The two sessions specially reported that ＂I love my hometown＂ Fujian’s box office broke 2 billion in two years!

Special feature of 1905 film network　"The blue sea becomes wild, the world laughs, the river turns flat, and the water clouds compete."The words are amazing and the words are exquisite, but they still can’t describe the beauty of Fujian.Located on the southeast coast, this province with pleasant climate and beautiful scenery has a wonderful fate with movies.

As early as the year when China’s films were born, Fujian audiences had been exposed to light and shadow culture. In 1905, China’s film, which kicked off the centenary, premiered in China. Among the three cities that premiered, Fuzhou was impressively listed.

Tang Xiaodan, the great director who started directing in the 1930s and is known as the "father of China war movies", is from Zhangzhou, Fujian. Chen Kaige, the leader of the "fifth generation director", was born in Changle, Fujian; Yao Chen, a powerful actress who set off a movie-watching craze with "Everything is Fine", was born in Quanzhou, Fujian. Liang Jing, a filmmaker who is both acting and producing, is also from Fujian.

Every generation of Fujian filmmakers’ love and dedication to movies has inspired later generations to keep forging ahead. Fujian also attracts the attention of filmmakers from all over the country with its excellent film supporting resources and natural resources.

At the important moment of the National People’s Congress and the National People’s Congress, the film channel launched a special program, a series of reports on "I love movies and I love my hometown", reviewing the highlights of film development in various places, grasping the pulse of the film industry and singing the dream of future movies.

The first issue of the special report "I love movies and I love my hometown" in China Film Report invited Wang Jiang, director of the film management department of the Propaganda Department of Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chen Hui, chairman of Hengye Film, and Liang Jing, a filmmaker born in Fujian, to share their deep love for Fujian and movies.

The climate is pleasant and the scenery is beautiful

These films were shot in Fujian.

According to Liang Jing, who was born in Fujian, Fujian is an excellent film and television location.

The charming Wuyi Mountain, the beautiful coastline, Gulangyu Island for literature and art, the magical Hakka earth building, the long-standing ancient city of Zhangzhou and the high-value cultural and artistic center of the Straits all constitute Fujian with excellent natural and cultural landscapes.

In recent years, such films have been filmed here.

The dreamy movie "Yun Shui Ballad" was shot in Changjiao Village, Nanjing County, Fujian Province.

The long ancient road with rich historical flavor, the Millennium banyan tree with deep roots and branches and claws, and the unique Fujian earth building all add unique footnotes to this beautiful and moving love story.

The magnificent and thrilling car chase in One Step Away also happened here. Scattered earth buildings and complex terrain trends have laid the foundation for this scene that set off the climax of the whole film.

After the release, Gutian bugle, which received rave reviews, also visited the former site of the Red Army in western Fujian.

From "Wangyun Caotang", the former site of the Red Fourth Army Front Committee, to "Zhongxing Hall", the former site of the Red Fourth Army Command, buildings and landscapes bearing historical memories make it possible for the audience to travel through time and space and return to the passionate years.

I love my hometown and I love movies.

Fujian filmmakers deeply express their hometown.

In 2019, there were 332 cinemas in Fujian Province, with 1904 screens and 259830 seats. A total of 3,688,600 movies were shown in urban cinemas in the province, and the number of people watching movies in the province reached 55,798,600, ranking first in the country.

Being an actor’s parents since childhood, Liang Jing’s original film memory comes from the film produced by Fujian Film Studio.

Liang Jing was very proud when she mentioned Spring and Autumn in a Small Town, because her father Liang Zhipeng had played an important role in the film.

Liang Zhipeng once worked in Fuzhou Military Region Forward Drama Troupe, which once produced such excellent Fujian actors and presenters as Zhu Shimao and Sun Xiaomei.

Thanks to such a growing environment, Liang Jing once witnessed the love and dedication of the previous generation of Fujian filmmakers to movies. "In those days, there were countless Fujian filmmakers who silently paid like their fathers. Today, as a new generation of filmmakers, we have a deeper feeling and responsibility for Fujian’s film industry."

I used to watch movies in my hometown. Liang Jing often went to Dongjiekou Scenic Resort in Fuzhou, where several major cinemas in the city gathered. In recent years, cinemas have been developed everywhere, not only in Fuzhou, but also in Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and other cities. In 2019, Fujian Province ranked among the top 10 in the national box office list.

Chen Hui, the chairman of Fujian Hengye Film Co., Ltd., who is in charge of the production and production tasks, also has deep feelings for his hometown.

"As a Fujian native, I can see some potential in the future market of some enterprises in Fujian. I think more cities in Fujian besides Xiamen, Quanzhou and Fuzhou actually have more box office space. It also depends on how the government and operators will make the market bigger in the future and give Fujian film market more room for development. "

Policy support+leading enterprise boost

The influence of Fujian film industry is increasing day by day.

In 2016, the Fujian Provincial Government promulgated the "Implementation Opinions on Several Economic Policies to Support Film Development". This paper mainly puts forward the contents of "giving full play to the guiding role of Fujian film and television quality award funds, vigorously implementing the digital cinema construction project in county-level cities, and reducing the enterprise income tax for high-tech Fujian film enterprises".

In 2018, Xiamen promulgated the Supplementary Provisions of Xiamen Municipal People’s Government on Printing and Distributing the Supplementary Provisions for Further Promoting the Development of Cultural Industry. Of these 18 regulations, 11 are related to the film and television industry, including supporting film and television industrial parks, introducing film and television enterprises outside the jurisdiction, cultivating film and television enterprises and supporting excellent film and television works produced in this city and distributed on traditional platforms.

In 2019, Xiamen promulgated the first special support policy for the film and television industry. In addition to supporting enterprises, encouraging social capital to invest in the construction of film and television bases, encouraging creation and distribution, etc., it also conforms to the policy of the 5 th Golden Rooster Awards in Xiamen in 10 years, specifically proposing to make Xiamen a first-class premiere base in China, and subsidizing film and television enterprises in this city to hold film and television industry activities.

Besides Xiamen, Pingtan and Zhangzhou in Fuzhou also have relevant policies to encourage the development of local film industry. Government support and policy support have made Fujian’s film industry even more powerful and its influence is increasing day by day.

According to Wang Jiang, director of the Film Management Department of the Propaganda Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, since its establishment in November 2018, the Fujian Film Bureau has continuously promoted the high-quality development of the film industry in Fujian Province. "In 2019, the film box office in Fujian Province was 2.154 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 7.18%, surpassing 2 billion yuan for the second consecutive year, ranking 10 th in the country."

The development of Fujian’s film industry cannot be separated from the leading enterprises.

In 1958, Fujian Film Studio was born, and successively produced such excellent works as Spring and Autumn in a Small Town, Kapok Robe, Love on the Covered Bridge and Gutian bugle, and won many important awards such as the Huamiao Award, the Golden Rooster Award and the Hundred Flowers Award of China films.

Fujian Hengye Film Co., Ltd., established in 2007, as a local private enterprise in Fujian, also witnessed the growth of Fujian film industry.

In recent years, Hengye Film has successively sent excellent works to the audience. At the end of 2019, Sheep Without A Shepherd, the first film produced by Fujian Hengye Film Industry, was a hit, earning 1.2 billion yuan at the box office, making it the best movie in Fujian’s history. In the future, Hengye will also launch Sheep Without A Shepherd sequels, movies, and other blockbuster films.

Seize the opportunity of "golden age"　

Promote Fujian’s film industry to take off

This year, affected by the epidemic, cinemas closed down and film crews stopped working. The whole film industry is facing unprecedented challenges. With the domestic epidemic prevention and control achieved good results, the film industry gradually recovered. Fujian Province is also ready to seize the historical opportunity of the "golden age" of China films and continue to push Fujian film industry to a peak.

Wang Jiang, director of the Film Management Department of the Propaganda Department of Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, said that the future development of Fujian’s films should generally revolve around "1234".

"1" is to persist in taking prosperous creation as the central link. "2" is to do our best to run two festivals and exhibitions. We will do our best to organize the Silk Road International Film Festival and the China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, and strive to build Xiamen into the "Cannes of the East".

"3" is to build three film bases. In terms of base construction, Pingtan film and television base with the theme of ocean, Xiamen film and television base with the direction of global film and television and Taining film and television base with the focus on network drama incubation will be built from a high starting point, and a number of professional film and television sheds and tourism sheds will be built to form a "2+1" film and television base pattern with Xiamen in the south and Pingtan in the north.

"4" is four "high".

First, film creation has reached a peak. Excavate and sort out the production resources of film creation, plan a number of key projects that show the culture of Bamin and the style of the new Fujian era, and strive to create 10 key films and support the creation of 30 key scripts every year; Second, the industrial development is of high quality. It is necessary to pay attention to cultivating a group of "specialized and innovative" film enterprises, promote the deep integration of film development and building a brand of "all-happiness travel and all-happiness", and extend the film industry chain; The third is to serve the people with high efficiency. Support the technological upgrading of urban cinemas and optimize the film screening environment and services, and intensify efforts to promote the construction of township cinemas; Fourth, the talent team is of high quality. Relying on Fujian Normal University to build a research center for film script creation, we have prepared and organized training courses for film creators in the province for three consecutive years, and invited top experts from the domestic and provincial film industry to give lectures and trainings.

Chen Hui, chairman of Hengye, who has witnessed the growth of Fujian films all the way in the past 20 years, believes that more creators in Fujian now have more confidence. "I think Fujian leaders plan their policies from the perspective of the development of the whole industry. On this basis, I think everyone should consider it together and build Fujian into a big film province. "

Liang Jing, who is also an actor and producer, also believes that the film industry in his hometown has unlimited potential.

"Two years ago, I joined the production industry and set up a film and television company’ Xiamen Seven Impression’ in my hometown. In recent years, more and more filmmakers and film institutions, like me, have been attracted by the beautiful scenery and preferential policies here, and they have chosen to settle in Fujian. Together, we have participated in and witnessed the development of Fujian’s film and television industry. "

At the same time, Liang Jing also expressed her deep wishes for the future development of her hometown.

"From" Orange Red in Minjiang River "to" Clouds and Water Ballads ",the land of Bamin has nourished the context of the film for decades, and Fujian, which is surrounded by mountains and seas, has gradually become a holy place for China films. The successive landing of Silk Road Film Festival and Golden Rooster Award has empowered the development of Fujian films. Three points are doomed, seven points rely on hard work, and Fujian movies come on. "

"I love my hometown, I love Fujian, and I am lucky to make a movie in Fujian!"