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Headlines From China: China’s Pingyao Film Festival Awards Final Prizes Amid Deadly Floods, Collapsed City Walls and Idol Fan Pandemonium

Oct 19, 2021 / Headlines From China /

China’s Pingyao Film Festival Awards Final Prizes Amid Deadly Floods, Collapsed City Walls and Idol Fan Pandemonium. Read More

Headlines from China: Upcoming Film ‘Bu Lang Man’ Stars Jia Zhangke

Oct 10, 2019 / Headlines From China /

Renowned Chinese director Jia Zhangke plays a main character for the first time in upcoming film "Pseudo Idealist" (Bu Lang Man). Read More

Headlines from China: The 3rd Pingyao International Film Festival Unveils Lineup

Sep 16, 2019 / Headlines From China /

The first batch of selections include 52 films from 26 countries. All of them will be screened in China for the first time while 28 of them will have world premieres. Read More

Headlines from China: Chinese Film Industry’s “New Big Four”

Mar 12, 2019 / Headlines From China /

Here is how the landscape of the Chinese film industry has changed over the past three years. Read More

Headlines from China: iQiyi Brings Three Films to Pingyao International Film Festival

Oct 18, 2018 / Headlines From China /

While the three iQiyi films at the PYIFF are relatively indie and artsy, the company also has big plans to produce big-budget films for a mass audience. Read More

Headlines from China: What To See At The 2nd PIFF, According to Jia Zhangke

Oct 10, 2018 / Headlines From China /

The 2nd Pingyao International Film Festival will raise its curtain on October 11. Yesterday, the founder of the festival Jia Zhangke attended a press event in Pingyao and talked about the programs and highlights of this year’s PIFF. Read More

The Pingyao International Film Festival: Dawn of New Era for Chinese Independent Cinema?

Aug 24, 2018 / Opinion /

PYIFF is the first privately run Chinese film festival approved by the authorities. The festival is organized “by a company that operates in a marketed-based manner, which is a relatively new model. Read More

Headlines from China: The 2nd Pingyao International Film Festival Open for Submissions

Apr 17, 2018 / Headlines From China /

The second edition of the Pingyao International Film Festival (PYIFF) is set to take place from October 11-20 this year, according the festival’s official website. The festival also announced call for submissions, seeking films from all around the world. Read More

Headlines from China: ‘Have A Nice Day’ Passes Chinese Censorship with “Slight Adjustments”

Nov 1, 2017 / Headlines From China /

Liu Jian’s animated noir film ‘Have A Nice Day’ has passed Chinese censorship with “slight adjustments,” according to the film’s producer Yang Cheng. Read More

Headlines from China: Six Things to Avoid for a Film to Pass China Censorship

Oct 30, 2017 / Headlines From China /

Plan to bring your film to China? Here are the six things your film needs to avoid in order to pass the Chinese censorship. Read More

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