Chris Berry, the network’s Principal Investigator, has published a report on the 16th edition of the Far East Film Festival, which takes place annually in Udine, Italy. This is available at the Senses of Cinema website, and can be accessed…
Cannes to build Film City – and Film Festival – in Anji County, Zhejiang Province
A report in the China Daily suggests that Cannes is in the process of bringing a new film city to China’s eastern seaboard. According to the newspaper, Cannes is co-operating with the China Film Exchange and Cooperation Association and the…
May/June Round-up
In the past two months, we’ve added the following material: NEWS: In the past two months, news has emerged of details for the Qingdao International Film Festival, slated to commence in 2017. Both the Hollywood Reporter and Screen Daily reported…
Report on the 2013 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
Kiki Yu Tianqi, of the University of Nottingham Ningbo, has kindly drawn our attention to a report that she has written on the 2013 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival. This has just been published in the journal Studies in Documentary…
Controversy at the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival
Perhaps that deadline is oxymoronic. The 17th Shanghai Film Festival has just concluded. Along with the usual glitz, glamour and awards – Greek film Little England won the award for Best Film – the news which really hit the headlines…
Details of the Wanda Qingdao International Film Festival revealed
Network member Ma Ran has drawn our attention to the (widely reported) news that details about the Dalian Wanda Group’s Qingdao International Film Festival – part of the new film and media park slated for Qingdao – have been released.…
April Round-up
In the past month, we’ve added the following material: NEWS: We have news here of the Washington DC Chinese Film Festival, due to take place later this year in the USA. In addition, the 4th edition of the Beijing International…
4th Beijing International Film Festival Awards
As the 4th Beijing International Film Festival draws to a close, the Hollywood Report has a short item on the film that won prizes at the festival, including Wong Kar-Wai’s The Grandmaster and Richie Mehta’s Siddarth, and a rather longer…
Report of the second network meeting
Location: Department of Comparative Literature, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, March 31st-April 1st, 2014. Day One (March 31st) Participants: Chris Berry (PI), Luke Robinson (CI), Bao Hongwei, Jenny Chio, Dina Iordanova, Nikki J-Y. Lee, Flora Lichaa, Ma Ran, Gina Marchetti,…
Oliver Stone speaks out at BJIFF
Member Dina Iordanova has drawn our attention to Liz Shackleton’s report in Screen Daily headed “Oliver Stone slams co-pros at Beijing Film Festival,” referring to the director’s “characteristically outspoken” comments not only about co-production but also about Chinese cinema’s failure…