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HomeGolden Rooster Films Project MarketProject CollectionPraise Me

Praise Me

Creative Statement

Based on the director's own experience. In a village in Northeast China in 1993, a seven-year-old boy sees a classmate praised by the teacher for handing in money he found. Longing to be praised by the teacher in front of the girl he secretly adores, the boy sets out on his own path to 'making money'.

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Xing Jian

Screenwriter:

Xing Jian, Wu Jianxiao

Producer:

Tian Jiaoping

Production Company:

Beijing Dongsheng Film and Television Production Co., Ltd.

About the Director

The film Winter won Best Artistic Exploration in the main competition of the 22nd Beijing College Student Film Festival, Best Artistic Contribution in the main competition of the 39th Montreal World Film Festival, Best Feature Film at the 2015 Beijing Youth Film Festival, the Organizing Committee's Special Tribute to an Artist at the 2015 Beijing Youth Film Festival, and Best Sound at the 10th Chinese Young Generation Film Forum. Winter After Winter won Emerging Director of the Year at the 14th Chinese Youth Film Week and Best Actor at the 2nd Avant-Garde Art Film Festival, and was selected for the Bright Future section of the 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Ingmar Bergman Competition of the 42nd Göteborg Film Festival, the Young Cinema Competition of the 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival, the main competition of the 37th Munich International Film Festival and the Work-in-Progress Lab of the 2018 Pingyao International Film Festival.

About the Producer

Works: The Rattle Drum, Beauty and Breaking the Gods. Awards include Best Children's Film at the 36th China Golden Rooster Awards; the Asian New Talent Award in the main competition of the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival; the New Force Award of Alibaba Pictures' Torch Program at the FIRST International Film Festival Xining; the Special Award of the Longyue Producers Association; Outstanding Chinese Film in the Youth on Screen category at the 30th Beijing College Student Film Festival; the Work-in-Progress Project Award at the 10th Beijing International Film Festival; the Jury's Special Recommendation in the main competition of the 7th Silk Road International Film Festival; Best Small and Medium-Budget Film at the 2nd Shaanxi Film Awards; the 2021 Quality Project Award of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee; and Top 10 Films of the Year at the 6th Cinephilia Spirit Awards.

About the Screenwriter

The film Winter won Best Artistic Exploration in the main competition of the 22nd Beijing College Student Film Festival, Best Artistic Contribution in the main competition of the 39th Montreal World Film Festival, Best Feature Film at the 2015 Beijing Youth Film Festival, the Organizing Committee's Special Tribute to an Artist at the 2015 Beijing Youth Film Festival, and Best Sound at the 10th Chinese Young Generation Film Forum. Winter After Winter won Emerging Director of the Year at the 14th Chinese Youth Film Week and Best Actor at the 2nd Avant-Garde Art Film Festival, and was selected for the Bright Future section of the 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Ingmar Bergman Competition of the 42nd Göteborg Film Festival, the Young Cinema Competition of the 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival, the main competition of the 37th Munich International Film Festival and the Work-in-Progress Lab of the 2018 Pingyao International Film Festival.