BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI Inc. (NASDAQ:
IQ) ("iQIYI" or the "Company"), an innovative market-leading online
entertainment service in China, is
pleased to announce that it has
become the exclusive online screening platform for
Beijing International Film
Festival ("BIFF" or the "Festival") On the Cloud, a special online
viewing segment of the 10th BIFF that will run from August 21 to September 22. Dedicated to the
Festival, 250 films will be released on the iQIYI platform,
including approximately 50 new domestic and international films. 20
films released on the iQIYI platform as part of the BIFF On the
Cloud will be made available to iQIYI users for free. In addition,
Suike, the Company's long and short-form video-sharing app, and
iQIYI Qiyu all-in-one VR headset will serve as platforms for
the Festival's exclusive video engagement community and the
Festival's official VR headset partner, respectively.
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Unlike traditional film festivals, BIFF on the Cloud will allow
viewers from different places and time zones to participate in the
Festival and enjoy their favorite Chinese and international movies.
Most of the scheduled films will be screened for two weeks, with a
few exceptions that will only be screened once.
During the Festival, iQIYI will stream the highly-acclaimed film
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, which was the first
Chinese-language closing film for International Critics Week at
72nd Cannes Film
Festival and achieved the Critics' Choice Award at the Hamburg International Film Festival, on the
Company's Ultimate Online Cinema via the Premium Video on Demand
(PVOD) mode. In addition, Hope Gap, selected as the special
screening at 44th Toronto international Festival, We Are
X, the Grand Jury Prize winner at Sundance Film Festival, films nominated at
Cannes and the BFI London Film
Festival such as The Traitor, Oleg, Perfect Ten,
and Relativity (Mein Ende
Dein Anfang) will also be screened as well as other
international films including Frankie, The Parts You
Lose, Gualtiero Marchesi: The
Great Italian, and Father and Son.
The copyright of the films exhibited will be protected in all
markets through technologies including video fingerprint tracking,
video resources anti-hotlinking technology, and online and offline
full-network monitoring.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of BIFF, this year's festival
will also hold ten forums that explore the development of the film
industry, all of which will be available for streaming on iQIYI.
The lectures will feature world-renowned filmmakers from around the
world including three-time Oscar winner Ang
Lee and Austrian film director and screenwriter Jessica Hausner. Senior executives of the film
industry and members of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) will
share their views on the growth of China's film industry and its filmmaking
talent training system. iQIYI CEO Gong Yu will participate in a
forum about the development of film in the 5G era.
Guests from different fields of the Chinese film industry,
including Chen Daoming, Xie Fei,
Zhang Yimo, Tang Guoqiang, Wu Jing,
Wen Muye, Jia Zhangke, Hai Qing, Du
Jiang, Cai Xukun and others, will attend the Festival.
In May, iQIYI hosted spring online screenings in partnership
with BIFF, streaming a number of films including Academy
Award-winning film Marriage Story and Chinese art and indie
film Spring Tide on iQIYI's Ultimate Online Cinema via the
PVOD mode. iQIYI's ongoing partnership with BIFF highlights the
Company's extensive content library, streaming capabilities, and
efforts to bring the world's best films to audiences across the
globe.
About iQIYI, Inc.
iQIYI, Inc. is an innovative market-leading online entertainment
service in China. Its corporate
DNA combines creative talent with technology, fostering an
environment for continuous innovation and the production of
blockbuster content. iQIYI's platform features highly popular
original content, as well as a comprehensive library of other
professionally-produced content, partner-generated content and user
generated content. The Company distinguishes itself in the online
entertainment industry by its leading technology platform powered
by advanced AI, big data analytics and other core proprietary
technologies. iQIYI attracts a massive user base with tremendous
user engagement, and has developed a diversified monetization model
including membership services, online advertising services, content
distribution, live broadcasting, online games, IP licensing, online
literature and e-commerce.
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