A 10 million yuan ($1.4 million) program aimed at assisting photographers who work with charities nationwide was launched at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing on July 12.
Marvel's first Chinese superheroes will debut in the United States in Spring next year.
This year, the second BRICS co-production film "Half the Sky" will be released, announced the executive producer Jia Zhangke.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 928 filmmakers from 59 countries to be admitted as new members, raising the total membership to 9,226 people on June 25.
With its staggering budget, huge international crew and a stellar cast, Chinese fantasy epic Asura has ambitions to rival any Hollywood blockbuster.
A literal Hollywood giant and one of the most familiar faces to audiences in China, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has already dominated the country's big screens twice in the first half of this year.
Many of the new titles for the July-August vacation are animated films, with the majority being produced by Chinese studios.
One of the most recently acclaimed Chinese espionage-themed productions, the 40-episode TV series Mian Ju (The Mask) will air on Beijing Satellite TV and the video-streaming site, iQiyi, simultaneously from July 6.
A film telling the plight of Chinese "comfort women" was screened over the weekend in San Francisco's Chinatown to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the July 7 Incident of 1937.
Nearly 500 expats from across the globe, including those working and studying in China, have applied to participate in a reality television show to experience unique jobs with Chinese characteristics for one day.
Ning Hao and Xu Zheng have come together again to produce a new film-Dying to Survive-as they return to the summer movie season after 12 years.
China's first immersive media festival offers a vision of a future where mixed reality will be an integral part of our lives, reports Li Yingxue.