The 6th Beijing International Film Festival (BIFF) will be held at the capital from April 19 to 21. Creativity in the film market is the central theme year.
The country's film authority has reiterated its determination to crack down on cheating after some box office records came into question.
Two Chinese films The Master and Go Away, Mr. Tumor have been named as finalists for the Tiantan Awards, which are given at the annual Beijing International Film Festival, which runs from April 16 to 23.
A total of 15 movies have been selected for the competition at the 6th Beijing International Film Festival, which will be chaired by Brett Ratner, executive producer of "The Revenant."
The 36-year-old former ad designer wrote a tale about a retired secret agent in 2012 but failed to persuade any film studios to look at it.
Fans of flicks filmed in frozen places, like The Revenant, may find Lost in White merits a hot spot on the silver screen. Shot in temperatures lower than -40 C in Northeast China, the movie also offers car chases, explosions and lots of gore.
Although China is seeing massive growth in box-office receipts, the world's second-largest movie market needs "space" for art-house filmmakers, says director Lu Chuan.
Two new Chinese releases, The Bodyguard and Chongqing Hotpot, and a still strong Zootopia this weekend dashed expectations that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice would score big at China's box office this year.
Superhero film "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," continued to rule China's box office in the week ending April 3, China Film News reported Tuesday.
It is seen as the new hope for the struggling genre of kung fu movies. And, as if in recognition of that status, the action thriller The Bodyguard attracted a number of A-list stars for it premiere in Hong Kong recently.
The Chinese mainland has its own Spielbergs — Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang—who have made the country's highest-grossing commercial films for decades.
Singer and songwriter Leah Dou, daughter of Chinese musicians Faye Wong and Dou Wei, is going to release her first original English album "Stone Café" on April 22.