Changchun City, Jilin Province, northeast China - Dec 20, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of rehearsal for opening ceremony of 16th China Changchun Film Festival in progress
2. LED screen showing logo of 16th China Changchun Film Festival
3. Digital boards reading (Chinese/English) "16h Changchun Film Festival China", logo
4. Various of rehearsal for opening ceremony in progress
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gao Fangwei, choreography director, 16th China Changchun Film Festival (partially overlaid with shot 6):
"North China has four distinct seasons and the festival hits upon the winter season. We would like to organically integrate such factors as Winter Olympics, cities and film so as to make people feel the humanistic and landscape of the city of Changchun after these elements are projected on the screen. As to the presentation on stage, we will organically integrate the road and subway networks, the city planning and the snow tracks of the Winter Olympics."
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6. Various of rehearsal for opening ceremony in progress
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7. Various of LED screens
8. LED screen
9. Sculpture of golden deer
10. Rehearsal for opening ceremony in progress
11. Various of staff members working
12. Various of LED screens around auditorium
13. Preparations for film festival going on at stadium

The 16th China Changchun Film Festival (CCFF) will open with a ceremony on Tuesday evening.

With the theme "New Era, New Cradle, New Force", this year's CCFF will be held in the Changchun City of northeast China's Jilin Province from Tuesday to Saturday. The event, which was founded 29 years ago, is co-sponsored by the China Media Group (CMG) and the Jilin provincial government and organized by the Changchun municipal government.

Staff members of the CCFF, including actors, actresses and directors, lighting engineers, acoustics operators and choreography designers are busy preparing for the opening of grand event.

Gao Fangwei, choreography director for the opening ceremony, said: "North China has four distinct seasons and the festival hits upon the winter season. We would like to organically integrate such factors as Winter Olympics, cities and film so as to make people feel the humanistic and landscape of the city of Changchun after these elements are projected on the screen. As to the presentation on stage, we will organically integrate the road and subway networks, the city planning and the snow tracks of the Winter Olympics."

The right side of the stage will feature a vivid sculpture of a golden deer facing the stage, highlighting the 29th anniversary of one of the most coveted prizes in the film industry, the Golden Deer Award. On the guardrails of the audience stand, the LED screen circling half of the auditorium is designed as an unrolled film, which changes color and lights in different scenarios. Another highlight is a new concept of a 3D map shown by a laser projecting device.

The Changchun Film Festival is one of China's four major national-level film festivals founded by the city of Changchun in 1992. It is the first national film festival named after a city since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Starting this year, the biennial event will be held annually.