Headlines From China: Sports Film ‘Leap’ Won Big at the 33rd Golden Rooster Film Awards

Sports Film ‘Leap’ Won Big at the 33rd Golden Rooster Film Awards

China’s top film awards Golden Rooster Film Awards announced its winners Saturday in the city of Xiamen, East China’s Fujian province. The biographical sports film based on true stories of China women’s national volleyball team “leap”, snatched up three trophies and become the biggest winner at this year’s festival. The film took home the best film, best cinematography and best screenplay awards respectively. The best director award went to Wang Rui for his movie “Chaogtu with Sarula” about life on the prairie. Read more 1905.com

Future Tech China: Why Does Kuaishou Want to Go Public? 

With a Hong Kong IPO looming, video platform Kuaishou has been valued at $50 billion, surpassing Airbnb ($30 billion), DJI ($15 billion), and Fortnite’s Epic Games ($18 billion) to become one of the world’s most valuable private startups. Kuaishou (the name means “fast hand”) is best known as a short video app. It is a short video app that has more than 300 million daily active users (DAUs) and more than 20 billion unique pieces of content. What’s unique about it is that it’s actually a social app. Read more Content Commerce Insider