The film "Never Stop" was nominated for Venice Film Festival. Bai Ke and Miao Miao starred in a realistic inspirational film

On July 28, the 77th Venice International Film Festival announced the list of shortlisted films. The reality-themed inspirational film "Never Stop", produced by Jia Zhangke and directed by young mainland director Wang Jing, starring Bai Ke, Miao Miao, Zhang Songwen, with special appearance by Song Yang, was shortlisted for the "Horizon" unit, becoming the only Chinese-language film shortlisted for this year's Venice Film Festival.

"Never Stop" is the first feature film directed by young mainland director Wang Jing. Beijing in 2003 was full of opportunities and hope. The Internet had not yet swept everything, and print media was king. Han Dong (Bai Ke), an inexperienced intern, attempts to change the fate of 100 million people through a news report. This film is adapted from the real life experiences, focusing on the small people in the flood of people moving to Beijing in the early 21st century. Through the experience of the protagonist Han Dong, it presents an inspirational story about choice and belief.

The Venice Film Festival is the first major international film festival held offline since the epidemic and will be held from September 2nd to 12th local time. As one of the three most influential European film festivals along with the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals, the Venice Film Festival's "Horizons" section encourages film experimentation and innovation, and represents the future trends and directions of international films. The fact that the first work of young mainland director Wang Jing was shortlisted is undoubtedly a great recognition of his artistic techniques and stylistic exploration. Although he is a new director, director Wang Jing’s qualifications are not “new”. Since joining Jia Zhangke’s team in 2010, young mainland director Wang Jing has had ten years of experience as an executive director, with films such as Ash Is Purest White, Mountains May Depart, and Hello! Mr. Tree" and many other representative works.

The official stills released show simple warm yellow-green tones and the overlapping of light and dark shadows, which give us a glimpse of the delicate texture of "Never Stop" in visual creation and character portrayal. Bai Ke and Miao Miao are new generation powerful actors with highly adaptable acting skills; Zhang Songwen is known as the representative of China's powerful actors, and the films he starred in have been shortlisted for major international film festivals many times; Song Yang has his own unique style in acting and is highly recognized. In addition, Jia Zhangke, Qin Hailu, Wang Yiquan, Zhou Yemang, Fox and others, who are familiar to Chinese audiences, also have surprising performances in the film.