Director Jean-Jacques Annaud said he was "stupefied" as Academy Award organizers dropped his Sino-French co-production Wolf Totem from the Oscar race for being insufficiently Chinese.
A comedy film without celebrities and with all its actors making their movie debuts raked in 593 million yuan ($93 million) at the Chinese box office over the National Day holiday.
Disney's 14th princess Moana will make her debut in a movie of the same name that hits theaters on Nov 23, 2016.
The gap between domestic blockbusters and their Hollywood counterparts is closing, especially in visual effects.
The 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.
China's box office rang up takings of 1.85 billion yuan (about $291 million) during the National Day holiday, which ended on Wednesday, a record high.
Henry Chang-Yu Lee, the forensic scientist, had his own number tag (2056) at the Connecticut Department of Public Safety. But whenever his colleagues phoned for him, they asked for "007".
Chinese-language comedy Bad Guys Always Die is becoming one of the most anticipated productions at the upcoming Busan International Film Festival.
"Lost in Hong Kong," a Chinese comedy, has raked in 1.33 billion yuan ($209.5 million) by Sunday, becoming the top-grossing 2D domestic film of all time on the Chinese mainland.
With many South Korean filmmakers moving to neighboring China for a wider and more lucrative market, Kim Ki-duk has become the latest big name to join the flock.
Sixty-five years after the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), an upcoming TV series pays homage to the martyrs and veterans of that conflict.
The National Day week has provided rich pickings for local filmmakers with homegrown movies overcoming competition from Hollywood.
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