What will happen when an emerging director meets a young actor? ReelFocus Fresh Blood Short Film Program, jointly initiated by BJIFF and BOSS ZHIPIN, will soon release the promo video A Practical Handbook for Young Filmmakers, in which the emerging director Chen Xinyan will be invited to cooperate with young actors Zhang Yishan and Wang Qiang.

As a new generation director selected for Project Pitches at the 1st BJIFF ReelFocus Fresh Blood Short Film Program with his film Roller Coaster, Chen Xinyan has a lot of feelings about his participation in the RF program once again. He said that ReelFocus is a very fair platform that really supports young directors. "Short film is the vital way for every director to change to feature film, but the return is very limited, so it's very rare to find a platform that can always support young directors to create short films".

When talking about the shooting of the promo video, Chen Xinyan used three words "curiosity", "fresh blood" and "resonance" to describe the film. "Curiosity" means that this promo video has a stronger sense of form than the previous ones, which can explore the inner world of young filmmakers in an abstract way; "Fresh blood" means that the team mainly consists of young people from the director to the actors and the staff behind, and we can feel the great power of the young; "Resonance" means that the promo video responds to the qualities and pain points of the young filmmakers: wild ideas, very special behaviors and even a little bit of vanity. The director's interpretation makes people more look forward to the promo A Practical Handbook for Young Filmmakers which is so young with such an attitude, so stay tuned to the formal release of the video.

The participation of young actors Zhang Yishan and Wang Qiang will bring the promo a different spark. As a veteran actor who has portrayed many popular roles, Zhang Yishan will show a completely different side this time by playing a bearded but middle-aged scientist with a glint in eyes, and his flamboyant light-colored hair reflects his breakthrough attitude.

As a new face who appeared in front of the public in past years, Wang Qiang portrays a bold young researcher who is the best partner with the scientist with his professional performance.

It is worth mentioning that the promo A Practical Handbook for Young Filmmakers was supported by Nikon, a famous brand and official partner of this year's ReelFocus Fresh Blood Short Film Program. The film was shot with Nikon's flagship mirrorless digital camera Z9 to present a unique perspective on the research and observation of "young filmmakers". Director Chen Xinyan said that the Nikon Z9 demonstrates excellent video performance in this shoot, which helps image makers to achieve creation more freely. The NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct and NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena lenses also performed very well in the shoot, producing a lot of images with a cinematic quality.

The setting of the two characters coincides with the thriving ReelFocus Fresh Blood Short Film Program -- focusing on young filmmakers with unique perspectives, escorting their films, and continuously feeding fresh blood into China's film and television industry.