Zhang Yimou Workshop & Masterclass

Time: 1:30PM-3:00PM, April 27, 2023 (Thursday) 

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

Zhang Yimou, Chinese director, who directorial debut Red Sorghum (1987) won the Golden Bear Award at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival, China’s very first international film festival award.His directorial works, namely the Red Sorghum, Ju Dou, Raise The Red Lantern, The Story of Qiu-Ju, Not One Lessand The Road Home, between 1987 and 1999 won multiple awards at home and abroad, including three nominations for the Academy Awards and five nominations for the Golden Globes.Zhang worked as the Jury President of the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival and Jury President of the 64th Venice International Film Festival. He served as the Creative Director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Summer Games Beijing 2008.He also worked as the Creative Director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Zhang directed the comedy Full River Red in 2023

Song Fangjin, screenwriter and writer. Vice President of the Script Writer’s Guild of China. Council member of China Film Critics Association. His representative works include films, namely the Flying and Twinkling Jewelry, TV series Medal of the Republic—Yuan Longping’s Dream and Cell Phone, as well as publications, such as the Letters to Young Screenwriters, etc.

Chan Luyu, renowned media personality and program host. She planned and hosted talk shows, such as A Date with Luyu and Through the Years, and worked as the chief planner and mentor of speaking competition reality shows, such as the Super Speaker and I am a Speaker.