Movie and theatre producers often complain that an outstanding script is hard to find. But now there seems to be a new solution to the problem. A screenplay competition has been launched by Peking University, in a bid to encourage young playwrights in China.
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At a press conference on March 8, Yin Li, member of the CCPPCC said that the government should adopt a moderately loose policy towards the domestic film industry.
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Han Sanping, chairman of the powerful China Film Group Corporation, quietly arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday with a delegation from the country.
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The film agreement inked by China and the United States last month will certainly make life more difficult for Chinese filmmakers as audiences tend to prefer Hollywood films to domestic ones.
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Last Wednesday, a video clip of American talk show host Conan O'Brien mocking Chinese online talk show, Da Peng Debade became widespread on the Internet.
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Chinese helmers Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang are lobbying for lower ticket prices to lure more auds, as they attend this week's annual legislature in Beijing as advisers.
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Most of China's film enterprises are still in the early stages of development and are in urgent need of funds, as they lack the necessary capital to fund their operations.
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in year 2006 the government pledged to invest more than 200 million yuan ($32 million) to transfer 5,000 Chinese films into digital formats over the following five years,Xu Jin, vice manager of the Shanghai Film Technology Plant in Zhabei district said.
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About 200 titles of popular content from Lionsgate are headed east thanks to a streaming video licencing deal with Youku Inc.. Youku will make films available to viewers on an ad-supported basis via Youku's Movies Channel in China.
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Tentatively called "China Girl," the show will be in Mandarin and launch in November on satellite television, with "Gossip Girl" creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage consulting.
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