Beijing film festival honors industry giants
2 years, 4 months ago

Beijing film festival honors industry giants

China Daily  

Actress Qi Xi and Zhou Jiandong, vice president of China Film Producers Association, presented the award to Jiang Defu, CEO of Bona Film Group. Beijing Film Night, one of the highlights of the ongoing 12th Beijing International Film Festival, was held earlier in the Chinese capital this week, gathering more than 100 celebrities and industry insiders. China Film Co Ltd, the largest State-owned studio, received the best investor award, the festival's annual industry honor which consists of seven awards, with its blockbusters raking in a total box office revenue of over 20 billion yuan. With the war epic franchise The Battle at Lake Changjin, Bona Film Group - which has also produced some real life stories adapted into blockbusters such as Chinese Doctors - took home the best producer award. Despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic outbreak last year, the country has grossed 47 billion yuan box office in 2021, indicating the domestic film industry's recovery capability thanks to the giant studios' effort, according to the festival's organizers.

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Envoy in US: Film can be a 'bridge of friendship'

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China's ambassador to the United States, in remarks to movie and TV festivals, said film can be a "bridge of friendship" between the two countries. He recalled the history of cultural exchange going back to 1954, when Premier Zhou Enlai invited Charlie Chaplin to a Geneva screening of The Butterfly Lovers — China's first color film, often called the "Chinese …

Chinese documentary film festival to open in Zhuhai
3 months, 1 week ago

Chinese documentary film festival to open in Zhuhai

China Daily  

A media event is held on Thursday in Beijing to announce the upcoming 3rd Chinese Documentary Film Festival, which is set to take place from Oct 24 to 26 in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. As announced at a media conference in Beijing on Thursday, the upcoming 3rd Chinese Documentary Film Festival is set to take place from Oct 24 to 26 …

Chinese documentary film festival to open in Zhuhai
3 months, 1 week ago

Chinese documentary film festival to open in Zhuhai

China Daily  

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Chinese documentary film festival to open in Zhuhai
3 months, 1 week ago

Chinese documentary film festival to open in Zhuhai

China Daily  

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Bright spots stand out in film market slump
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bright spots stand out in film market slump

China Daily  

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Bright spots stand out in film market slump
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bright spots stand out in film market slump

China Daily  

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China's 2024 summer box office hits $1.63b
3 months, 3 weeks ago

China's 2024 summer box office hits $1.63b

China Daily  

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Qingdao's film hub contributes to global box office hits
4 months ago

Qingdao's film hub contributes to global box office hits

China Daily  

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China's latest great cinematic plotline continues
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China's latest great cinematic plotline continues

China Daily  

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China's latest great cinematic plotline continues
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China's latest great cinematic plotline continues

China Daily  

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China's latest great cinematic plotline continues
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China's latest great cinematic plotline continues

China Daily  

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China's latest great cinematic plotline continues
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China's latest great cinematic plotline continues

China Daily  

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China's latest great cinematic plotline continues
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China's latest great cinematic plotline continues

China Daily  

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Moviegoers relish intriguing plot diversity of screen offerings
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Moviegoers relish intriguing plot diversity of screen offerings

China Daily  

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Moviegoers relish intriguing plot diversity of screen offerings
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Moviegoers relish intriguing plot diversity of screen offerings

China Daily  

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Moviegoers relish intriguing plot diversity of screen offerings
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Moviegoers relish intriguing plot diversity of screen offerings

China Daily  

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Works of Wenzhou directors shine at Shanghai Intl Film Festival
6 months ago

Works of Wenzhou directors shine at Shanghai Intl Film Festival

China Daily  

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Chinese films shine once more at Cannes
7 months, 1 week ago

Chinese films shine once more at Cannes

China Daily  

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Chinese films shine once more at Cannes
7 months, 1 week ago

Chinese films shine once more at Cannes

China Daily  

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Beijing film festival announces winners of Tiantan awards
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Beijing film festival announces winners of Tiantan awards

China Daily  

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Beijing film festival announces winners of Tiantan awards
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Beijing film festival announces winners of Tiantan awards

China Daily  

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Beijing film festival showcases Chinese cinema to global audience
8 months ago

Beijing film festival showcases Chinese cinema to global audience

China Daily  

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Beijing film festival showcases Chinese cinema to global audience
8 months ago

Beijing film festival showcases Chinese cinema to global audience

China Daily  

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College film festival celebrates young filmmakers and creative spirit
8 months ago

College film festival celebrates young filmmakers and creative spirit

China Daily  

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China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales
10 months ago

China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales

China Daily  

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China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales
10 months ago

China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales

China Daily  

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Hollywood films lose their appeal amid changing Chinese preferences
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hollywood films lose their appeal amid changing Chinese preferences

China Daily  

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Beijing sees boom in cultural industries, breaking several records
11 months ago

Beijing sees boom in cultural industries, breaking several records

China Daily  

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Beijing sees boom in cultural industries, breaking several records
11 months ago

Beijing sees boom in cultural industries, breaking several records

China Daily  

A scene from The Cat God in the Forbidden City, an original song and dance drama co-produced by the China National Theater for Children and the Palace Museum. Beijing experienced a robust recovery in the cultural industries in 2023, registering a record number of exhibitions and commercial performances, said Huo Zhijing, deputy head of the municipal publicity department, on Monday. …

Nation's movie market surges ahead after pandemic
11 months, 1 week ago

Nation's movie market surges ahead after pandemic

China Daily  

Visitors to a cinema in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, line up to buy tickets on New Year's Eve. Some 1.53 billion yuan was earned from more than 36.6 million theater visits during the Dec 30 to Jan 1 holiday period, with domestic movies contributing 1.41 billion yuan, or 92 percent of overall ticket revenue, showed data from the China Film Administration, …

Nation's movie market surges ahead after pandemic
11 months, 1 week ago

Nation's movie market surges ahead after pandemic

China Daily  

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China's 10 industries' outlooks for 2024
11 months, 2 weeks ago

China's 10 industries' outlooks for 2024

China Daily  

Cinemagoers check out movie posters at a screening venue in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Oct 2, 2023. Film and television industry China's total box office earnings for 2023 exceeded 54.91 billion yuan and nearly 1.3 billion tickets were sold in the year. During the three-day New Year holiday, the country's box office kicked off 2024 with a record-high revenue of …

China's 10 industries' outlooks for 2024
11 months, 2 weeks ago

China's 10 industries' outlooks for 2024

China Daily  

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China's domestic film industry ends 2023 on a stable recovery note
11 months, 3 weeks ago

China's domestic film industry ends 2023 on a stable recovery note

China Daily  

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Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds
1 year ago

Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds

China Daily  

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Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds
1 year ago

Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds

China Daily  

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Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds
1 year ago

Blockbusters dominate domestic film market, report finds

China Daily  

Kris Phillips and Jin Chen won the best actor and actress awards presented by Tencent News in Beijing on Dec 14. Approaching the end of 2023, China's film market has seen a polarized box-office ratio, with more than half of ticket revenues generated by the 10 highest-grossing blockbusters, according to a report released by Tencent News in Beijing on Dec …

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival
1 year, 1 month ago

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival

China Daily  

Poster for the Golden Rooster film festival. The 2023 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, one of the country's most prestigious movie industry events, kicked off on Wednesday in the coastal city of Xiamen, Fujian province, gathering many insiders and celebrities to discuss the prospects of the domestic film industry. The top attraction of the festival, the 36th …

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival
1 year, 1 month ago

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival

China Daily  

Poster for the Golden Rooster film festival. The 2023 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, one of the country's most prestigious movie industry events, kicked off on Wednesday in the coastal city of Xiamen, Fujian province, gathering many insiders and celebrities to discuss the prospects of the domestic film industry. The top attraction of the festival, the 36th …

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival
1 year, 1 month ago

Filmmakers share insights into industry's development at festival

China Daily  

Poster for the Golden Rooster film festival. The 2023 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, one of the country's most prestigious movie industry events, kicked off on Wednesday in the coastal city of Xiamen, Fujian province, gathering many insiders and celebrities to discuss the prospects of the domestic film industry. The top attraction of the festival, the 36th …

Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off as China's Zhang Yimou wins lifetime award
1 year, 1 month ago

Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off as China's Zhang Yimou wins lifetime award

China Daily  

TOKYO -- The 36th Tokyo International Film Festival has kicked off in Tokyo with more than 200 filmmakers and actors from Japan, and other countries and regions appearing on the red carpet. At the opening ceremony, the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Chinese director Zhang Yimou. Zhang recalled in a speech that he won Award for Best Actor at …

Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off as China's Zhang Yimou wins lifetime award
1 year, 2 months ago

Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off as China's Zhang Yimou wins lifetime award

China Daily  

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China's summer box office hits record high of over 20b yuan
1 year, 3 months ago

China's summer box office hits record high of over 20b yuan

China Daily  

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China's summer box office hits record high of over 20b yuan
1 year, 3 months ago

China's summer box office hits record high of over 20b yuan

China Daily  

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From Chinese screens to the world
1 year, 6 months ago

From Chinese screens to the world

China Daily  

Jason Statham and Wu Jing, who star in the latest sci-fi movie Meg 2: The Trench, pose for a group photo on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Shanghai International Film Festival on June 9. Industry insiders spoke about the rise of China's film industry and discussed how Chinese films and culture can be better shared …

From Chinese screens to the world
1 year, 6 months ago

From Chinese screens to the world

China Daily  

Jason Statham and Wu Jing, who star in the latest sci-fi movie Meg 2: The Trench, pose for a group photo on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Shanghai International Film Festival on June 9. Industry insiders spoke about the rise of China's film industry and discussed how Chinese films and culture can be better shared …

30 years of Shanghai International Film Festival: Recounting the journey of the Chinese film industry
1 year, 6 months ago

30 years of Shanghai International Film Festival: Recounting the journey of the Chinese film industry

China Daily  

The 25th Shanghai International Film Festival will run from Friday to June 18. As China's only A-category international film festival, the SIFF has been positioned to focus on "Asia, Chinese films and new talents" over the past 30 years. Competition sections for the festival's main prize "Golden Goblet" fall into five categories: the main competition for feature-length films, as well …

30 years of Shanghai International Film Festival: Recounting the journey of the Chinese film industry
1 year, 6 months ago

30 years of Shanghai International Film Festival: Recounting the journey of the Chinese film industry

China Daily  

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Film festival launches ticket sales as venue gets star treatment
1 year, 6 months ago

Film festival launches ticket sales as venue gets star treatment

China Daily  

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Film festival launches ticket sales as venue gets star treatment
1 year, 6 months ago

Film festival launches ticket sales as venue gets star treatment

China Daily  

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