Half the Sky is about to show four highlights, focusing on global women’s stories.
1905 movie network news The first female film "Half the Sky" produced by Jia Zhangke and co-produced by BRICS countries will land in the national cinema on May 10th. The film tells stories about women in five different countries and backgrounds through five short films with different styles and characteristics. It not only redefines women’s strength, but also highlights women’s social and family values. The day before the release, the secrets of the four highlights of the film were revealed to the audience in advance.
Aspect 1: BRICS countries cooperate again to present wonderful stories.
The film "Half the Sky" shows the unique folk customs of each country through five short stories. For example, the traditional food "jiaozi" representing China families, the new trend of Russian young people communicating through dating websites and the daily life of traditional Indian families. Among them, actors Wang Luodan and Liu Bei play a mother and daughter in China’s jiaozi, showing the career worries of professional women and the life troubles of housewives one by one.
Aspect 2: Pay attention to the global hot topic "Online dating" and lead a heated discussion.
"Half the Sky" presents the common problems of female groups with five stories with different styles but equally wonderful. The film presents hot topics of global concern in recent years, such as South African female athletes being suspected of their gender, and Russia’s online dating has become a common practice but "seeing death". At the same time, China, Brazil and India all focus on the family, from housewives and professional women to family of origin’s injury and infatuation. Different storylines resonate with different audiences: "South African articles make people feel deeply, and gender can’t restrict us from doing anything. Women can also have strength and willpower beyond men." "When you questioned that women didn’t make money for their families, you didn’t expect that they created value far higher than money."
Aspect 3: picturesque, a wonderful trip with multi-cultural integration
The distinctive film styles and pictures in Half the Sky are a highlight. jiaozi is soft and warm, which makes the audience feel at home. "Online Lover" is colorful, and the color matching of the green grass red skirt is passionate and unrestrained, presenting a Russian village like an oil painting version … … The five female directors also incorporated their unique cultural customs into the film, showing the unique social environment and women’s status of each country while the film plot developed, bringing the audience a wonderful international trip.
Aspect 4: Assembling international outstanding female directors and focusing on "half the sky"
"Half the Sky" was directed by creative female film directors from China, Russian, Indian, Brazil and South Africa. China director Liu Yulin has been selected for Berlin Film Festival, Busan Film Festival, Taiwan Golden Horse Award and many other domestic and foreign film festivals. The film independently directed by Brazilian director daniela thomas was selected as the grand view unit of the 2017 Berlin Film Festival. The works of Russian director Elizabethan Stishova and South African director Sarah Blanck have been shortlisted for several international film festivals. It is worth mentioning that the Indian short film "Mom’s Holiday" was created by the team, and the director Ashwini Yiye Tiwari was voted as one of the most influential women in India by Indian magazines.
The film "Half the Sky" will land in the national cinema before Mother’s Day on May 10th.