China The importance of film diplomacy for cultural relations between the UK and China January 28, 2020 0 Image Credit: Curzon Cinema, Canterbury by ijclark/Flickr; licence CC BY 2.0. Written by Hiu Man Chan. Compared to other EU countries, the UK is certainly…
China Rising creativity and the enduring main melody: Trends in China’s 2019 film market December 16, 2019 0 Image Credit: Photo by Jonathan Kos-Read/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Yongli Li. Since 2015, many scholars and analysts have been predicting that the People’s Republic…
Art Reason to be hopeful: When ‘The Legend of 1900’ overtakes ‘Charlie’s Angels’ in China November 29, 2019 2 Image Credit: Keys by Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Hiu Man Chan. If this is not a miracle, it is certainly strong…
China Interview: Hong Kong filmmaker Jevons Au on his new film ‘Distinction’ October 24, 2019 0 Image Credit: Photo from the film ’Distinction’. All rights by Jevons Au. Written by Panos Kotzathanasis. Born, raised and educated in Hong Kong, Jevons Au…
Culture and Society Taiwan cinema and Southeast Asian Chinese diaspora filmmakers: The case of Midi Z September 7, 2019 0 Written by Maja Korbecka. Image credit: untitled by it is elisa/Flickr, license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 In recent years most representatives of Taiwanese cinema to gain recognition at the…
Film Crazy Rich Asians and competing Asian subjectivities August 9, 2019 1 Written by Mark Gallagher. Image Credit (header image and included screenshots): Crazy Rich Asians (2018). Directed by Jon M. Chu. [Film]. US: Warner Bros. Enterntainment. The…
China Making history: Bohemian Rhapsody’s Chinese release and the story of its translation July 8, 2019 1 Written by Hiu Man Chan. Images Credit: Provided by the author. The national release of the multiple Oscar-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) in China in March…
China UK Films at Shanghai International Film Festival 2019 and Cultural Diplomacy June 17, 2019 0 Written by Hiu Man Chan. Image Credit: Shanghai Film Museum Camera Row by spezz/Flickr, License: CC BY 2.0. The Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) will take place…
China The human-animal connection in Chinese cinema: Jia Zhangke as an example May 28, 2019 0 Written by Winnie L.M. Yee. Image Credit: Dog by bfishadow/Flickr, Licence: CC BY 2.0. Environmental issues have become an increasingly important topic for scholars and artists…
Asia The global failure of cinematic soft power ‘with Chinese characteristics’ May 27, 2019 0 Written by Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park. Image Credit: At the Cinema by Blondinrikard Fröberg/Flickr, Licence CC-BY 2.0. Traditionally, imperial China deployed state Confucianism as its ultimate…
