this movie basically did not follow Li Yizhi to promote the film in China.
Therefore, "Cinema Paradiso" has almost no road shows or other publicity. It relies purely on the support of fans and the previous publicity effect.
Although the box office of "Cinema Paradiso" was not that "explosive"!
But it did not damage Li Yi's influence at all.
No, all kinds of invitations are flying in like snow flakes.
Li Yi basically handed it over directly to Yi Mingming.
But there are some that we can't refuse.
For example, the invitation letter from the Xichuan Youth Film Festival.
It’s not that Li Yi has anything to do with the Xichuan Youth Film Festival, it’s mainly because there are too many lobbyists.
Chen Wen, Chen Weijie, and their own female movie directors were all invited to the Xichuan Youth Film Festival.
Not only that, Chen Wen is actually the chairman of the jury for this year's Xichuan Youth Film Festival.
So it was really hard for Li Yi to refuse.
Xichuan Youth Film Festival is a very young film festival, but the development of the film festival is very good.
The theme and purpose of the film festival is to encourage young directors to create, to assist young directors, etc.
Li Yi's status is more than enough to serve as the chairman of the film festival jury. However, Li Yi rejected Chen Wen's good intention to hand over the chairman of the jury.
"What kind of intentions do you have? Is it so easy to be the chairman of the jury? I'm so busy, is there anything a little easier?" Li Yi couldn't refuse, and besides, he also wanted to find an excuse to put other people aside.
All the invitations were declined.
But if you ask him to be the chairman of the jury, he won't do it!
Chen Wen was also a little helpless, but the fact that Li Yi could come was the greatest affirmation of the film festival. With Li Yi's influence, as long as the news is announced, the appeal of this year's Xichuan Youth Film Festival will definitely increase!
"How about a secondary creation unit newly added this year? We have invited many directors, senior screenwriters, editors, etc. to this unit. The main purpose is to guide those young directors in secondary creation of films. After all, many young directors,
For the first movie that is made, it is usually difficult to have enough funds or conditions to find professional people to help, so the movie may be good, but there is a lot of room for improvement.”
"The newly added secondary creation unit of this year's Xichuan Youth Film Festival is to invite senior filmmakers like you to guide and create secondary creations on the debut films of young directors, turning decay into magic..."
"You can choose one or two from those "semi-finished" movies and guide the other party in secondary creation..."
To be honest, Li Yi still finds this unit quite interesting.
Unlike other film festivals, which are just for awards, this secondary creation unit is really more interesting.
Many young directors may actually hold multiple positions when creating films, but how can there be a true all-rounder?
Therefore, the quality of movies will also vary.
This secondary creation is somewhat similar to those singer talent shows, where professional instructors are invited for guidance.
Of course, competition also exists. After all, you must first let famous directors like Li Yi watch it and feel that your movie is still salvageable, or simply make rectifications to turn decay into magic, otherwise
If so, you can only be a spectator.
"Okay!" Li Yi finally agreed to participate in the Xichuan Youth Film Festival.
After this news came out, it was really exciting.
At least for the secondary creation unit, the number of films signed up suddenly increased dramatically!
As for the Xichuan Youth Film Festival, because of Li Yi's signature, it seemed more confident when inviting other directors. After all, even top international famous directors like Li Yi participated, and the competition immediately became popular.
What even makes people laugh or cry is that the number of registered works in the secondary creation unit actually exceeded the number of normal competition units.
It has the meaning of overshadowing the guest and usurping the host.
As for the secondary creative unit, after announcing Li Yi's confirmed participation, they have successively announced the latest director who has confirmed to join.
Among them are many well-known domestic directors, such as Wu Junming and Xue Yibin.
The results are naturally self-evident.
And seeing that a small film festival like the Xichuan Youth Film Festival has suddenly caught up with the top domestic film awards, it immediately made other related film festivals such as the Beijing International Film Festival, College Student Film Festival, etc.
The intention of the organizer.
As a result, Li Yi felt like he had stung a hornet's nest.
The juries of these film festivals this year have found various connections, contacted Li Yi, and invited Li Yi to participate.
It's not that Li Yi's influence really exceeds those of veteran directors, but Li Yi rarely participates in film festivals, especially serving as a judge.
However, this announcement of participation directly promoted small film festivals like the Xichuan Youth Film Festival.
How can everyone not be jealous?
This actually made Li Yi depressed, feeling that he had been completely tricked by Chen Wen.
Not only these, but also the Hong Kong Film Awards, which also invited Li Yi to be the chairman of this year's Film Awards.
Asia Pacific Film Festival......
Wait, anyway, domestic film awards are all offering olive branches to Li Yi, and they have racked their brains to find people who are close to Li Yi to be lobbyists.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand. After all, Li Yi would not participate if he did not participate before.
And now, since an exception has been made, you can serve as the director of the secondary creation unit of the Xichuan Youth Film Festival, so there is no reason to refuse invitations from other film festivals, right?
However, these are not urgent.
On the other hand, there are more than 300 works submitted for the secondary creation section of the Xichuan Youth Film Festival, which is simply outrageous.
The key is that the total number of works registered for the entire Xichuan Youth Film Festival exceeds a thousand, which makes Li Yi a little surprised. Are there so many young directors in China?
However, most of these works are uneven.
According to Chen Wen and others, many works are experimental works, and more than 80% of the films will be removed in the first round of screening.
The remaining works will go through a second round of screening, and the final shortlisted works will be around fifty to sixty.
As for the secondary creative unit, because this is the first year, there were less than a hundred films registered before. However, after the lineup of directors was announced, in just a few days, the number of films registered exceeded three.
Hundreds of books.
Although the secondary creation unit does not set any awards, in fact, the films that can be selected by directors like Li Yi are more important than the awards themselves.
As for the secondary creation unit, it can be said that it depends entirely on the opinions of the instructors like Li Yi.
