Led by industrial expertise and with an international perspective, the Theme Forum this year is intended to organize 3 film power forums and 3 theme forums. These events will invite outstanding filmmakers, film industry representatives and renowned film scholars at home and abroad to discuss a host of important topics, such as how Chinese films relate to their foreign audiences, international film-oriented exchange and cooperation, how to make realism films, creative thought and imagination of you filmmakers, film investment and financing and the integration between science and film and television works. These discussions will offer new inspirations for the development of Chinese film, and contribute “Chinese wisdom” and “Chinese strength” for the development of world cinema.

Fu Rouqing, Secretary of Party Committee and Chairman of China Film Group Corporation, Chairman and General Manager of China Film Co., Ltd.

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German director and screenwriter, representative works: The Lives of Others

William Kong, President of Edko Films Ltd.

Li Bingbing, Chinese actress, producer and executive producer

Fernando E. Juan Lima, President of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, lawyer, journalist and film critic 

Lu Chuan, Chinese director, screenwriter and producer

Huangfu Yichuan, Director of the New Media Center at the China Film Art Research Center, President & Editor-in-chief of Contemporary Cinema, President of China Film News

Zhou Liming, film critic, columnist and host

Time: 2:00PM-5:00PM, Monday, April 24, 2023

Venue: Grand Ballroom, Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention & Exhibition Center

This forum is held under the theme of “Cultural Exchange with Films”, aiming at facilitating film-powered communications. A number of Chinese and international film industry representatives will be invited to the forum. It will focus on international film cooperation from the perspectives of film production and filmmaking, platform building and exchange and mutual learning. The goal is to promote film industry cooperation and cultural exchange, and push forward the exchange and mutual learning of human civilizations.

Frédéric Auburtin, French film director and screenwriter, representative works: Paris, je t'aime, The Lover and Football on the Roof

Chen Sicheng, Chinese film director, producer and actor, representative works: the Detective Chinatown series and Beijing Love Story

Jimmy Chin, American film director and producer, representative works: Free Solo and Meru

Huang Jianxin, Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer, representative works: The Battle at Lake Changjin, My People, My Country and The Founding of a Republic

Hu Zhifeng, professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Film Academy, director of the Academic Committee of Chinese Collegial Association for Visual Art 

Ivan I. Tverdovskiy, Russian film director and screenwriter, representative works: The Conference, Zoology and Corrections Class

Wang Zhonglei, founder, vice chairman and CEO of Huayi Brothers Media Corp.

Yang Xianghua, president of Membership and Overseas Business Group of iQIYI, Inc. 

Yin Hong, professor of School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, Vice-Chairman of China Film Association

Gillian Zhao, President of Warner Bros. Discovery in China

Moderator: Lan Yu, TV hostess of China Movie Channel (CCTV-6)

Time: 10:00AM-12:00PM, Thursday, April 27, 2023

Venue: Grand Ballroom, Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention & Exhibition Center

The forum will focus on the directors, screenwriters, acting and film criticism of realistic films. It is expected that, starting from the participants’ creation experience, they will discuss the human values expressed by literary and artistic works in order to make literary and artistic creation relate to ordinary people and human nature and resonate with the time and audiences.

Anthony Chen, director, screenwriter and producer in Singapore, representative works: Ilo Ilo, The Breaking Ice and Wet Season

Dong Chengpeng, Chinese film director and actor, representative works: Post Truth, City of Rock and The Reunions

Feng Xiaoning, Chinese film director and screenwriter, representative works: The Meridian of War, Red River Valley and Purple Sunset

Lu Yang, Chinese film director and screenwriter, representative works: Brotherhood of Blades, A Writer's Odyssey and The Woman in the Storm

Tan Zhuo, Chinese actress, representative works: Spring Fever, Dying to Survive and Sheep Without a Shepherd

Guest Moderator: Hao Rong, Dean and Deputy Secretary of Party Committee of the Central Academy of Drama

Moderator: Zong Ming, hostess of Beijing Radio and Television Station

Time: Tuesday, April 25 All Day

Venue: Black Box Theatre, Huairou Campus, Beijing Film Academy

The forum is organized under the theme of “Film Technology Integration for A Greater Film Capital”, and it will focus on the development of China film capital and the integration of science and technology and films in order to build a top notch domestic forum where scientists and artists can compare notes. In doing so, the film capital can further play its exemplary role in China’s film and television industry.

Alexander Brandt, German new media artist, chief designer of Shanghai Planetarium, new media art director of China Pavilion of Shanghai World Expo

Chen Yu, Chinese film director and screenwriter, professor at the School of Arts, Peking University, representative work: Full River Red, Snipers

Dai Qionghai, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, advisor to the State Council, Director of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, president, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University

Fu Ruoqing, secretary of Party committee and chairman of China Film Group Corporation, chairman and general manager of China Film Co., Ltd.

Han Guilai, associate research fellow of the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, scientific consultant for The Wandering Earth II

Huangfu Yichuan, Director of the New Media Center at the China Film Art Research Center, President & Editor-in-chief of Contemporary Cinema, President of China Film News

Jiang Xiaoming, secretary of Party committee and director of the Sciences Innovation and Development Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Liu Qian, distinguished professor of Beijing Film Academy and distinguished A-class technical expert of State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs

Ren Dongsheng, vice president of Youth Dance Troupe of Beijing Dance Academy, first-class stage designer in China, executive deputy director of the Lighting Professional Committee of China Institute of Stage Design

Jeffrey Shao, leader in global new media art, professor of City University of Hong Kong

Sun Lijun, vice president of Beijing Film Academy, executive director of China Animation Association and Director of Cartoon Art Committee of China Television Artists Association

Wu Jing, vice chairman of China Film Association, director and actor

Yu Dong, founder, chairman and president of Bona Film Group Co., Ltd.

Zhang Jiajing, founder of Hong Kong Huirong International Cultural Development Group

Zhang Wei, Party Secretary and Director of the China Research Institute of Film Science & Technology (Institute of Film Technology Quality Test)

Michael Zyda, professor of the University of Southern California, founder of the USC Interactive 3D Graphics, winner of IEEE Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award

Time: 10:00AM-12:00PM, Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Venue: Grand Ballroom, Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention & Exhibition Center

The forum will focus on several recent hot topics in the film and television industry, such as realistic creation, imagination-based culture, industrial integration and film industrialization. A host of young film directors, screenwriters, actors and other practitioners will be invited for the discussion. The discussion will be thoroughly led by young filmmakers in order to build a communication platform between them and college students and reflect their unique thoughts on themselves, culture and society.

Huang Yao, Chinese young actress, representative works: The Crossing, Mining Town and The Shadowless Tower

Liu Jiangjiang, Chinese young director and screenwriter, representative work: Lighting Up The Stars

Niu Xiaoyu, Chinese young director and screenwriter, representative work: Virgin Blue

Shao Yihui, Chinese young director, screenwriter and writer, representative work: B for Busy

Yang Zhixue, Chinese young screenwriter, representative works: The Wandering Earth and The Wandering Earth II

Zhang Dalei, Chinese young director and screenwriter, representative works: The Summer is Gone, Stars Await Us, Day is Done and Why Try to Change Me Now

Time: 2:00PM-5:00PM, Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Venue: Grand Ballroom, Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention & Exhibition Center

The representatives of several domestic powerhouse studios, financial institutions and investment companies will be invited to the summit to voice their opinions, make representations on the film industry and build a prestigious platform to facilitate the mutual integration of the film industry and financial sector, advance their cooperation and support the high-quality development of the film industry and the building of a film power on earth.

Huang Qunfei, Executive Vice General Manager of Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd.

Jiang Defu, Executive President of Bona Film Group and president of Guangzhou Film Association

Li Weiqiang, Executive Vice President of Poly Culture Group, Chairman of Poly Pictures and Chairman of Poly Digi-Entertainment

Qian Zhongyuan, Chief Producer of the As One Production.

Qiu Lin, Equity Partner and Head of Civil and Commercial Practice Committee at Beijing Jotai Law Firm

Rao Shuguang, President of the China Film Critics Association

Yin Xiangjin, Senior Assistant to the President of Wanda Cultural Industry Group and General Manager of Wanda Film and Television Media Co., Ltd.