Dong Chengpeng, more popular as Da Peng, has unveiled his second directorial film centering on a group of people who struggle to keep their dreams in the music industry alive.
Fans of fantasy epics such as The Lord of Rings franchise can now look forward to Chinese film Legend of the Naga Pearls, inspired by the 2011 best-selling novel Novoland: City of Desperate Love.
While the Chinese movie market has attracted Australian filmmakers over the past decade, only eight coproduction projects have taken off since 2006, when the two countries first signed a treaty to encourage film partnership. But with seven new coproduction deals signed in Beijing on April 20, the number is expected to rise.
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has teamed up with four established directors from Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa to make a movie.
Centered on individuals, five documentaries by Chinese and foreign directors win at a Hangzhou festival.
The 7th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) held a contract signing ceremony on April 21 in Beijing, in which 108 businesses signed contracts for 56 key projects worth 17.46 billion yuan ($2.54 billion), increasing 6.9 percent from last year.
China saw robust growth in the animation box office in 2016 despite a sluggish overall movie market, said a report released Monday at an international animation festival.
Veteran Hollywood producer Tom DeSanto signed an agreement with CITIC Guoan Group at the group's New Bridge Film Production Base on the outskirts of Beijing on Friday to co-produce a Sino-US film in the near future.
The TV and film rights of up to 10 novels of Japanese author Higashino Keigo are up for grabs on the Chinese site Yunlaiwu.com.
China's movie market has been lackluster for nearly a year but this isn't necessarily a bad thing, according to some insiders.
Tencent Pictures, the film arm of Chinese tech giant Tencent, has announced its lineup of 14 new productions, most of which are being or will be made with Chinese or Hollywood veterans. It was announced by Tencent in Beijing on April 20.
As an integrated part of the Beijing International Film Festival, the annual Chinese film music concert kicked off at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities on Friday.