US Delegation to Renegotiate China Film Quota in August
(CFI) An American government delegation will travel to Beijing in August to try to convince officials in China to allow more foreign films — especially Hollywood films — to be imported under...
View ArticleHow the West may be helping to shape Chinese cinema’s next new wave: two...
(SCMP) Make way, China’s young, self-taught digital filmmakers: another cinematic wave is breaking on the country’s shores.And unlike their digital-savvy predecessors, these Chinese-born directors...
View Article‘Lost City of Z’ Trims Runtime to Take on ‘Wonder Woman’
(CFI) Amazon Studios/Bleecker Street’s The Lost City of Z has had a quarter of its run time slashed in order to screen in China, the world’s second largest entertainment market. An official...
View ArticleSun Li in 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'
Nothing Gold Can Stay is a 40-episode Chinese TV series directed by Ding Hei and stars Sun Li, Chen Xiao, Peter Ho, Ren Zhong and Myolie Wu.Source: Xinhua
View ArticleBiyi film program to support China's young directors
Future plans for 10 online movies were officially announced and film posters were released for an unprecedented film program in Beijing on Friday.As the first important program of Ivy Film Lab, a...
View ArticleChinese TV series become a hit in Africa
(People's Daily) More and more Africans are falling in love with Chinese TV series and movies, as an increasing number of them are dubbed for broadcast into English, French, Swahili and Hausa.Chinese...
View ArticleStills from “A Monster Calls”
A Monster Calls is a dark fantasy drama film directed by J. A. Bayona and written by Patrick Ness, based on his novel of the same name. The film stars Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell,...
View Article24th Beijing College Student Film Festival closes
Chinese actress Zhao Liying attends the closing ceremony of the 24th Beijing College Student Film Festival in Beijing, May 26, 2017.Chinese director-actor Jackie Chan attends the closing ceremony of...
View ArticleFox Joins Tencent in Chinese Web Movie Production Slate
(Variety) Youth Tencent, part of China’s giant Tencent games and social media group, has amassed an impressive group of producers and investors for the first edition of its online movie production...
View ArticleChina Box Office: 'Pirates 5' Sails Off With $67.8M in Treasure
(THR) The latest installment in the Johnny Depp-starring juggernaut has already earned more than the entire China runs of the last two 'Pirates' films. Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell...
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