The Academic Summit, themed “Cultural Confidence and Harmonious Coexistence: Building the Film Ecosystem”, had three parts: report releases, keynote speeches and a roundtable. It was hosted by the China Film Association and the Xiamen Municipal People’s Government, and organized by the Film Art Center of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Department of Film Studies of the Beijing Film Academy. Ren Zhonglun, vice chairman of the China Film Association, gave an address. Keynote speeches were given by Yin Hong, vice chairman of the China Film Association; Jia Leilei, research fellow at the Chinese National Academy of Arts; Zuo Heng, research fellow in the Film Culture Research Department of the China Film Archive; Yang Junlei, professor in the Department of Chinese at Fudan University; Suo Yabin, professor at the School of Drama, Film and Television of the Communication University of China; and Peng Kan, lecturer at the School of Arts and Communication of Beijing Normal University. The event was moderated by Zhu Hongzi, Party secretary and chairman of China Film Press Co., Ltd.
In the report release session, Lu Shaoyang, professor at the School of Journalism and Communication of Peking University and president of the Theory and Criticism Committee of the China Film Association, released the Report on Ten Years of Artistic Development of Chinese Film; Liang Junjian, deputy director of the Cultural and Creative Finance Research Center of the National Institute of Financial Research at Tsinghua University and associate professor at the Tsinghua University School of Journalism and Communication, released the 2022 Report on Film Investment and Financing in China.
The roundtable was moderated by film critic Tan Fei. Hou Keming, professor at the Beijing Film Academy; Lu Haibo, professor at the Central Academy of Drama; Zhi Feina, senior editor at the Chinese National Academy of Arts; and Wan Chuanfa, professor at Shanghai Theatre Academy, discussed in depth how to build an innovative and dynamic film ecosystem, support co-creation and cooperation among investors, platforms, creators, audiences and other participants, and ultimately advance the ecological transformation of Chinese cinema.
The experts said that viewing film from an ecological perspective and discussing strategies for developing the film ecosystem are important for building a broad film ecosystem marked by diversity, stability and sustainability. This can offer insights for the healthy development of Chinese cinema, strengthen cultural confidence and self-reliance, uphold fundamentals while innovating, produce more quality works, accelerate the upgrading of Chinese cinema, help Chinese culture reach the world, and continuously enhance the country’s cultural soft power and the influence of Chinese culture.
