Series Report Number Four: The Ordinary and Great Inspiration

It was 2:30 in the afternoon of July 18th when the emcee announced that the third section of Shen Zhou International Film Festival would begin. Three films were shown during the third section including”The Story of Two Professors”from Japan, “Want To Let You Know” from Taiwan and”Meet the Artist” from the USA. The audience experienced three different film styles from these countries.


Professor Nieh Sen From the USA


Yang Guiyuan’s family from Japan

When the opening film of the third section was shown,” The story of Two Professors”, it was very quiet in the assembly room. The movie had a slow rhythm and many in the audience couldn’t help but to shed tears. The film focused on the experience and memorials of two professors living in different social systems, Nieh Sen from the USA and Yang Guiyuan from Japan. But no matter what kinds of social problems they were facing, they were still persistent with their belief. The audience expressed that although the film was plain without any shining words, they were deeply touched in their hearts and their tears kept coming. Some indicated that the huge difference of the experiences between the two major characters made them quite uneasy, however, both personalities of the two professors were so bright that they were totally inspired.
Following this movie was the documentary “Want To Let You Know” from Taiwan and “Meet the Artist” from the USA.Everyone really enjoyed these movies tremendously, that they really did desire to,”meet more artists”.


“Meet the Artist” from the USA

The opening film of the Third section “The Story of Two Professors” was granted “Justice Award” in the Award Celebration.

The Story of Two Professors was granted the “Justice Award” in the Third Shen Zhou International Festival