Golden Coconut Forum to probe future development in China's film industry

The Golden Coconut Forum will be held in Sanya as part of the upcoming fifth Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF), which will take place from Dec 16 to 22.

This year's Golden Coconut Forum will include sub-forums focusing on pressing issues such as the high-quality development of Hainan Free Trade Port's film industry, management of film and television digital copyright laws, and film technology innovation. These forums will help explore the new direction of China's film industry.

With the vigorous development of the Hainan FTP, the HIIFF has gradually become a local emerging cultural brand. The sub-forum featuring the high-quality development of Hainan FTP's film industry will bring together government leaders, industry leaders, and experts, and scholars to discuss how the Hainan FTP can be integrated with the national macroeconomic strategy. This will effectively stimulate the innovation vitality and market potential of the film industry.

The film production process is currently undergoing a comprehensive transformation towards digitization and intelligence, which has also sparked debates and concerns about the application of technology in the film and television industry.

 
The sub-forum on the management of film and television digital copyright laws and film technology innovation will invite guests and representatives from the industry to exchange ideas on topics such as film industrialization, AIGC, and digital copyright protection.

Another sub-forum on the harmonious coexistence between humans and the nature in documentaries will explore the future development possibilities of documentaries from a fresh perspective. It will use documentary films to explore the relationship between humans and the nature.