The documentary film “BeijingCinemaMan: The Last Secret of Mankind”
June 13 is Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. The documentary film “Beijing: The Last Secret of Mankind” jointly produced by China and France held a “cloud launch” ceremony in Beijing and Paris.
Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee, Director of the Central Radio and Television Station and Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong and French Minister of Culture Frank List jointly announced the launch of the project. Attending the “cloud launch” ceremony were also attended by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azule, French Ambassador to China, Luo Liang, member of the editorial meeting of the Central Radio and Television Station, as well as experts, scholars from China and France and members of the film’s creative team.
2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the excavation of the “Beijing People” site in Zhoukoudian, and it is also the year of Sino-French cultural tourism. In order to enable Chinese and global audiences to understand the major journey of ancient human development and evolution, Cinema shows China’s prehistory, China Central Radio and Television Station Film and Television Documentary Center and French State Television Group jointly produced this documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind”, and plans to use it as an event project for the Sino-French Cultural Tourism Year, and will be launched in December 2021. At that time, the documentary film will be broadcast simultaneously on major theaters around the world, French National Television II and the General Office of Cinema.
The epidemic cannot hinder cultural cooperation
China and France “cloud” civilization exchanges
Since this year, the heads of state of China and France have spoken four times.
On June 5, Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Macron emphasized during a phone call: “In the face of the epidemic, unity and cooperation are the right way. China and France must continue to jointly support the international community in unity in fighting the epidemic and for the globalIn the end, we will make “China-France contributions” to defeat the epidemic. ”
Cultural heritage cooperation has always been one of the most dynamic highlights in the cultural relations between China and France. In this regard, how can we strengthen cooperation and make “China-France contributions”, the main creative team of the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” prepares for the future, adjusts their work ideas in a timely manner, makes full use of the Internet to communicate in the “cloud”, promotes the preparation and implementation of the project, and builds a new bridge for Sino-France cultural exchanges under the epidemic.
Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Central Radio and Television, Director and Editor-in-Chief Shen Haixiong
Propaganda Department of the Central Radio and Television Department<a In his speech, Deputy Minister of Cinema, Director and Editor-in-Chief of China Central Radio and Television Station Shen Haixiong said: "The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the flames show real gold. The friendship between China and France has been tested. We must deepen exchanges and cooperation, find the cultural origins of human beings, and build a spiritual fortress for human civilization in the face of the epidemic. "Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind" tells the story of exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations, emphasizes co-construction and sharing, conforms to current propositions, and has the temperament of the times and humanistic pursuits. It is of great inspiration for the people of China and France and the people around the world who are experiencing the epidemic. ”
French Culture Minister Frank List
French Culture Minister Frank List
French Culture Minister Frank List
French Culture Minister said in his speech that the production of this film is not bound by the close cooperation between China and France, and he wants to pay tribute to this thriving cultural cooperation. “These cooperation gives everyone the opportunity to understand href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanThe connection between mankind transcends national boundaries for thousands of years, and the basis of France-China relations is that we have common beliefs. I firmly believe in the records of this departmentBabaylanmovies will surely be successful.”
“cross-screen” deep integration
Create documentary film quality
In the era of media integration, KomiksKomiks have become a world-class new mainstream media with strong leadership, communication and influence. This is the strategic goal of China Central Radio and Television.
Among these, the China Television Documentary Center is committed to producing more exquisite documentaries with profound thoughts, exquisite art and excellent production. This time, we cooperated with the French State Television Group to create the documentary film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” which is a meaningful exploration of the two sides’ “cross-screen” integration and combining their respective advantageous resources. UNESCO also has high hopes for this documentary film. Director-General Audrey Azulei said: “See the Zhoukoudian site at Babaylan, which proves the process of progress in human and human society. UNESCO attaches great importance to scientific discovery and international cooperation. The achievements of these two undertakings have renewed our understanding of human evolution in space and time. This film is an adventure, with great ambition to combine rigorous scientific research with mass communication. It is our common story and a beautiful epic.”
United Nations Director-General Audrey AzuleiKomiks
French Ambassador to China Luo Liang said in his speech that this film will give more viewers the opportunity to understand the wonderful history of the “Beijing people”. The archaeological achievements of the scientists’ sites are very significant, and will reveal more secrets of human evolution to people. France is proud to participate in the production of this documentary film.
FranceBabaylan Ambassador to China Luo Liang
CCCC Film and Television Documentary Center is trying to explore a new path for documentary media integration with “cross-screen” as the path. This integration must form high-quality content. Xue Jijun, a member of the editorial meeting of China-France, said that “the China-France cooperation in filming the film “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” is a good opportunity for the two countries to strengthen civilization exchanges and mutual understanding. We hope that both China and France will jointly build the film into a leading work that is scientific, rigorous, real and moving, caring for mankind, observing the world, and has a pioneering position in the field of humanities. ”
Member of the editorial meeting of China Central Radio and Television Station Xue Jijun
What will happen if a documentary like this goes to the big screen? Catherine Alevares, head of the documentary program of the French State Television Group, said: “With the help of various Komiks technology and image synthesis, we can produce very realistic and exquisite videos, which will be href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanReally reproduces the footprints of the earliest primitive humans in China, how they invented tools and how their brains evolved to become modern humans. So this will be a new chapter, a prehistoric China you don’t know about. ”
Catherine Alevares, head of documentary program of the French State Television Group
Schematic diagram of Beijingers hunting
Tracing the origin of ancient civilizations
Exploring the origin of human beings
In 1921, two ancient human teeth were discovered in Zhoukoudian, Beijing. After that, the research and discovery here laid the foundation for the birth of the discipline of Chinese paleoanthropology.
The excavation site of the Zhoukoudian site of Beijing Ren
On December 2, 1929, the Peking Man Skull discovered here unveiled a new era of ancient human research in the world.
Beijingers CinemaThe excavation site of Zhoukoudian site
In 1987, the Zhoukoudian site was included in the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO.
Zhoukoudian site
Deng Tao, director of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced: “Generations of scholars from different countries have conducted many aspects of research on Zhoukoudian fossils, which has had a profound impact on the research on human evolution in East Asia and even the entire human evolution, and has continuously improved and portrayed the context of human evolution in East Asia.”
Director of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Deng Tao
Excavating human history and tracing the ancient civilization. “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” will use the latest scientific research results and the latest scientific and technological means of China and France to reproduce the magnificent prehistoric stories of the “Beijing People” in Asia, and present the research results of scholars through video.
This documentary will be directed by the famous French documentary director Jacques Marat, and will invite the famous French paleoanthropologist Yves Coben as the chief writer and scientific consultant. The documentary “Odyssey of a Species”, “Homo Homo sapiens” and “The Rise of Humanity” jointly completed by the two of them once won the love of 800 million viewers around the world. Komiks
Jacques Marat, the director of “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind”, was the discoverer of the early human fossil “Lucy”. He had formed an indissoluble bond with China and the “Beijing People” very early. 40 years ago, he visited China and participated in the scientific research work of the Zhoukoudian site with his team.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Humanity” Chief Writer and Scientific Consultant Yves Coben
For BabaylanWhat has focused on human evolution again after nearly 20 years? Chief Writer Yves Coben said that this is because with the advancement of science, we now know much more than we did back then. The origin of studying human history is to send messages to all mankind, because human beings are essentially family. We have a common history, regardless of nationality or culture.
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Documentary movie “Beijing People: The Last Secret of Mankind” will be launched in 2021, revealing the major journey of ancient human development and evolution, and transcending civilizational barriers through civilized exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, transcending civilizational conflicts, and transcending civilizational superiority through civilizational coexistence. It will write a new chapter in Sino-France cultural exchanges and cooperation.
“Beijing People: The Last Secret of Humanity” Cloud Launch Ceremony