Theme: Swim Into Infinity

Name: Maritime Guangdong Film Festival at GBA

The 2023 Maritime Guangdong Young Director Support Program (Maritime Guangdong Program) initiated and hosted by the Yangcheng Evening News Group is making big moves once again! From December 22nd to 24th, the grand opening of the Maritime Guangdong Film Festival at Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), titled "Swim Into Infinity", will take place in Guangzhou. The event will showcase 10 short films supported by the Maritime Guangdong Program, along with four surprise screenings, three filmmaker salons, three consecutive nights of outdoor screenings and a film cultural market.

During this period, the opening ceremony of the Maritime Guangdong Film Festival will feature three short film sections, named "The Echoes of Sound", "The Southward Migration" and "The Gaze of Visitors". The event will screen 10 short films created by young directors as part of the 2023 Maritime Guangdong Program, as well as five special short films on Guangdong from non-local directors. The directors and key creators of the short films will be present for post-screening discussions, sharing fascinating stories and creative viewpoints with the audience.

In addition to the short film screenings, this event will also gather Guangdong's new-generation directors. The event aims to bring the audience an artistic experience that combines visual and auditory enjoyment with intellectual collisions through surprise screenings, filmmaker salons, and other activities.

It is reported that the series of events of the Maritime Guangdong Film Festival at GBA will run from December 2023 to January 2024, with Guangzhou as the main venue and multiple cities, universities, and art institutions in the GBA area serving as sub-venues. The event will organize film screenings, filmmaker salons, industry forums, and academic seminars. The sub-venues will cover cities such as Hong Kong, Macao, Shenzhen, Shantou, Foshan, Jiangmen, and Qingyuan, while universities such as Jinan University and Shantou University will host various academic screening activities throughout the event.

The Maritime Guangdong Program focuses on the new creative forces in the GBA film industry, intending to present a fresh surge of the GBA cinematic power through the presence of young directors and audiences alike, and to build a humanistic GBA through the power of film.

Source: Yangcheng Evening News

广东新生代导演齐亮相！“游向无垠”山海展映季大湾区系列活动即将启幕

活动主题：Swim Into Infinity

活动名：Maritime Guangdong Film Festival at GBA

由羊城晚报报业集团发起并主办的2023“向山海走去”青年导演创作扶持计划（以下简称山海计划）又有大动作！12月22日-24日，“游向无垠”山海展映季大湾区系列活动将在广州盛大始发，活动将展映山海计划扶持创作的10部短片，并带来4场惊喜放映、3场影人沙龙以及连续3晚的露天放映和电影文创市集。

12月22日至24日，山海展映季广州启幕活动将通过“声音的溯洄”“向南的迁徙”“来客的凝望”三个短片单元，放映2023山海计划青年导演创作的10部短片，以及5部以“外省导演镜头下的广东”为视角的特约短片。短片导演和主创将现身映后环节，和观众分享电影幕后的精彩故事和创作观点。

除短片展映外，本次活动还将见证广东新生代导演的集中亮相，通过惊喜放映、影人沙龙等活动，为观众带来兼具视听享受和思想碰撞的艺术现场。

据悉，“游向无垠”山海展映季大湾区系列活动将从2023年12月持续至2024年1月，以广州为主会场，湾区多个城市、高校、艺术机构为分会场，组织影片放映、影人沙龙、产业论坛、学术研讨会等系列活动。其中，活动分会场将遍及香港、澳门、深圳、汕头、佛山、江门、清远等城市，暨南大学、汕头大学等高校都将在活动期间陆续开展丰富多彩的学术展映活动。

银幕内外，珠水流波。山海计划聚焦大湾区电影创作新势力，期待借由青年导演和观众的共同在场，见证大湾区电影力量的全新迸发，以电影之力建设人文湾区。

记者｜李丽
翻译｜陈萱