Chinese Mainland Film Panorama 2026: "Into the Mortal World"

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Director: Zhong Ding Screenwriter: Kang Fu Dubbing: Xie Jiajun, Chen Yinghui, Chan Yan, Huang Zhi-cong, Cheng Lai Lai Produced by Guangdong Winsing Company Limited, Bilibili, Alibaba Pictures (Beijing) Co., Ltd. 2024 | Colour | 118′ In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles Short Film after the Feature Not only is Into the Mortal World the first film to take the mythological elements of the 28 Constellation Mansions to the big screen, it’s also a re-interpretation of the famous The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl mythology. This iteration tells the story of Jinfeng, a descendent of the Weaver Girl who forms a “constellation collecting” alliance with her long-lost sister Yulu (Xiaofan). Together, they embark on an adventure that also highlights the theme of family affection. The film originally began as a same-title graduation short film, Into the Mortal World (7′), of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA) in 2020. Thanks to the hard work of over 2,000 animation artists over 5 years, the film became the first GAFA graduation film to become a commercial feature film. Free Admission with ticket except for the Salisbury Garden screening. Free admission tickets will be distributed at Information Counter at East Kowloon Cultural Centre starting from 10am on 16 October. Each person can obtain up to two tickets per screening on a first-come, first-served basis. Programmes may be cancelled or adjusted due to adverse weather. Please check the latest arrangements for programme on the website of Film Programmes Office at least three hours before the start of the programmes.

導演：鍾鼎 編劇：康夫 配音：謝嘉俊、陳穎暉、陳欣、黃智聰、鄭麗麗 出品：廣東詠聲動漫股份有限公司、嗶哩嗶哩影業（天津）有限公司、北京阿里巴巴影業文化有限公司 2024 | 彩色 | 118′ 粵語配音，中英文字幕 同場加映短片 《落凡塵》取材於中國四大民間傳說——「牛郎織女」，圍繞牛郎織女後代冒險的故事，並首次將二十八星宿的神話元素搬上大銀幕，還進行了「牛郎織女」神話故事拓展。織女後人金風下凡，與失散多年的妹妹玉露（小凡）結盟，攜手開啟神界之間冒險的故事，突顯出親情的主題。 本片原是2020年廣州美術學院的學生畢業短片同名作品《落凡塵》(7′)，經過超過二千名動畫藝術家的努力，耗時五年完成，是內地首部從本科院校畢業作品孵化成商業院線電影的作品。 除星光大道梳士巴利花園草地場次外，其他免費放映場次須憑票入場。門票將在東九文化中心詢問處於10月16日上午10時起派發。每人限取每場門票兩張，先到先得，派完即止。 節目或會因惡劣天氣而取消或作出調動。請於活動開始前三小時，留意「電影節目辦事處」網頁公布的最新安排。