＂Star Creek＂ was shortlisted for director China’s competition for ＂future lion＂ on Venice Day.

The 75th Venice International Film Festival was held in Lido Island, Venice from August 29th to September 8th, 2018. The first feature film directed by China young director Sissi Deng has been shortlisted for Venice Day, and will have its world premiere on September 6th. This film will compete with all the first films in this film festival for the "Lion of the Future" (best feature film debut) award.

"Star Creek" was shortlisted for Venice Day, and China’s debut was praised.

Venice International Film Festival is one of the three major film festivals in the world, known as the "father of international film festivals" and the cradle of many movie master. asVenice film festivalVenice Day, the official parallel unit of Venice Film Festival, is called "one of the busiest and most popular activities of Venice Film Festival", and only 12 high-quality films that meet the standards are selected to participate in the competition worldwide every year. Famous literary film directorLou YeI was a finalist, and besides,Ki-duk KimWorld famous directors such as Wiseman and Villeneuve have shown new films here. This time, "Three Adventures in Xingxi" won the qualification of finalist with the extremely high evaluation of the film selection committee, and will make its world premiere on September 6th.

The film was shot from the small town of Yaleshta in northern Malaysia. It uses a neat three-stage narrative method and tells a story of three different and wonderful journeys caused by the tiny difference in the operation of the universe with the same heroine and time scenery as the background. Mr. Giona.A.Nazzaro, Chairman of Venice Film Critics Week, said, "This is an incredibly accurate and superb work. Its surprise lies in its soft dialogue with the heart and eyes at the same time. Every frame and shot are organically combined with this subtle philosophical story, and it is also an emotional journey with exquisite sequencing."

　

French national treasure actors join Hou Mai-style stories with all their strength, which leads to thinking.

　

Eric rohmer, a famous French director, is Sissi Deng’s movie idol, and his masterpieces, movies, etc. are Sissi Deng’s favorite movies. In his first feature film, Three Adventures in Xingxi, Sissi Deng consciously inherited Hou Mai’s artistic pursuit of "lightness, romance, restraint and bearing fate, philosophy and weight", and also incorporated Chinese’s aesthetic concept and visual style, which was a very creative attempt. The film begins with a mural of the port of Yaroslav, combining natural scenery with the theme of "adventure", leaving the first egg for the whole film.

　

Pascal Gregory, the star of the film, is a national treasure actor in France. He once starred in the film "Photo of Passion" with Sophie Marceau and co-starred in the film with marion cotillard, and was an important participant in the French New Wave Movement. He has cooperated with director eric rohmer for a long time, presenting excellent films such as,, and so on. In "Three Adventures in the Star Creek", the hero followed the name of the role "Pierre" played by Pascal Gregory in "Lotus on the Beach", which is not only a tribute to idols, but also a continuous exploration and reflection on literary films. Sissi Deng explained, "I hope to continue Pierre’s loneliness and intelligence. On the other hand, Hou Mai’s warm and charming personality, which is also a teacher and friend, I also hope to be reflected in Pierre."

　

Through the help of Feng Hsu, the film producer, Pascal successfully got the script and quickly decided to participate in Star Creek, and the filming process was also very pleasant. "The cooperation with director Yuan Qing seems to be back to the days when he was filming with Mr. Hou Mai when he was young. A group of young people were busy and happy. Although this is the director’s first work, she clearly knows what she wants and tries her best to make everything work smoothly. " The heroine of the film is Xu Fang Iridium, a good friend of director Sissi Deng. She has many experience in shooting TV series and advertisements, and she has contributed a frank and well-balanced high-level performance in Star Creek.

　

Academic masters join hands at the helm to show diversity expression in transnational starring.

"Three Adventures in Star Creek" is a China-Malaysian co-production, as well as a feature film debut by young director Sissi Deng. Sissi Deng graduated from the Department of Film Directors in Beijing. Her graduation work "Humanoid Container" with strong personal style has been selected for more than ten film festivals at home and abroad, such as Cologne-Dortmund International Women’s Film Festival, Macau International Film Festival, Seoul International Women’s Film Festival and Beijing International Film Festival. In 2016Mei FengDirected filmSissi Deng also served as an editor, which helped the film win.Tokyo International Film FestivalBest artistic contribution award.

　

The behind-the-scenes team of Star Creek is very "academic". The screenwriter and director Mei Feng as artistic director, Zhu Jinjing and production designer Wang Zhi as photography directors and senior producer Ji Wei all come from Beijing Film Academy. The film broke through the barriers in the choice of actors, with the leading actors from China, Malaysia, French and other countries. With the diversity of ethnic, religious and geographical features in the shooting area of Alexandria, the film shows the artistic expression of intimacy and alienation, loneliness and sadness.