Recently, sponsored by the Jiashan County Committee of the Communist Party of China and the People’s Government of Jiashan County, undertaken by the Jiashan County Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, Jiashan County Federation of Literary and Art Circles, executive organizer of Jiashan County Cultural Center (Sun Daolin Film Art Museum), and guided by Shanghai Film Association, Zhejiang Film Association and Shanghai Film Critics Society, the 100th anniversary commemorative activity of Sun Daolin’s birth and the release of the winning works of the 7th “Sun Daolin Cup” micro-film competition ended successfully in Shanghai.
The release ceremony was presided over by Cui Jie, former head of the Shanghai Group Actors Troupe, Shanghai Film Group Co., Ltd., and national first-class actor, and Tang Linzhang, member of the Standing Committee of the Jiashan County Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda, delivered a speech. Relevant leaders of the cultural systems of Shanghai Municipality and Zhejiang Province, Sun Daolin’s daughter Sun Qingyuan, as well as a number of senior filmmakers and old artists, were invited to attend the event.
Tang Linzhang said in his speech that Mr. Sun Daolin is a bright pearl in the cultural history of Jiashan and an outstanding representative of Jiashan famous masters. In 2013, in order to better publicize Mr. Sun Daolin’s film artistic achievements and provide creative soil for film lovers, Jiashan combined with the “Good Culture” promotion activities to create the “Sun Daolin Cup” micro-film competition, which attracted micro-film creators from all over the country and also emerged many excellent micro-film works. Nowadays, the “Sun Daolin Cup” micro-film competition has become a shining cultural gold business card in Jiashan.
This year coincides with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Sun Daolin, in order to commemorate this special moment, this year’s “Sun Daolin Cup” micro-film competition with the theme of “Centennial Classics, Red Inheritance”, “100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China” and “Good Culture”, aims to review Mr. Sun Daolin’s film artistic achievements and promote the Sun Daolin art and culture brand with “good culture” as the core. Since its launch in September, the competition has received a total of 129 entries, including many famous directors and professional actors. The organizer invited a number of professionals, including national first-class director Kong Gang, vice president of the Micro Film Research Association of the China Film Critics Society Huang Yiqing, professor of Huace Film School of Zhejiang University of Media and Communication Gu Xiaolian, associate professor of Zhejiang University of Media and Communication Zhang Concubine, and director of the Education, Science, Culture and History Committee of the Jiashan County Political Consultative Conference to form a jury to ensure the fairness, impartiality and professionalism of the competition. The jury conducted a comprehensive assessment from the theme of the work, artistic expression, professional completion and other aspects, and after the preliminary evaluation, the final evaluation and the online popularity voting, a total of 10 works of 4 categories of comprehensive awards and 5 individual award winning works were selected.
The leading guests at the meeting announced the winners of the “Sun Daolin Award”, “Rhododendron Award”, “Ginkgo Tree Award”, “Best Actor Award”, “Best Actress Award”, “Best Screenplay Award”, “Best Director Award”, “Excellent Work Award” and “Best Internet Popularity Award”.
Mr. Sun Daolin participated in and directed many films in his life, he is not only a performance artist, but also a recitation artist, has dubbed more than 20 translated films, his voice is loud and bright, sounds particularly comfortable, and is still loved by many recitation and dubbing enthusiasts. Mr. Sun Yufeng, a national second-level director and actor of Shanghai Film Translation Studio, recited “You and Us”, Mr. Sun Qing, a first-class actor of Shanghai Film Studio, recited “Sun Daolin, a bright star in the starry sky of the movie”, and Jiashan artist Mr. Wang Haiyun and Mr. Gu Ziqiang recited the original poem “People in the Sun”.
On the day of the launch ceremony, the Sun Daolin Art Life Academic Seminar was successfully held in the Shanghai Literature and Art Hall. The seminar was chaired by Zhao Yun, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of Shanghai Film Association, and delivered speeches by Ren Zhonglun, Chairman of Shanghai Film Association, and Guo Yutao, Secretary of the Party Committee of Jiashan County Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports. Many literary and artistic circles and old artists in Shanghai and Zhejiang expressed their remembrance of Mr. Sun Daolin’s artistic life through video or on-site speeches, and Sun Daolin’s daughter Sun Qingyuan finally made a speech of thanks.