Vivian Qu

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Vivian Qu (* in Beijing ; bl. From 2003; Chinese name: 文 晏, Pinyin : Wen Yan ) is a Chinese film producer , director and screenwriter .

Life

Studies and work as a film producer

Vivian Qu was born Wen Yan in Beijing, where she grew up. She studied fine arts in New York , where she discovered the medium of cinema for herself. According to her own statements, working in film unites all of her interests such as writing, photography and music; Qu had previously been afraid of having to choose between a passion. In New York, she attended screenings at the Film Society Museum in Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art .

After several years overseas, Qu returned to Beijing in 2003. She started working as a film producer to support independent Chinese filmmakers. In 2007 Qu was involved in the production of a film for the first time with Diao Yinan's Ye che (English title: Night Train ). The story of a 30-year-old executioner (played by Dan Liu ) at a provincial court in Shaanxi , who unsuspectingly met the widower ( Dao Qi ) of one of her delinquents through a dating agency , was shown at the 60th Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard and series won several international festival awards. After the co-production of Lichuan Yin's relationship drama Niu lang zhi nu (2008), also shown in Cannes , Qu produced Chunmeng (Longing for the Rain), the first feature film by actual documentary director Lina Yang in 2013 . The film is about a 30-year-old wife and mother in Beijing (played by Zhao Siyuan ) who is unable to articulate her sexual needs towards her husband ( Fu Jia ) , who is addicted to computer games, and who then takes refuge in an affair. Chunmeng received an Honorable Mention at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2013 .

Qu, who is one of the few independent film producers in China, became known to a wide international audience through his renewed collaboration with Diao Yinan. His artfully staged and photographed thriller Feuerwerk am helllichten Tage (2014), which, according to the German film service, congenially transferred the characteristics of American noirs to current Chinese conditions, won the main prize at the 64th Berlin Film Festival with the Golden Bear .

Work as a director and screenwriter

Even before the success of Fireworks in broad daylight , Qu herself began to act as a director and screenwriter. According to her own information, she had previously worked creatively with the directors on film projects as a producer, so the change did not seem profound to her. She made her debut as a director and screenwriter in 2013 with Shuiyin jie (Trap Street) . Qu, who criticizes the fact that there is no independent film industry in China, ostensibly wanted to capture the feeling of watching and being watched at the same time that she had had since the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The story of a municipal surveyor (portrayed by Lu Yulai ) meeting a mysterious woman ( He Wenchao ) on an unmapped street has been shown at several international film festivals. Qu's feature film debut won awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival and Boston Independent Film Festival . On Shuiyin jie , the filmmaker worked with producer Sean Chen, who was executive producer on Ye che and allowed her complete artistic freedom.

In 2017 Qu finished her second feature film Jia Nian Hua (Angels Wear White) . The Toronto International Film Festival described the thriller about two underage girls in a southern Chinese coastal city who are caught in an increasingly dangerous spiral of violence after a violent incident in a hotel, as "disgruntled, contemporary film noir " with "complex female characters". For Jia Nian Hua , Qu was the only director to be invited to the competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival , where the film received no awards.

Vivian Qu counts the French filmmaker Robert Bresson among her role models and values ​​contemporary European directors such as Michael Haneke , Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne or Abdellatif Kechiche . In 2014, as a member of the jury at the 71st Venice Film Festival , she awarded the prize for the best debut film, the Premio Luigi De Laurentiis, to the Indian entry Court by Chaitanya Tamhane .

Filmography

Producer

  • 2007: Ye che ( Chinese   夜車 , Pinyin Yè chē , English title: Night Train )
  • 2008: Niu lang zhi nu ( Chinese  牛郎 织女 , Pinyin Niú lán zhī nǔ ) - co-producer
  • 2013: Chunmeng (English title: Longing for the Rain )
  • 2014: Fireworks in broad daylight ( Chinese  白日 焰火 , Pinyin Báirì yàn huǒ , English title: Black Coal, Thin Ice )

Direction and script

  • 2013: Shuiyin jie ( Chinese  水印 街 , English title: Trap Street )
  • 2017: Jia Nian Hua ( Chinese  嘉年華 , English title: Angels Wear White )

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Asian films win big as Chinese thriller takes top Berlin prize | Showbiz | Malay Mail Online ”. Accessed August 31, 2017. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/showbiz/article/asian-films-win-big-as-chinese-thriller-takes-top-berlin-prize#S1aPlFbKVMuYpQIZ.97 .
  2. ^ A b c "Angels Wear White". Accessed August 25, 2017. Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tiff.net
  3. ↑ a b c d e f "ND / NF Interview: Vivian Qu". Accessed August 31, 2017. https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-vivian-qu/ .
  4. ↑ a b c “Who's watching who? An interview with Vivian Qu | easternkicks.com ". Accessed August 31, 2017. https://easternkicks.com/features/whos-watching-who-an-interview-with-vivian-qu .
  5. ^ "Night Train - Ye che (Yinan Diao) - trigon-film". Accessed August 31, 2017. https://www.trigon-film.org/de/movies/Night_Train .
  6. ^ "Longing for the Rain | easternkicks.com ". Accessed August 31, 2017. https://easternkicks.com/reviews/longing-for-the-rain .
  7. ↑ "Fireworks in broad daylight - Munzinger Online". Accessed August 31, 2017. https://www.munzinger.de/search/document?index=mol-10&id=10000042473&type=text/html&query.key=KvNi2XFz&template=/publikationen/film/document.jsp&preview=#10000042473 .
  8. ^ "First works bring unique opportunity for young filmmakers: Vivian Qu [1] - Chinadaily.com.cn". Accessed August 31, 2017. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2014-09/03/content_18538702.htm .
personal data
SURNAME Qu, Vivian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wen Yan; 文 晏
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese film producer, director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century