The 2nd BJIFF will also include the 19th Beijing University Student Film Festival, the 10th Beijing Youth Public Service Film Festival, the Beijing Ethnic Film Festival, and other colorful activities, focusing on creating a large-scale film and cultural event with wide public participation. Film Charm - Beijing Forum
The Film Charm - Beijing Forum is an important carrier for BJIFF to build a platform for exchanges and academic seminars. Relying on the rapid development of China's film industry and the trend of globalization of the film industry, the Forum focuses on the main activities of the BJIFF, and conducts in-depth exchanges and discussions on the extensive exchanges and cooperation of the international film industry as well as the diverse development of the ****winning, so as to promote the exchanges and cooperation of the film industry between China and foreign countries.
The 2nd BJIFF Film Forum will be held on April 23rd and 24th, 2012. The Forum still adheres to the positioning of internationality, professionalism, and high-end, and will feature the "Summit Forum of International Famous Film Enterprises", the "Forum on the Road of Sino-foreign Film Cooperation", and several academic lectures. The forum is composed of "Summit Forum of International Famous Film Enterprises", "Forum on the Road of Sino-foreign Film Cooperation" and several academic lectures, creating conditions for exchanges and cooperation between famous Chinese and foreign film enterprises. In addition to James Cameron, the director of Avatar and Titanic, who will attend the forum and hold lectures, there will also be China Film Corporation, Huayi Brothers Media Group, Disney Pictures, 20th Century Fox, the producer of the Bollywood film "Born to be a Pair", India's Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd., the producer of the Bollywood film "Born This Way", Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd. of India, and Toho International Company Inc. of Japan, which is famous for a series of anime films such as "Detective Conan", "Crayon Shin-chan", "Doraemon", etc., are also among the guest speakers. In addition, Working Title (UK), which has produced films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral and Elizabeth, and Gaumont, the producer of The Count of Monte Cristo, as well as Universum Film A.G. and Weta digital from New Zealand, are also invited to the Forum, which will surely attract the close attention of the global film industry. The 2nd BJIFF "Film Theme Concert" and "Closing Ceremony Concert" will be held at the National Stadium on April 27th and April 28th, 2012 respectively. Based on the promotion of the "Beijing Spirit" and the dissemination of Chinese culture, the concert will review the century-long history of world cinema through beautiful and touching music melodies, vividly display the unique charm and broad prospects of the art of cinema, especially Chinese cinema, and present the audience with a program that combines distinctive themes of the times, classic music melodies, stunning audio-visual experiences and gorgeous stage interpretations, all of which are characteristic of Beijing. It will present to the audience a movie music feast with Beijing characteristics, Chinese style and international standard, integrating the distinctive theme of the era, classic music melodies, stunning audio-visual experience and splendid stage interpretation. （
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
This year's BJIFF Film Concert and Closing Ceremony Concert will feature the world-renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from London, England, the host city of the 30th Olympic Games. Founded in 1987, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra brings together the world's leading conductors and performers and is renowned for its overall high artistic quality. The orchestra has successfully held a number of highly influential film concerts such as "Film Charm" and "Star Wars Multimedia Concert", and has worked with many world-class masters such as Ruciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Burt Kabarak, Tina Turner, etc., and enjoys a high reputation in its global music scene, especially in the film music festivals. Its performances include Titanic, Pirates of the Caribbean 2, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Avatar, Jurassic Park, Spy, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and many more. The orchestra has also recorded for all the major record labels and has its own label, including the very popular "Classics Are Coming" series. These recordings reflect the diversity of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's repertoire, ranging from popular symphonic and choral music to film classics and cabaret. Conducting this year's Film Concert and Closing Concert is one of the UK's most celebrated conductors, Michael Hill, who has been Associate Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra since 2002, and has worked with a wide range of symphony orchestras.
- Unique Comprehensive Art Experience Space
The 2nd BJIFF Film Concert and Closing Ceremony Concert will adopt the world's leading multimedia and holographic video technology, and make full use of the unique and oversized space of the International Gymnasium to set up the largest indoor comprehensive video display system in China and even in Asia as well as a multi-level, three-dimensional stage display space to maximize the exploration and presentation of film music through the film. Music maximizes the unique aesthetic potential of film as a comprehensive art, and creates a comprehensive art experience space with large volume and strong shock that cannot be reached by traditional cinemas, concert halls and performance theaters.
In addition, this year's BJIFF Film Concert and Closing Ceremony Concert will also invite domestic and international sports and cultural stars to join the festival. The concerts will feature many world-class artists, including the famous New Zealand soprano Haley Westner, who is known as the "Little Sarah Brightman". Wonderful Film Carnival
The 2nd BJIFF will hold the "Wonderful Film Carnival" from April 22nd to April 28th, 2012 in the heart of the Olympic Park. The event will be held from 10:00 to 21:00 (matinee: 10:00-18:00, evening: 18:00-21:00) in the central area of the Olympic Park, south of the North Road of the National Stadium, and will be divided into six areas to hold cultural and entertainment activities with a rich and varied content and form based on the theme of film. Entertainment activities will be held in six areas with rich content and various forms of movie-themed cultural and entertainment activities to satisfy the public's understanding of movie culture and science and technology through movie publicity and display, and movie technology experience activities, and to bring joy to the participants, especially young people, and thus enhance the influence of the BJIFF, form a strong atmosphere of movie festivals in the city of Beijing, and drive the development of the prosperity of Beijing's tourism and culture.
The Film Carnival has six activity zones: the center stage zone, the exhibition and promotion zone, the film technology experience zone, the open-air film screening zone, the catering and food zone, and the merchandise selling zone.
The center stage area, as the core of the Carnival, consists of a main stage with screening function and an audience area with a capacity of 500 people; different "theme day" activities and performances are arranged every day, and movie screenings are arranged in the evening.
The publicity area will feature a film-themed video exhibition, consisting of three parts: "The 2nd Beijing International Film Festival", "A Wonderful Retrospective - The 1st Beijing International Film Season", and "Portrait Photography Exhibition of 50 Artists Making Outstanding Contributions to the Country". Composition. Through videos, pictures, texts and other contents of the exhibition introduction, so that the audience in person at the carnival site, can understand all aspects of the design, progress and information of the entire film festival all activities. At the same time, the introduction of the essence of Chinese film history will enable the audience to have a more in-depth understanding of the historical achievements of Chinese films, to experience the development of Chinese films, to enhance the sense of cultural gravity of the festival, and to experience the charm of the art of film.
The Film Technology Experience Zone will set up three experience tents, displaying keying technology, motion capture technology, 3D photography technology, interactive projection technology, movie sound effects, and the "Flying Carpet Tour of Beijing" in an interactive way. At the same time, a thematic shadow wall will be set up, and the familiar movie characters, scenes, images and other elements will be made into a 1:1 thematic shadow wall, together with 4 groups of large-scale Transformers sculptures, to create the overall atmosphere of the carnival, and the science and technology of the movie special effects will be demonstrated through the display of explanations, interactive experience, etc., so as to enable the audience to understand the principles of the production of the movie special effects, and to experience the charm of the science and technology.
The movie screening area will make use of the open-air mobile screening equipment and set up a screening area at the site to screen Chinese film classics and exhibition films from 19:00 to 21:00 every day to meet the needs of the public.
The food and beverage area will highlight the combination of movies and food, consisting of movie-themed food trucks and the Olympic Food Court, providing visitors with convenient Chinese and Western food and reflecting the green and healthy food culture. During the process of eating, there will be performing dolls interspersed with visitors to take pictures and interact with them, creating a joyful atmosphere and providing visitors with a casual, fun and relaxing place to dine.
The merchandising area will sell movie-related derivatives, movie books, audio-visual products, posters and other movie merchandise, so that visitors can better experience the movie culture and consume movie products.