Hainan film festival rolls out 'blue carpet'
4 years ago

Hainan film festival rolls out 'blue carpet'

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Shen Xiaoming, Party chief of Hainan, addresses the audience at the gala. These films cover several categories, including Gala, World Cinema, Asian Spectrum, China Vista, Reality Matters, Possibilities, Spotlight and Cinema Regained, and nearly 100 will have their world, Asia or China premiere, according to festival organizers. To focus on global filmmaking newcomers, the third HIIFF introduced the H!Future New Talent Awards in 2020, seeking to motivate new creators and deliver vibrant and diversified offerings to the film industry. The festival also continues to enhance its own role in promoting film industry development with its H!ActionProject Market, dedicated to coordinating industrial resources supporting filmmakers, promoting mutual cooperation and providing incubation, financing and other services for different stages of film projects. This year the H!Market, a permanent part of the HIIFF launched in 2019, will feature selected screenings, premieres, the International Best Shooting Scenic Spot Promotion Conference and an Online Film Week.

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Hainan Film Festival returns with global cinema highlights
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Hainan Film Festival returns with global cinema highlights

China Daily  

The sixth Hainan Island International Film Festival poster features stars, lights and the ocean. The sixth Hainan Island International Film Festival is set to take place from Dec 4 to 10 in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, bringing together filmmakers, critics, journalists and movie lovers from around the globe for a cinematic event themed "From Oceans, With Visions". The festival …

Hainan Film Festival returns with global cinema highlights
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Hainan Film Festival returns with global cinema highlights

China Daily  

The sixth Hainan Island International Film Festival poster features stars, lights and the ocean. The sixth Hainan Island International Film Festival is set to take place from Dec 4 to 10 in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, bringing together filmmakers, critics, journalists and movie lovers from around the globe for a cinematic event themed "From Oceans, With Visions". The festival …

Golden Rooster film festival drives industry development in Xiamen
1 month, 1 week ago

Golden Rooster film festival drives industry development in Xiamen

China Daily  

The opening ceremony of the 2024 GRIFF Industry on Nov 13. As an important part of the 2024 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival held from Nov 13 to 16, the 2024 GRIFF Industry kicked off on the Nov 13 in the city of Xiamen, East China's Fujian province. The opening ceremony, featuring the theme "high-level film event, …

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

Beijing film festival showcases Chinese cinema to global audience

China Daily  

A special screening aimed at expanding the presence of Chinese movies in the overseas market was held as part of the ongoing 14th Beijing International Film Festival on April 20. As part of the ongoing 14th Beijing International Film Festival, a special screening was organized with the aim of expanding the presence of Chinese movies in the overseas market, drawing …

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

Beijing film festival showcases Chinese cinema to global audience

China Daily  

A special screening aimed at expanding the presence of Chinese movies in the overseas market was held as part of the ongoing 14th Beijing International Film Festival on April 20. As part of the ongoing 14th Beijing International Film Festival, a special screening was organized with the aim of expanding the presence of Chinese movies in the overseas market, drawing …

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  

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 …

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  

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 …

25th Shanghai International Film Festival opens
1 year, 6 months ago

25th Shanghai International Film Festival opens

China Daily  

Filmmakers and film stars Chen Kaige, Michelle Yeoh, and Chow Yun-fat attend the opening ceremony of SIFF on June 9, 2023. The 25th Shanghai International Film Festival officially opened at the Shanghai Grand Theatre with the red carpet rolling out on Friday evening. Chinese veteran director Huang Jianxin will serve as the Chairman for the "SIFF YOUNG × Shanghai Youth …

Int'l film festival in Beijing boosts cultural exchange
1 year, 7 months ago

Int'l film festival in Beijing boosts cultural exchange

China Daily  

For Shen Shanshan, 38, April is the "most important time of the year" as she is enjoying the annual Beijing International Film Festival despite her busy life. According to Sha Dan, a staffer of the China Film Archive, films are the carrier of Beijing's cultural inclusiveness, and film exhibitions can realize cultural exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations. "We …

Int'l film festival in Beijing boosts cultural exchange
1 year, 7 months ago

Int'l film festival in Beijing boosts cultural exchange

China Daily  

For Shen Shanshan, 38, April is the "most important time of the year" as she is enjoying the annual Beijing International Film Festival despite her busy life. According to Sha Dan, a staffer of the China Film Archive, films are the carrier of Beijing's cultural inclusiveness, and film exhibitions can realize cultural exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations. "We …

Hainan film festival rolls out 'blue carpet'
4 years ago

Hainan film festival rolls out 'blue carpet'

China Daily  

Visual effects supervisor Christopher Bremble, left, and producer Natacha Devillers walk on the red carpet at the third Hainan Island International Film Festival in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, on Dec 5, 2020. The third Hainan Island International Film Festival lifted its curtain in the coastal city of Sanya, Hainan province on Dec 5 with a "blue carpet" procession and …

Hainan film festival rolls out 'blue carpet'
4 years ago

Hainan film festival rolls out 'blue carpet'

China Daily  

Visual effects supervisor Christopher Bremble, left, and producer Natacha Devillers walk on the red carpet at the third Hainan Island International Film Festival in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, on Dec 5, 2020. The third Hainan Island International Film Festival lifted its curtain in the coastal city of Sanya, Hainan province on Dec 5 with a "blue carpet" procession and …

China concludes international film festival amid market recovery
4 years, 4 months ago

China concludes international film festival amid market recovery

China Daily  

Outdoor screenings were scheduled during the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival. China wrapped up the Shanghai International Film Festival on Sunday, sending a positive signal that the world's second-largest film market is making a steady recovery. That day's box office takings stood at a paltry 3.5 million yuan amid stringent anti-virus measures in cinemas, ticket sale caps and a limited …

Mounting a silver-screen comeback
4 years, 4 months ago

Mounting a silver-screen comeback

China Daily  

The Shanghai International Film Festival's Belt and Road Film Week uses outdoor projectors. The pandemic might have battered the domestic film scene, but major industry players have already kicked into high gear to help revive the market's fortunes, Zhang Kun reports in Shanghai. China's filmmakers celebrated their first big gathering at the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival which kicked off …

Mounting a silver-screen comeback
4 years, 4 months ago

Mounting a silver-screen comeback

China Daily  

The Shanghai International Film Festival's Belt and Road Film Week uses outdoor projectors. The pandemic might have battered the domestic film scene, but major industry players have already kicked into high gear to help revive the market's fortunes, Zhang Kun reports in Shanghai. China's filmmakers celebrated their first big gathering at the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival which kicked off …

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