China’s Top Female Directors Join Force for ‘HerStory’
Three of China’s top female filmmakers Sylvia Chang, Li Shaohong, and Joan Chen are joining hands for a new film titled “HerStory” looking back on the uneasy year of 2020 marred by the COVID-19 pandemic. The film is in the form of an anthology consisting of three short stories set in 2020. The filmmakers wanted to inspire the world by telling stories from a female perspective about the struggles of normal people, especially women, in their normal life, loves, emotions, career and families under pressures of a major crisis. The female movie stars participating in the project include Zhou Xun, Sammi Cheng, Xu Di, Nina Paw and a special appearance of 91-year-old Zhu Yafen, teacher of world-famous pianist Lang Lang. Read more China.org
CCI Q&A: Steven Ekstract on the Year in Content-Commerce
As 2020 draws to a close, Content Commerce Insider has been catching up with leaders in their fields to share reflections on this transformative period as well as predictions for what comes next. In the first installment of our year-end Q&A series, we caught up with Steven Ekstract, Managing Director of Global Licensing Advisors, a consultancy that provides companies with insight and strategic direction to succeed in the $300 billion a year licensing business. Read more Content Commerce Insider
