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Headlines from China: Should Beijing International Film Festival Change Its Dates As Well?

Feb 14, 2019 / Headlines From China /

Last year, the Academy for Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced that the 2020 Oscar award ceremony would take place on February 9, which then led many other film awards and festivals, such as Berlinale, BAFTA and Santa Barbara International Film Festival, to change their dates. Read More

How to Find Opportunities in China’s Film Industry, From a European Perspective

May 7, 2018 / Interview /

Cristiano Bortone, Managing Director of Bridging The Dragon, spoke to CFI on the founding of the organization, co-production trends, the group's newly launched initiative, and its upcoming event at the Cannes Film Festival. Read More

Feng Xiaogang’s ‘Youth’ Takes Top Honors at the Asian Brilliant Stars

Feb 22, 2018 / News /

The 2nd Asian Brilliant Stars announced this year's winners in Berlin on February 21st in conjunction with the 2018 Berlinale. Nostalgic drama film Youth, which is directed by Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, is the biggest winner. Read More

Qiu Yang And Jing Wang Chosen For Berlinale Talents

Jan 17, 2018 / News /

Chinese director Qiu Yang and producer Jing Wang will be taking part in Berlinale Talents, a 6-day program that takes place at the Berlin Film Festival. Read More

Film Review: ‘Have a Nice Day’

Aug 17, 2017 / Reviews /

Here in America we’re lucky to be able to see this unvarnished look at a side of China so seldom revealed, the underbelly last on display on film in Jia Zhangke’s brilliant “A Touch of Sin,” a cinematic cousin to this animated gem. Read More

Berlin: Production Seminar Brings Together Euro-seekers, Chinese Experts

Feb 24, 2017 / News /

The annual Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale has historically been an important Western platform for Chinese films. For the past few years at the festival, a Berlin-based association, Bridging the Dragon and the European Film Market have sponsored events designed to further the cause of European films and co-productions that can Read More

Asian Brilliant Stars Awards Chinese Films in First-Ever Edition

Feb 13, 2017 / News /

Aimed at showcasing behind-the-scenes Asian talent and fostering Asian-European film cooperation, this first edition of the Asian Brilliant Stars awards were decidedly Sinocentric, owing both to the dominant position of China's film industry in the region and the Chinese government's continual "soft power" efforts to export its film products whilst touting cultural exchange. Read More

What the Critics Think: Crosscurrent (2015)

Feb 24, 2016 / 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

CFI Q&A With ‘Crosscurrent’ Director Yang Chao

Feb 24, 2016 / People /

As China's space available for independent cinema is getting more and more restricted, one Chinese film lit up the Berlin International Film Festival. Read More

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