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Cry Me A River (film)
''Cry Me a River'' ( ''Heshang de aiqing'', literally "love on the river") is a 2008 short film directed by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke. The film is a romance recounting the reunion of four college friends and lovers after ten years. The leads are played by Jia regulars Zhao Tao and Wang Hongwei, and Hao Lei and Guo Xiaodong, who starred together in Lou Ye's 2006 film ''Summer Palace''. Jia has stated that he was inspired by the classic Chinese film ''Spring in a Small Town'', also about the reuniting of former lovers in a rural river town in eastern China. The film was produced by Jia's own Xstream Pictures. Release The film premiered at the 65th Venice International Film Festival out-of-competition as one of two Chinese films in the lineup (Yu Lik-wai's ''Plastic City'' was the other). The short film also screened with Jia's feature length ''24 City'' as a companion piece at the BFI London Film Festival The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jia Zhangke
Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dean of the Vancouver Film Academy of Shanghai University. He graduated from the Literature Department of Beijing Film Academy. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the " Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Wang Quan'an and Zhang Yuan. Jia's early films, a loose trilogy based in his home province of Shanxi, were made outside of China's state-run film bureaucracy, and therefore are considered "underground" films. Beginning in 2004, Jia's status in his own country rose when he was allowed to direct his fourth feature film, ''The World'', with state approval. Jia's films have received critical praise and have been recognized internationally, notably win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xstream Pictures
Xstream Pictures is a Chinese production company, based out of Beijing and Hong Kong. Company Founders It was founded by filmmakers Jia Zhangke, Chow Keung, and Yu Lik-wai. Company History Formed in 2003, the company's first production was Jia's own ''The World''. It has since served as a production house for several of Jia's other films, as well as Yu Lik-wai's ''Plastic City''. List of productions * 2004 - ''The World'' (dir. Jia Zhangke) * 2006 - '' Walking on the Wild Side'' (dir. Han Jie) * 2006 - ''Still Life'' (dir. Jia Zhangke) * 2006 - '' Dong'' (dir. Jia Zhangke) * 2007 - '' Useless'' (dir. Jia Zhangke) * 2008 - ''Plastic City'' (dir. Yu Lik-wai) * 2008 - ''24 City'' (dir. Jia Zhangke) * 2008 - '' Perfect Life'' (dir. Emily Tang) * 2013 - '' Forgetting to Know You'' (dir. Quan Ling) * 2015 - ''Mountains May Depart ''Mountains May Depart'' () is a 2015 Mandarin-language drama and the 8th feature film directed by Jia Zhangke. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Films
The year 2008 involved many major film events. '' The Dark Knight'' was the year's highest-grossing film, while '' Slumdog Millionaire'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards). Evaluation of the year 2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema. The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to '' The Dark Knight''. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's '' WALL-E'' becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of '' Cloverfield''. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up ''The Avengers'' with the blockbuster hit ''Iron Man'' and their respectable attempt at rebooting '' The Incredible H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Short Films
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British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Purpose It was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom. BFI act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shorts from approximately 50 countries. History At a dinner party in 1953 at the home of film critic Dilys Powell of '' The Sunday Times'' and at which film administrator James Quinn attended, the notion of a film festival for London was raised. Quinn went on to start the first London Film Festival which took place at the new National Film Theatre (now renamed BFI Southbank) from 16–26 October 1957. The first festival screened 15–20 films from a selection of directors to show films successful at other festivals, including Akira Kurosawa's ''Throne of Blood'' (which opened the festival), Satyajit Ray's '' Aparajito'', Andrzej Wajda's '' Kanał'', Luchino Visconti's ''White Nights'', Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'', Federico Fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 City
''24 City'' ( zh, s=二十四城记) is a 2008 film directed and co-written by Chinese film-maker Jia Zhangke. The film follows three generations of characters in Chengdu (in the 1950s, the 1970s and the present) as a state-owned factory gives way to a modern apartment complex. The film was also known as ''The Story of 24 City'' during production. Production The apartment complex featured in the film is an actual development (also called "24 City") built on the former site of an airplane engine manufacturing facility. Jia will also produce a documentary about the location. The film's narrative style is described by critics as a blend of fictive and documentary story-telling, and it consists of authentic interviews and fictive scenes delivered by actors (but presented in a documentary format). Release ''24 City'' made its debut shown in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. ''Film Comment'', the official journal of the Film Society of Lincoln Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plastic City (film)
''Plastic City'' () is a 2008 Brazilian-Chinese-Hong Kong-Japanese thriller film directed by Yu Lik-wai. Plot Set in the traditional neighborhood of Liberdade in downtown São Paulo, ''Plastic City'' has an immense Eastern community that was established over the years as protagonist, people who are seeking for a land of opportunity and a place for new business - legal or illegal. It is in the midst of Chinese cultural traditions and the chaos of urban life that the immigrant Yuda and his son Kirin are commanding a piracy mafia in Brazil, but this empire went into decline when they were threatened by a powerful organization with strong international influences. Cast * Anthony Wong as Yuda *Joe Odagiri as Kirin *Domingos Antonio as Federal Agent *Alessandro Azevedo as Camacho *Ricardo Bittencourt as Guilhermo *Chao Chen as Yanno *Rodrigo dos Santos as Marquito *Barbara Garcia as Black Dancer * Huang Yi as Ocho *Renata Jesion as Reporter *Hiyan Kubagawa as Kirin 5 Years *Tainá M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Lik-wai
Yu Lik-wai (; born 12 August 1966), sometimes credited as Nelson Yu, is a Hong Kong cinematographer, film director, and occasional film producer. Born in Hong Kong, Yu Lik-wai was educated at Belgium's INSAS ( Institut National Superieur des Arts de Spectacle) where he graduated with a degree in cinematography in 1994. Yu has become a mainstay in both the cinemas of China (where he is perhaps best known for his collaborations with director Jia Zhangke) and Hong Kong. Yu has served as director of photography for nearly all of Chinese director Jia Zhangke's films, and along with Jia, founded their own independent film production company, Xstream Pictures. He has been announced as a member of the jury for the Cinéfoundation and Short Films sections of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring In A Small Town
''Spring in a Small Town'' is a 1948 black-and-white Chinese film, written by Li Tianji () and directed by Fei Mu, a director known for his empathetic portrayal of women.Daruvala, S. (2007). The aesthetics and moral politics of Fei Mu's Spring in a Small Town. Journal of Chinese Cinemas, 1(3), 171-187. It was produced and funded by Wenhua Film Company, whose great financial deficit at the time led it to produce ''Spring in a Small Town'' on a low budget with a minimalist plot and setting. The film cast only five characters, and it focuses on the struggles of a husband and wife, and the ensuing turmoil when Zhang Zhichen, Liyan's former classmate and, ironically, Yuwen's former lover, pays an unplanned visit to the residence. The original print of the film is now kept in the China Film Archive. In 2005, at the Hong Kong Film Awards to mark a century of Chinese films, ''Spring in a Small Town'' was voted the best Chinese film ever made. Plot The film takes place in a ruined fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhao Tao
Zhao Tao (born 28 January 1977) is a Chinese actress. She works in China and occasionally Europe, and has appeared in 10 films and several shorts since starting her career in 1999. She is best known for her collaborations with her husband, director Jia Zhangke, including ''Platform'' (2000) and ''Still Life'' (2006). With ''Shun Li and the Poet'' (2011), she became the first Asian actress to win a prize at David di Donatello. She received two Golden Horse Award nominations for ''Mountains May Depart'' (2015) and ''Ash Is Purest White'' (2018). In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked her #8 on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century. Biography Zhao was born 28 January 1977 in Taiyuan, Shanxi, which is also the hometown of the heroine in ''Still Life''. As a child, she studied classical Chinese dance. In 1996, she enrolled in the folk dance department at Beijing Dance Academy. After graduation, she became a dance teacher in Taiyuan Normal College, where she was sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Palace (2006 Film)
''Summer Palace'' (), is a 2006 Chinese film and the fourth feature film by director Lou Ye. The film was a Chinese-French collaboration produced by Dream Factory, Laurel Films, Fantasy Pictures and Sylvain Bursztejn's Rosem Films. It was made in association with France's Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères and Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC). The film deals with a young student played by Hao Lei who leaves her small hometown to study at the fictional "Beiqing University" (an homage to Peking University). There she meets a fellow student and begins an intense romantic relationship in the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The film also follows the eventual disillusionment of these young idealists after the crackdown, as the years progress through the 1990s and into the 2000s (decade). The film is named after the Summer Palace located in Beijing. The film is the first from mainland China to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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