All China articles – Page 4
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NewsChina’s 2024 summer box office dips nearly 41% despite strong July
Comedy drama ‘Successor’ helped July rank as the second highest month of the year to date at the Chinese box office.
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Reviews‘Unstoppable’: FIFF Review
FIRST IFF’s First Frame award winner profiles Chinese mixed martial artist Zhang Weili
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NewsChina’s FIRST International Film Festival jury refuses to award best film prize
The jury said there was no “outstanding” or “groundbreaking” title worthy of the award.
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FeaturesHow FIRST International Film Festival offers a springboard for new Chinese directors
FIFF founder and head Song Wen discusses the spirit of the festival and future of Chinese independent and arthouse cinema.
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NewsHKIFF to bestow Begin Again award at China’s FIRST financing market (exclusive)
Two projects by emerging filmmakers will receive support for festival strategy and international distribution.
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FeaturesSix films spotlighting women’s voices at China’s FIRST International Film Festival
The fourth First Frame competition places a special focus on films with female characters and female themes.
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NewsChinese box office down 9% in first half of 2024; June lowest month
Ticket sales from the first half of the year were the lowest since 2016.
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NewsChinese sci-fi ‘Escape From The 21st Century’ to be launched by Fortissimo at Toronto (exclusive)
The feature is set to open in China on August 3.
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NewsKazakhstan’s ‘The Divorce’ wins at Shanghai’s Golden Goblet Awards
The jury was led by Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung.
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NewsCannes award-winner ‘Black Dog’ lands UK-Ireland distribution (exclusive)
The Chinese drama won the Un Certain Regard Prize.
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NewsChina’s Parallax takes Shanghai title ‘Qian Tang River’ (exclusive)
This is the feature debut for director Wan Bo.
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NewsBeijing Hugoeast Media boards Shanghai competition title ‘Vicissitude’ from Japan (exclusive)
Marks the first Japanese title for the Beijing-based company.
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NewsShanghai film festival reveals 2024 competition line-up
Includes the latest features by Guan Hu, Wei Shujun, Gu Changwei and Zhang Dalei.
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Reviews‘She’s Got No Name’: Cannes Review
Peter Chan delivers a stirring widescreen melodrama set in Shanghai of the 1940s to round out Cannes 2024
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NewsZou Jing wins Critics’ Week Next Step prize for coming-of-age drama ‘A Girl Unknown’
Didar Domehri of France’s Maneki Films has come on to co-produce.
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Reviews‘Caught By The Tides’: Cannes Review
China’s relentless march for progress inspires Jia Zhang-ke’s contemplative Competition entry
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Reviews‘Black Dog’: Cannes Review
Eddie Peng is a directionless ex-con who teams up with an unwanted mutt in Guan Hu’s uplifting drama
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Reviews‘Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In’: Cannes Review
Soi Cheang returns triumphantly to Hong Kong genre cinema with this old-school 80s actioner set in Kowloon’s Walled City
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NewsChina’s Parallax boards LGBTQ+ film ‘Some Nights I Feel Like Walking’ (exclusive)
Further titles include ‘All Quiet At Sunrise’ and Zhang Guoli’s ‘Strangers When We Meet’.
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NewsChina’s Rediance boards Ben Rivers’ documentary ‘Bogancloch’ (exclusive)
The film is a sequel to 2011’s award-winning ’Two Years At Sea’.