Jia Zhangke's Discussion on Film Restoration: Timely Digitization of Film in order to Protect Images and Inherit Culture
2024-05-24
On May 14-25, the 77th Cannes International Film Festival was held in the small town of Cannes in southern France. This year's Cannes Film Festival is considered the "Year of Chinese Film", with multiple Chinese feature films nominated. Jia Zhangke's new work "The Romantic Generation" was nominated for the main competition unit, and director Chen Kexin's "Sauce Garden Lane" will be screened in the non competition screening unit. In addition, the classic Jackie Chan film "Flying Eagle Plan", which has undergone 4K restoration, will also appear in the "Cannes Classic" beach screening segment. The Eagle Project was directed by Jackie Chan and released in 1991. The 4K version of this show, the "Classic Hong Kong Film Restoration Plan" launched by the China Film Archive, Tiktok and Volcano Engine, will be restored in 2024 and will be premiered globally at 21:30 local time on May 23, Cannes. Film restoration is a global project aimed at rescuing endangered films and protecting film heritage. In recent years, mainstream film festivals both domestically and internationally have begun to offer "restoring classics" units. During this year's Cannes Film Festival, director Jia Zhangke talked about his views on film restoration in an interview with "1905 Film Network". On May 14-25, the 77th Cannes International Film Festival was held in the small town of Cannes in southern France. This year's Cannes Film Festival is considered the "Year of Chinese Film", with multiple Chinese feature films nominated. Jia Zhangke's new work "The Romantic Generation" was nominated for the main competition unit, and director Chen Kexin's "Sauce Garden Lane" will be screened in the non competition screening unit. In addition, the classic Jackie Chan film "Flying Eagle Plan", which has undergone 4K restoration, will also appear in the "Cannes Classic" beach screening segment. The Eagle Project was directed by Jackie Chan and released in 1991. The 4K version of this show, the "Classic Hong Kong Film Restoration Plan" launched by the China Film Archive, Tiktok and Volcano Engine, will be restored in 2024 and will be premiered globally at 21:30 local time on May 23, Cannes. Film restoration is a global project aimed at rescuing endangered films and protecting film heritage. In recent years, mainstream film festivals both domestically and internationally have begun to offer "restoring classics" units. During this year's Cannes Film Festival, director Jia Zhangke talked about his views on film restoration in an interview with "1905 Film Network". It is understood that the "Classic Hong Kong Film Restoration Plan" was launched by the China Film Archive, Tiktok and Volcano Engine in 2023. It plans to restore 100 Hong Kong classics, of which 10 are selected to be restored frame by frame by "manual+AI", and the remaining 90 are mainly restored by AI technology. In April this year, the 4K version of "Plan A" and "Contract of Selling Yourself" repaired by the plan premiered at the Beijing Film Festival. After the 4K version of "Flying Eagle Plan" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Tiktok and watermelon videos will be online for free viewing. (Lai Xin She)
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