【大美廣東】Maritime Guangdong Program short film "How Can I Rid My Mind of Her " set for Japanese premiere at SSF 2024 山海計劃短片《海水泡的茶是什么味道》將亮相日本札幌國際短片電影節
The short film "How Can I Rid My Mind of Her," directed by young director Wenli Huang and supported by the Maritime Guangdong Program, has been selected for the international competition section of the 19th Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market (SSF). The film, which will have its Japanese premiere in mid-October, stands out among 2,058 entries from around the world, making Wenli Huang one of only two Chinese directors and his film one of the two Chinese films to be included in the festival.
The Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market is one of the largest, most authoritative, and influential short film festivals in Japan, even in Asia, accredited by the Canadian Screen Award Qualifying and others, serving as a central stage for the display of transnational cinema in Asia. It attracts between 2,800 to 3,500 entries of various genres each year. The 19th edition of the festival is scheduled to take place from October 11th to 14th, 2024.
"How Can I Rid My Mind of Her" was supported by the Maritime Guangdong Young Director Support Program (referred to as the Maritime Guangdong Program) for its production. The film, which was primarily shot at the Hongqi Tea Factory in Yinghong Town, Yingde, Guangdong, tells the story of Jian , a Vietnamese returnee tea picker who has lost his loved one, and his struggles with the pain in life.
Wenli Huang, who was born and raised in Guangdong, has always been interested in the culture of overseas Chinese and their stories. He chose the unique perspective of "difficult overseas Chinese" (referring to those who have faced war, natural disasters, or man-made persecutions abroad) for his short film. The protagonist, Jian, is a returnee from Vietnam in the 1970s, and the Yinghong Overseas Chinese Tea Farm where he is located was once the largest farm for resettling returning overseas Chinese.
In the film, Wenli Huang attempts to convey the character's past memories and complex emotions through visual and auditory language, with minimal dialogue. He aims to express a theme through a story of love and loneliness, "Time is not omnipotent. Some pains do not fade with time, but we must learn to coexist with them."
In April this year, "How Can I Rid My Mind of Her" was selected for the screening section of the 46th Moscow International Film Festival , where it held two screenings and post-show exchanges in Moscow, marking its world premiere. In August, the film was also selected for the main competition section of the 8th 86358 Jia Village Short Film Week . Additionally, "How Can I Rid My Mind of Her" has been selected for the Chongqing Youth Film Festival 's "International Communication Plan " short film competition section and is scheduled to have its first screening in Chongqing in late October.
The Maritime Guangdong Program is a large-scale talent support initiative hosted by the Yangcheng Evening News Group, aimed at discovering, incubating, selecting, and nurturing outstanding young Chinese directors at home and abroad. The program is based in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and seeks to find new forces in the field of image creation globally, supporting them in exploring various types of short films such as drama, documentary, and animation. It encourages them to break through and expand their imagination for the future of Chinese image culture, allowing the world to rediscover China through images.
Source : Lingnan on the Cloud
山海計劃短片《海水泡的茶是什么味道》將亮相日本札幌國際短片電影節
由山海計劃青年導演黃文禮執導的短片《海水泡的茶是什么味道》（2023）入圍第19屆札幌國際短片電影節國際競賽單元，將于10月中旬在日本首次放映。黃文禮及其作品在本次電影節中從來自全球的2058份參賽作品中脫穎而出，成為唯二入圍的中國導演及中國影片。
札幌國際短片電影節( Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market ) 是日本和亞洲最大、最具權威和影響力的短片電影節之一，受到加拿大影視獎（Canadian Screen Award Qualifying）等多項認證，是亞洲跨國電影展示的中心舞臺，每年吸引2800至3500個不同類型的作品參展。第19屆札幌國際短片電影節將于2024年10月11日至14日舉行。
《海水泡的茶是什么味道》由“向山海走去”青年導演創作扶持計劃（簡稱山海計劃）扶持拍攝，全片主要在廣東英德英紅鎮紅旗茶廠取景，講述一位失去愛人的越南歸僑采茶工阿建與人生傷痛掙扎纏斗的故事。
黃文禮在廣東出生長大，對家鄉的僑文化和華人華僑故事一直很感興趣，最終他找到“難僑”這個獨特的切入點進行短片創作?！半y僑”指的是在國外遭受戰爭、天然災害或人為迫害的僑胞，片中主人公阿建便是一名上世紀七十年代從越南歸來的難僑，其在片中所處的英紅華僑茶場曾是全國安置歸國難僑最多的華僑農場。
在影片中，黃文禮試圖在只用少量臺詞交代必要信息的前提下，盡量依靠視聽語言營造充足氛圍，將人物的過往記憶和復雜情感呈現到位。他想通過一個關于愛與孤獨的故事，表達一個主題：“時間并不是萬能的。有些傷痛并不會隨著時間而消逝，但我們要學會如何與傷痛共存?！?/p>
今年4月，《海水泡的茶是什么味道》入圍第46屆莫斯科國際電影節展映單元，在莫斯科舉行了兩場放映和映后交流活動，完成世界首映。8月，該片入圍第8屆86358賈家莊短片周主競賽單元。此外，《海水泡的茶是什么味道》還入圍了重慶青年電影展“國際傳播計劃”短片競賽單元，將于10月下旬在重慶首次放映。
山海計劃是由羊城晚報報業集團主辦的對海內外優秀華人青年導演進行挖掘、孵化、選拔和培養的大型人才扶持活動?；顒恿⒆慊浉郯拇鬄硡^，面向全球尋找影像創作領域的新銳力量，支持他們探索劇情、紀錄、動畫等不同類型的短片創作，突破和展開對未來華語影像文化的想象之路，也讓世界通過影像重新發現中國。
來源：羊城晚報
