In 2008, Wen Yan was the producer of the romantic film Cowherd and Weaver Girl, which was adapted from Mei's novel The Story of Li Ai and Li Hai, directed by Yin Lichuan and starring Yan, Zhang Yilian, and was selected as the "Biweekly Director" unit of 1 Cannes Film Festival.
2065438+200365438+1On October 25th, the producer's drama "Dream of Spring", written and directed by Li-Na Yang, premiered at Rotterdam Film Festival. In the same year, he directed his first film Watermark Street, starring Wenchao He and Lv Yulai. As the only feature film in China, it was selected as a surprise film in "Critics Week Unit" of the 70th Venice Film Festival, and won the special prize of "Dragon and Tiger Award" of Vancouver Film Festival and the jury award of Boston Independent Film Festival.
20 14 acted as the producer of the crime film Fireworks in the Day, which was written and directed by Yinan Diao and starred by Liao Fan, Wang Xuebing, and won the Golden Bear Award for Best Film at the 64th Berlin Film Festival. In August, Vivian Qu was invited to be the judge of the "Lion of the Future" award at the 7 1 Venice Film Festival, becoming the first China judge of an important award across the main event and horizon. In the same year, new york Museum of Modern Art and new york Lincoln Center chose Watermark Street as the film festival of "New Director, New Film"; In addition, Italian film magazines listed Yan Wen as one of the eight cutting-edge directors with the greatest potential in the world.
20 17 On July 27th, the drama and film carnival directed by Chen Xiaoxuan, Zhou Meijun and Shi Ke was selected as the main competition unit of the 74th Venice Film Festival. On August 3rd1day, Carnival was selected as the main competition unit of 6 1 London International Film Festival. In June+10, 5438, Carnival was nominated for best film in the 54th Golden Horse Award, and Yan Wen was nominated for best director in the Golden Horse Award for this film. 654381October 27th, Carnival won the Best Film Award at the 54th Antalya Kumquat International Film Festival.
Main Works Directed Time Name Type 20 17 Carnival Movie 20 13 Watermark Street Movie Screenwriter Working Time Name Type 20 13 Watermark Street Movie Producer Working Time Name Type 20 14 White Fireworks Movie 20 13 2008 Movie "Dream of Spring" and 2007 Movie. Her movies are just like Tai Chi. From the outside, it is a gentle action, but all the energy is hidden in the body. In martial arts, it is called "Family Boxing" (Geng Le Review).
Wen Yan always makes literary films and doesn't pay attention to the domestic film commercial market (Phoenix Network Review). She is a gentle and firm female filmmaker with a clear, steady and firm personality. She has a clear-cut attitude and bold creation, and has never made a clear plan. Harsh, violent, bad-tempered, and less stressful words used to describe the director are not suitable for her. From her speech, we can see that she is rigorous, purposeful and not easily persuaded (Southern Metropolis Daily).