Headlines from China: Chinese Auteur Wang Xiaoshuai Won Best Director Award at Asian Film Awards 2020

Chinese Auteur Wang Xiaoshuai Won Best Director Award at Asian Film Awards 2020

Asian Film Awards 2020 unveiled winners for its 14th edition on Wednesday. South Korean megabit “Parasite” won Best Picture, whereas Chinese auteur Wang Xiaoshuai took home the Best Director Award for “So Long, My Son”. Chinese actress Zhou Dongyu received the Best Actress recognition for her extraordinary performance in Hong Kong filmmaker Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung’s “Better Days”. Zhou’s screen partner Jackson Lee was named the year’s best newcomer. Read more Mtime

China Film Archive Screened 4K Version of Classic Korean War Film

China Film Archive recently screened a 4k-resolution version of China’s first war film featuring the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, “Shang Gan Ling”, as part of the institute’s efforts to restore old classics, as well as to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the CPV army entering the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to fight in the war. The film, which premiered in 1956, tells the story of soldiers serving in the Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) army who put up a heroic fight and suffered pains to defeat the enemy during the war (1950-53). Read more movie2049