Documentary flies high once again to capture China's beauty
4 years, 7 months ago

Documentary flies high once again to capture China's beauty

China Daily  

Have you ever wanted a bird's-eye view of China's splendid landscapes? While such an opportunity may only be possible in flight, the third season of serial documentary Aerial China offers audiences the next best way to enjoy the beauty and geographical diversity of China from high in the sky. Consisting of 10 episodes with each lasting 50 minutes, the latest season has aired on China Central Television's flagship CCTV-1 channel and documentary channel CCTV-9, as well as new media platforms since May 20. Xue Jijun, a member of the editors' committee of the China Media group, which shot the series, says the documentary - which broadcast its first season in 2017 - has traveled across 23 provinces and autonomous regions, displaying the perseverance of the Chinese people and the country's civilization from a unique perspective, during a news conference on May 20.

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Focus on human interest, experts advise new-age documentary filmmakers
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Focus on human interest, experts advise new-age documentary filmmakers

China Daily  

The Third Chinese Documentary Film Festival opened in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Oct 24. Experts at the Third Chinese Documentary Film Festival emphasized that documentary filmmakers should present authentic and deeply human reflections in order to connect with today's audiences. The festival, held in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, from Oct 24 to 26, was co-hosted by China Central Newsreel and Documentary …

Focus on human interest, experts advise new-age documentary filmmakers
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Focus on human interest, experts advise new-age documentary filmmakers

China Daily  

The Third Chinese Documentary Film Festival opened in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Oct 24. Experts at the Third Chinese Documentary Film Festival emphasized that documentary filmmakers should present authentic and deeply human reflections in order to connect with today's audiences. The festival, held in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, from Oct 24 to 26, was co-hosted by China Central Newsreel and Documentary …

Focus on human interest, experts advise new-age documentary filmmakers
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Focus on human interest, experts advise new-age documentary filmmakers

China Daily  

The Third Chinese Documentary Film Festival opened in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Oct 24. Experts at the Third Chinese Documentary Film Festival emphasized that documentary filmmakers should present authentic and deeply human reflections in order to connect with today's audiences. The festival, held in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, from Oct 24 to 26, was co-hosted by China Central Newsreel and Documentary …

Docuseries focuses on human-interest stories in Season 2
4 months ago

Docuseries focuses on human-interest stories in Season 2

China Daily  

A poster of the documentary's second season. Three years after the first season gained popularity online, the second season of Qinghai: Our National Park — a documentary series showcasing the natural wonders of Northwest China — has taken an innovative approach by incorporating more human-interest stories, as revealed by director Li Xiao during a recent seminar in Beijing. Comprising three …

Docuseries focuses on human-interest stories in Season 2
4 months ago

Docuseries focuses on human-interest stories in Season 2

China Daily  

A poster of the documentary's second season. Three years after the first season gained popularity online, the second season of Qinghai: Our National Park — a documentary series showcasing the natural wonders of Northwest China — has taken an innovative approach by incorporating more human-interest stories, as revealed by director Li Xiao during a recent seminar in Beijing. Comprising three …

Viewing nature at its best
2 years, 1 month ago

Viewing nature at its best

China Daily  

With staggering bird's-eye view footage, the new season of Aerial China captures wildlife at its most majestic, including soaring egrets, golden snub-nosed monkeys, migrating naked carp and wild golden yaks. The latest and fourth season of the popular documentary series Aerial China gives a perspective that is both stunning and informative, Xu Fan reports. Continuing with its iconic style of …

Viewing nature at its best
2 years, 1 month ago

Viewing nature at its best

China Daily  

With staggering bird's-eye view footage, the new season of Aerial China captures wildlife at its most majestic, including soaring egrets, golden snub-nosed monkeys, migrating naked carp and wild golden yaks. The latest and fourth season of the popular documentary series Aerial China gives a perspective that is both stunning and informative, Xu Fan reports. Continuing with its iconic style of …

Bringing to life the origins of Chinese civilization
2 years, 5 months ago

Bringing to life the origins of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

A documentary aiming to bring to life the origins of Chinese civilization was launched in Beijing on July 19. Aiming to bring to life the origins of Chinese civilization on the television screen, the large-scale documentary project Xun Gu Zhong Guo announced the beginning of its filming in Beijing on July 19. Jointly produced by China Media Group and National …

Bringing to life the origins of Chinese civilization
2 years, 5 months ago

Bringing to life the origins of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

A documentary aiming to bring to life the origins of Chinese civilization was launched in Beijing on July 19. Aiming to bring to life the origins of Chinese civilization on the television screen, the large-scale documentary project Xun Gu Zhong Guo announced the beginning of its filming in Beijing on July 19. Jointly produced by China Media Group and National …

TV series revisits CPC's early history
3 years, 7 months ago

TV series revisits CPC's early history

China Daily  

A scene in the TV series A highlighted project to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Communist Party of China, the 30-episode TV drama Zhong Liu Ji Shui, has recently began its run on China Central Television's flagship channel CCTV-1 as well as multiple streaming sites. Set between 1919 and 1928, the drama, which is named after a …

Documentary on country's evolution wins praise
4 years ago

Documentary on country's evolution wins praise

China Daily  

The documentary China retraces the evolution of philosophy, governance and culture in the country through the ages. A documentary that reveals the evolution of philosophy, governance and culture through the ages in China has won public praise with its dramatic reconstruction of historical stories, spectacular photography, sensuous musical scores and an emotional, epideictic voice-over. The first 50-minute episode mainly tells …

Documentary on country's evolution wins praise
4 years ago

Documentary on country's evolution wins praise

China Daily  

The documentary China retraces the evolution of philosophy, governance and culture in the country through the ages. A documentary that reveals the evolution of philosophy, governance and culture through the ages in China has won public praise with its dramatic reconstruction of historical stories, spectacular photography, sensuous musical scores and an emotional, epideictic voice-over. The first 50-minute episode mainly tells …

Mini documentary turns lens on Sino-foreign friendship
4 years, 1 month ago

Mini documentary turns lens on Sino-foreign friendship

China Daily  

Despite being separated by a distance of over 9,000 kilometers, British sports game anchor Richard Heathcote and his Chinese friend Zhang Xu have never seen their years-long friendship dampened. Their story is among the many told in the mini-documentary series Encounters in China, which features 35 5-minute episodes about friendship between Chinese people and foreigners. Traveling across more than10 provinces …

Mini documentary turns lens on Sino-foreign friendship
4 years, 1 month ago

Mini documentary turns lens on Sino-foreign friendship

China Daily  

Despite being separated by a distance of over 9,000 kilometers, British sports game anchor Richard Heathcote and his Chinese friend Zhang Xu have never seen their years-long friendship dampened. Their story is among the many told in the mini-documentary series Encounters in China, which features 35 5-minute episodes about friendship between Chinese people and foreigners. Traveling across more than10 provinces …

Stories worth recording
4 years, 4 months ago

Stories worth recording

China Daily  

The Year of 2020: Our Stories of Poverty Eradication features an education program in the Nujiang Canyon area in Yunnan province and a relocation project in Shanxi province. As a documentary veteran who has worked at Foshan TV in Guangdong province for 23 years, director Wang Xiaofeng has trekked on many tough terrains, but Metog county in the Tibet autonomous …

Stories worth recording
4 years, 4 months ago

Stories worth recording

China Daily  

The Year of 2020: Our Stories of Poverty Eradication features an education program in the Nujiang Canyon area in Yunnan province and a relocation project in Shanxi province. As a documentary veteran who has worked at Foshan TV in Guangdong province for 23 years, director Wang Xiaofeng has trekked on many tough terrains, but Metog county in the Tibet autonomous …

'Aerial China' to take flight abroad
4 years, 6 months ago

'Aerial China' to take flight abroad

China Daily  

A scene from Aerial China. Its third season, Join Us to Fly, has been watched by nearly 360 million people, with young viewers aged between 15 and 24 surging 36 percent compared to last season, said Liang Hong, deputy head of the film and TV documentary center of China Media Group. Xue Jijun, a member of the editorial board of …

Explorations from upon high
4 years, 7 months ago

Explorations from upon high

China Daily  

The new season of the documentary series Aerial China offers a panoramic view of the country's natural landscape, man-made wonders and endangered wildlife. It is, indeed, a bird's-eye view that the popular documentary series Aerial China takes as its point of focus. The series has aired its latest season on China Media Group's CCTV-1 and CCTV-9 channels, as well as …

Recording transformations
4 years, 8 months ago

Recording transformations

China Daily  

The Journey of Chinese Plants follows the botanical evolution of China that influences the rest of the world. China's documentaries have endured strains in recent years and face challenges and opportunities amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Wang Kaihao reports. The country's documentary creators are facing hardships and prospects, an annual Beijing Normal University report suggests. They grossed 6.66 billion yuan in …

Reframing the classics
5 years, 2 months ago

Reframing the classics

China Daily  

Some chapters of The Ordinary World, a 1980s' novel that records changes in the Chinese countryside from 1975-85, are adapted into a short stage play in the new program. A new CCTV variety show is restating well-known revolutionary dramas and films to attract younger viewers unfamiliar with the stories of the past, Wang Kaihao reports. A vast swathe of literary …

Reframing the classics
5 years, 2 months ago

Reframing the classics

China Daily  

Some chapters of The Ordinary World, a 1980s' novel that records changes in the Chinese countryside from 1975-85, are adapted into a short stage play in the new program. A new CCTV variety show is restating well-known revolutionary dramas and films to attract younger viewers unfamiliar with the stories of the past, Wang Kaihao reports. A vast swathe of literary …

New TV documentary showcases 70 years of development
5 years, 3 months ago

New TV documentary showcases 70 years of development

China Daily  

The production team of On the Great Road has traveled across the country to visit historic sites such as Xibaipo. A 24-episode documentary, titled On the Great Road, premiered on CCTV on Sept 16, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China via a panoramic showcase of the country's progress and development since 1949. According to the …

New TV documentary showcases 70 years of development
5 years, 3 months ago

New TV documentary showcases 70 years of development

China Daily  

The production team of On the Great Road has traveled across the country to visit historic sites such as Xibaipo. A 24-episode documentary, titled On the Great Road, premiered on CCTV on Sept 16, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China via a panoramic showcase of the country's progress and development since 1949. According to the …

Setting out to grab the spotlight
5 years, 3 months ago

Setting out to grab the spotlight

China Daily  

This year's China International Film& TV Program Exhibition attracts over 300 organizations from all over the world. The recent China International Film& TV Program Exhibition showed how determined domestic producers are to make inroads into overseas markets, Xu Fan reports. For most Chinese fans, it was a shock to see Mei Changsu, the protagonist of the TV series Nirvana in …

Beijing documentary festival opens next week
5 years, 4 months ago

Beijing documentary festival opens next week

China Daily  

The third Beijing Documentary Week commences Aug 23 and runs till Aug 29. Focusing on China's transformation and achievements over the past 70 years, the third Beijing Documentary Week commences Aug 23 and runs till Aug 29. The weeklong event majorly comprises two main parts: off-line activities to raise public interest about documentaries and online releases of critically acclaimed works. …

Beijing documentary festival opens next week
5 years, 4 months ago

Beijing documentary festival opens next week

China Daily  

The third Beijing Documentary Week commences Aug 23 and runs till Aug 29. Focusing on China's transformation and achievements over the past 70 years, the third Beijing Documentary Week commences Aug 23 and runs till Aug 29. The weeklong event majorly comprises two main parts: off-line activities to raise public interest about documentaries and online releases of critically acclaimed works. …

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