Chinese Films Take Top Honors at Asia’s Largest Film Festival

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Two Chinese directors shared Asia's largest film festival's top prize, as the event's audience saw a sharp decline in a crossroads year. Read More

Chinese Review Website Douban Forms Film Production Company

 /  News  / 
Douban, China’s most active and influential media review website, is moving into film production. Read More

New Titanic Film to Set Sail in 2017, ‘Rush Hour’s Sarkissian to Co-Produce

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A new take on the story of RMS Titanic will set sale in early 2017, with a Chinese-American production tackling the legend that stood at the top of Chinese box office records for more than a decade. Read More

On Screen China: Holiday Weekend Sweeps Away ‘Batman v Superman’

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A giant hole left by Batman v Superman’s epic underperformance will leave ample market space for three local films during this weekend’s Qingming (Tomb Sweeping) Festival. Read More

CFI Q&A With Author Peter Hessler on ‘River Town’ the Movie

 /  People  / 
Not Since 'Iron and Silk' in 1991 has there been a major motion picture about an American teaching in China. Read More

Leonardo DiCaprio Wins Green Chinese Hearts With Oscars Speech

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It was a big deal to his legion Chinese fans when "Little Lee" used his Oscar acceptance speech to call attention to climate change. Read More

China Box Office: ‘Zootopia’ Is Setting Animation Records in China

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Walt Disney Animation’s Zootopia just had the two biggest single days for an animation on record in China. Read More

What the Critics Think: Crosscurrent (2015)

 /  Reviews  / 
“This divisive film certainly falls into a similar Chinese New Wave groove thanks to its maddeningly riddle-like nature and strongly ambiguous atmosphere.” Read More

Chinese Trademark Registration Certificates Become Unavailable

 /  Legal  / 
The latest in a series of relevant posts for anybody doing business in China from our content partners at the China Law Blog. Read More

China’s Movie Tie-Ins Market a Real Bugbear

 /  News  / 
The experience of entrepreneurs like Xu Lei provides an insight into the difficulties studios face while trying to exploit the ancillary market for movie tie-in merchandise. Read More

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