Chinese Cinema
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All Stories for Chinese Cinema
How sci-fi epic film The Wandering Earth powered the Chinese box-office to historic global record
Surendhar Mk •Chinese sci-fi epic The Wandering Earth has set the mainland box-office on fire with its humongous theatrical revenue of 4.4 billion RMB ($657 million)
Berlinale 2019: A First Farewell is a poetic, often disheartening look into the lives of China’s Uyghur minorities
Prathap Nair •Albeit firmly apolitical, A First Farewell offers rare insights into the rapid homogenisation of a unique culture through imposition of language politics.
The Pingyao Film Festival and how the 'boutique' model can help arthouse cinema in India
Baradwaj Rangan •Chinese film festivals are bound, by law, to show as many Chinese films as films from outside. This may be a good model for India.
Jackie Chan's action thriller The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang confirmed for 2019 release
Fp Staff •The ambitious project, starring Jackie Chan in the lead role, is led by the pioneers of 3D in China, director Vash (aka Jia Lu), and producer Kiefer Liu.
China and its intimate connection with Indian cinema over the years: Throwback Thursday
Devanshsharma •This Thowback Thursday, Firstpost recalls the inseparable bond between China and Indian cinema amidst cross border tension between the two countries.
Deepika Padukone to sign an Indo-Chinese romcom directed by Siddharth Anand?
Fp Staff •This could be Deepika Padukone's second international project after xXx: Return of Xander Cage.
Acclaimed Chinese film director fined $1.24 million for having 3 children
Fp Archives •China fined acclaimed film director Zhang Yimou 7.5 million yuan ($1.24 million) on Thursday for having three children in violation of its country's strict one-child policy.