Asian film industry veteran Roger Garcia explains the vision behind China's Hainan International Film Festival, for which he serves as artistic advisor. China's biggest new cinema event features appearances by Ethan Hawke and Asghar Farhadi.
Held on the tropical resort island known as"China's Hawaii," this year's Hainan festival features appearances by Ethan Hawke and Asghar Farhadi, along with an all-new competition section judged by a jury led by French actress Isabelle Huppert.
Hainan's second edition again features some significant film world star power — Ethan Hawke, Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, Isabelle Huppert, Abel Ferrara and Japan's Kiyoshi Kurosawa are all on the Chinese island this week — but also, thanks to Garcia, a richer roster of film programming. This year's festival features an all-new international competition section and an awards ceremony that will be known as the "Golden Coconuts.
In terms of creating something for the wider world, I think that's a work in progress, because I believe we have to establish ourselves before we can make big asks of the industry. Obviously, we hope that Hainan will become a destination for the international film community over time. Our position in the calendar, in early December, gives us good access to earlier festival favorites and awards season films from around the world, as well as some of the U.S.
My understanding is that the government hopes to develop Hainan Island’s physical and cultural infrastructure. The province will be a free trade zone next year and Hainan could become a kind of portal for Southern China and South East Asia. The film festival helps to draw attention to Hainan both from the film industry and general public.
Hollywood films are still big, of course, in China, but you will see that big budget, special effects-driven Chinese action films like the upcomingalso now have strong potential for big box office. At the same time, the government is also pushing for an art film circuit which can help balance the spread of types of films.
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