Chinese Auteur Jia Zhangke Calls For Theater Reopening, Again
Leading Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke called for theater reopening once again on social media after the tragic news of Bona’s vice president’s suicide ripped through the Chinese film industry on Wednesday. In this post, Jia Zhangke revealed the bleak reality that almost one million workers in the film industry have been laid off since the enduring shutdown of movie theaters started in Spring Festival. The country’s top administrative body, the State Council, said in early May that all businesses including movie theaters could reopen in areas with low risks, but local authorities have yet to issue permission for cinemas to do so. Read more on Mtime
Has Chinese Documentary Entered A Golden Age?
An array of high-quality documentaries have dominated Chinese TV market in the first half of 2020. Eye-catching and thought-provoking documentaries such as “The Firsts in Life”, “Once Upon a Bite 2”, and “Aerial China 3” have won many people’s hearts and have all made to the top 5 of audience’s favorites in 2020 on Douban—a major film & TV rating website in China. Compared with the hard-to-predict fictional TV series, these realistic documentaries are making steady progress to become the next trend for Chinese creative content producers. Read more yidianjd
