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Director Feng Xiaogang Nominated for Best Actor at 52nd Golden Horse
Nov 26, 2015Cannes-winning director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's film The Assassin led the race with 11 nominations at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards, Asia's equivalent to the Oscars. The Assassin is nominated for 11 awards, including best screenplay, best ...
Tags: Feng Xiaogang, Best Actor, 52nd Golden Horse
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Mountains May Depart Vies for Oscar
Nov 4, 2015Chinese director Jia Zhangke has revealed that his latest film Mountains may depart is to be submitted for this year's foreign-language category at the Academy Awards. The movie tells the story of a family that moves from China to ...
Tags: Jia Zhangke, film, Mountains, Oscar
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Toronto Film Festival's Int'l Jury Awards Home Talents
Oct 29, 2015After 11 days of buzz and excitement, the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) came to a conclusion Sunday, with the film Room winning the top honor and Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig taking the Platform prize from an international ...
Tags: Toronto Film Festival, Awards
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China's He Ping receives honourable mention of Platform Director
Oct 29, 2015The Platform jury members at the just-concluded Toronto International Film Festival include China's Jia Zhangke, Holland's Agnieszka Holland and France's Claire Denis, all world-class auteurs. The three jurors were only supposed to choose ...
Tags: He Ping, honourable mention, Director
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China May Enter China-France Co-Production Wolf Totem for Oscars
Oct 29, 2015China may submit Wolf Totem, a co-production between China and France, as its 2016 Academy Awards best foreign language film entry after it was announced that another contender lost the bid late Tuesday. The producers of Mountains May ...
Tags: Wolf Totem, film, Oscars
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China Enters Go Away, Mr. Tumor for 88th Oscars
Oct 28, 2015The film Go Away, Mr. Tumor will represent China in her bid for Best Foreign Language Film for the 88th Academy Awards. According to the official website of the Academy Awards, Go Away, Mr. Tumor, based on a real life story of cartoonist ...
Tags: film, Go Away Mr.Tumor, Oscars
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'wolf Totem' Replaced in Oscars Race Due to Too Few Chinese Participation
Oct 28, 2015The last-minute change to China's submission for the 2016 Academy Awards best foreign language film award was because "Wolf Totem" did not meet the requirements. According to a report by China Film News, Oscars organizers notified ...
Tags: "Wolf Totem", Oscars, film
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Not Local Enough
Oct 28, 2015The surprise choice of Go Away Mr Tumor instead of Wolf Totem as China's official entry for this year's Oscars has shocked local filmmakers, who say the Academy's rules 'aren't clear.' Xu Fan reports. Young Chinese director Han Yan was ...
Tags: Oscars, movie, Chinese-language movie
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Cutting Cliches
Oct 28, 2015Tibetan moviemakers are increasingly moving away from themes of scenery and mysticism to tell people stories. The Tibetan-language movie Tharlo has been nominated in four categories for this year's Golden Horse Award, a prestigious annual ...
Tags: movie, Cutting Cliches, culture
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Films -- China-Italy Connection
Oct 28, 2015When the 13th-century Italian merchant and traveler Marco Polo finished his famous book The Travels of Marco Polo, he couldn’t have imagined that seven centuries later his adventures in China would be adapted into a seven-hour film. ...
Tags: film, China's film industry, co-production
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Chinese Culture Permeates Fabric of British Society
Oct 28, 2015Chinese influence in Britain is notable from the late 17th century onwards as wealthy Britons and a growing middle class provided a demand for Chinese goods such as porcelain and commodities such as tea. Chinese culture travelled to ...
Tags: Chinese Culture, porcelain, commodities, tea
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Chinese Films Win Big at Chicago Film Fest
Oct 27, 2015Emerging Chinese director Song Pengfei could hardly believe that his first try at film directing would turn out to be an immediate success. At Friday night, amid applause and enthusiasm, Song, director of a movie entitled Underground ...
Tags: Chinese films, Chicago Film Fest
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China's Domestic High-End Designer Brands Seem to Be Enjoying Better Fortunes
Mar 9, 2015At a time when Chinese sportswear and casual attire makers were busy clearing their inventories due to a less clear-cut brand orientation, China's domestic high-end designer brands seem to be enjoying better fortunes. Chinese high-end ...
Tags: Apparel Brands, sportswear, casual attire