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Changchun Film Festival
The Changchun Film Festival (中国长春电影节) is a biennial international film festival held in the Chinese city of Changchun Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 c .... Ostensibly international, its award for best film, the Golden Deer has nevertheless primarily been awarded to Chinese and other East Asia-region films. It was first held in 1992 and was founded in part by the Changchun Film Studio (now the Changchun Film Studio Group Corporation). The festival is funded in part by the Ministry of Radio, Cinema, and Television, the provincial government of Jilin, and the Changchun municipal government. Golden Deer Award (Best Film) Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actress Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor See also * List of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Deer Awards
The Changchun Film Festival (中国长春电影节) is a biennial international film festival held in the Chinese city of Changchun. Ostensibly international, its award for best film, the Golden Deer has nevertheless primarily been awarded to Chinese and other East Asia-region films. It was first held in 1992 and was founded in part by the Changchun Film Studio (now the Changchun Film Studio Group Corporation). The festival is funded in part by the Ministry of Radio, Cinema, and Television, the provincial government of Jilin, and the Changchun municipal government. Golden Deer Award (Best Film) Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actress Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor See also * List of film festivals in China The following is a list of film festivals in China. * BigScreen Festival, first held in 2004 in Padua, Italy, but now held in the city of Kunming *Hong Kong National Film Festival *Beijing College Student Film Festival * Beij ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changchun
Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 county-level cities. According to the 2020 census of China, Changchun had a total population of 9,066,906 under its jurisdiction. The city's metro area, comprising 5 districts and 1 development area, had a population of 5,019,477 in 2020, as the Shuangyang and Jiutai districts are not urbanized yet. It is one of the biggest cities in Northeast China, along with Shenyang, Dalian and Harbin. The name of the city means "long spring" in Chinese. Between 1932 and 1945, Changchun was renamed Xinjing () or Hsinking by the Kwantung Army as it became the capital of the Imperial Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, occupying modern Northeast China. After the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Changchun was established as the provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Zheng (actor)
Xu Zheng (born 18 April 1972) is a Chinese actor and director best known for acting in comedic roles. Xu directed, co-wrote, co-produced and starred in ''Lost in Thailand'' (2012) and ''Lost in Hong Kong'' (2015), two of the highest-grossing films in China. He also co-produced and starred in ''Dying to Survive'' (2018). Xu found fame with the wacky TV series '' Sunny Piggy'' (2000), co-starring his future wife Tao Hong. He gained further recognition after other comedy TV dramas ''Li Wei the Magistrate'' (2001) and ''Love Through Different Times'' (2002), as well as comedy films ''Call for Love'' (2007) and ''Lost on Journey'' (2010). Xu has acted in most of Ning Hao's films including ''No Man's Land'' (2013) and '' Breakup Buddies'' (2014). Xu ranked 38th on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 68th in 2015, 92nd in 2017, 4th in 2019, and 2nd in 2020. Biography Growing up in Shanghai, Xu Zheng performed regularly in Children's Palace theatres. After graduating from S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xue Xiaolu
Xue Xiaolu is a Chinese film director and screenwriter. She is considered one of the top Chinese female directors''.'' Her first major feature was ''Ocean Heaven'', (2010) which stars Jet Li, followed by '' Finding Mr. Right'' (2013) starring Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo. Her top-grossing film is '' Finding Mr. Right 2.'' Her films have won multiple awards in China and abroad, including the Outstanding New Screen Writer award at the fifteenth HuaBiao Awards (for ''Ocean Heaven''), and Best Director at the 2013 China Image Film Festival (for '' Finding Mr. Right''). Xue is also a teacher at the Beijing Film Academy, and has been a volunteer with Beijing Stars and Rain, a non-governmental educational organization for autistic children, for 14 years. Early life and education In 1989, Xue entered the Literature department of Beijing Film Academy with the major of Film Studies. After receiving her bachelor's degree in 1993, Xue continued her studies in Screen Writing and Theory majors, com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guan Hu
Guan Hu (, born August 1, 1968) is a sixth generation Chinese film director.Zhang, Zhen (2007), The Urban Generation: Chinese Cinema and Society at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century', Page 54. Duke University Press. . Google Book Search. Retrieved 2009-02-18. Career A graduate of the class of 1991 of the Beijing Film Academy, Guan became the youngest director in the Beijing Film Studio. In the 1990s, Guan directed a handful of films making a name as an important voice of the sixth generation, most notably with his debut, 1994's ''Dirt''. A portrayal of Beijing's rock music scene, ''Dirt'' was filmed on a shoestring budget and was funded primarily by lead actress, Kong Lin.Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). ''Encyclopedia of Chinese Film''. Taylor & Francis, p. 142-43. . ''Dirt'' is often compared with another major sixth generation film about the Beijing rock scene, Zhang Yuan's ''Beijing Bastards''. Unlike that film, Guan Hu paid nearly US$2000 for state studio affi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Yibai
Zhang Xiaoling, better known by his stage name Zhang Yibai () (born 14 April 1963, in Chongqing, China) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer. Directorial career Zhang began his career in television and music videos before directing his debut, ''Spring Subway'' in 2002. Zhang, like many other modern Chinese directors, has focused primarily on life in modern Chinese cities. ''Spring Subway'', for example, follows its protagonist as he wanders through Beijing's subway system, while the mystery-thriller ''Curiosity Killed the Cat'' follows its characters through the central China boomtown of Chongqing (also Zhang's hometown). His next two films, 2007's ''The Longest Night in Shanghai'' and 2008's '' Lost, Indulgence'' have seen the director's exposure and successes extending increasingly overseas. ''Longest Night'', starring Zhao Wei, constitutes one of the first China-Japan coproductions, while ''Lost'' was selected to premiere at New York City's Tribeca Film Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My People, My Country
''My People, My Country'' () is a 2019 Chinese anthology drama film, consisting of seven segments directed by seven directors, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yibai, Guan Hu, Xue Xiaolu, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao, and Wen Muye. It stars many of China's top actors, many in supporting roles and cameos. ''My People, My Country'' is produced jointly by Huaxia Film Distribution, Polybona Films and Alibaba Pictures. The film was released in China on September 30, 2019, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. It has two sequels, ''My People, My Homeland'' (2020) and '' My Country, My Parents'' (2021). Plot ''The Eve'' The opening segment by director Guan Hu, ''The Eve'' (), is about an engineer, Lin Zhiyuan (played by Huang Bo), racing against time to perfect an automatic flag-raising mechanism before the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949. ''Passing by'' The second story ''Passing by'' (), directed by Zhang Yib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dying To Survive
''Dying to Survive'' is a 2018 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Wen Muye in his feature film debut. The film is based on the real-life story of Lu Yong (陆勇), a Chinese leukemia patient who smuggled cheap and generic cancer medicine from India for 1,000 Chinese cancer sufferers in 2004. ''Dying to Survive'' stars Xu Zheng in the lead role, who also co-produced the film with Ning Hao. Plot An aphrodisiac peddler, Cheng Yong, is in financial trouble. His store has not been making profits for a long time and his father urgently needs a large sum of money for brain surgery. One day a man wearing thick layers of surgical masks comes to his shop. He asks Cheng to bring a cheap drug from India in return for a large sum of money. Due to patent protection, the Swiss drug imatinib is very expensive and cannot be afforded by most leukemia patients in China. However, an inexpensive generic version of it is available in India. Desperate for money, Cheng agrees to risk smuggling the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante Lam
Dante Lam Chiu-Yin () is a Hong Kong film director, writer and actor who is a major figure in Chinese action cinema. Background He was trained in the tradition of John Woo as an assistant director and worked as an actor and producer. He often writes and supervises his own choreography. In 2008 he won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director for his work on ''Beast Stalker''. His 2018 film ''Operation Red Sea'' is the second-highest-grossing Chinese film of all time and 9th in the international box office list of 2018. It won him the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director and the award for Best Action Choreography at the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards. In the aftermath of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, Lam was contracted by the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) to produce a video, ''Guarding Our City'', intended to help rehabilitate the police force's public image. The 15-minute video was released on 23 January 2021. Filmography Director * ''Option Zero'' (1997) * ''Beast Cops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Red Sea
''Operation Red Sea'' () is a 2018 Chinese-Hong Kong action war film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing and Du Jiang. The film is loosely based on the evacuation of foreign nationals and almost 600 Chinese citizens from Yemen's southern port of Aden during late March in 2015 Yemeni Civil War. According to Chinaculture.org, the film is in similar style to that of ''Operation Mekong''. It serves as the highlight film presented to audiences as a gift for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, as well as the party's 19th National Congress. This film is said to be "China's first modern naval film". The film has grossed USD$579 million, and received critical acclaim from critics, making it currently the seventh-highest-grossing ever in China and highest grossing Chinese film in 2018. It was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huo Jianqi
Huo Jianqi (; born January 20, 1958) is a Chinese film director. Like the cinematographer turned director Gu Changwei, Huo Jianqi began his cinematic career in the art department. Nearly all of Huo's films have been written by his wife and collaborator, Qiu Shi, who works under the name "Si Wu." Unlike many of his contemporaries (and predecessors), Huo rarely has had issues with the Chinese government regarding his films, leading some western critics to label him the "darling director of China's film bureaucracy." Career Huo attended the Beijing Film Academy in the early 1980s as part of the "Fifth Generation" (which also included directors like Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige). After graduation, he worked as an art director, including on films such as Tian Zhuangzhuang's ''The Horse Thief'' (1986). Huo's own career as a director did not begin, however, until 1995 with ''The Winner'' and would not achieve true international success until his 1999 film, ''Postmen in the Mountains''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuanzang (film)
''Xuanzang'' or ''Xuan Zang'' is a 2016 Chinese-Indian historical adventure film based on Xuanzang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century. The film is directed by Huo Jianqi and produced by Wong Kar-wai. It stars Huang Xiaoming, Kent Tong, Purba Rgyal, Sonu Sood and Tan Kai. It was released in China and India on 29 April 2016, with distribution in China by China Film Group Corporation. It was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but was not nominated. 'Xuan Zang' was screened at the 2nd Annual Asian World Film Festival on 31 October 2016 in Culver City. Plot During the Tang Dynasty's era of "Zhen Guan" (of Emperor Taizong), Xuan Zang, a young Buddhist monk, in his quest to find the knowledge in Buddhism, embarks on a journey to India, that is fraught with perils and dangers. He encounters natural disasters, and sees the sufferings of the common people. Soldiers get in his way, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
