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JCS 2016, Asia’s Leading Multi-Contents Market
—Interview with Yasushi Shiina, Director General of TIFF & TIFFCOM

October 28, 2016 chiefeditor 0

Yasushi Shiina Director General, Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF & TIFFCOM) Yasushi Shiina was born in 1951. After graduating from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the Waseda University in 1974, Shiina joined Sumitomo […]

Who Acts in Animated Films?
- An interview with concept creator Liang Boya

October 28, 2016 chiefeditor 0

Liang Boya and her twin sister share the pen name “Niuya”. After leaving high school in 2007, they went to Japan to study animation, and began careers in the animation industry there after graduation. Boya […]

Enjoy Chinese Movies at the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival

October 27, 2016 chiefeditor 0

1、Competition/World Premiere Mr. No Problem Drama｜144min. B&W Mandarin｜2016 China Shot in stylish black-and-white, this three-act fable, set in wartime Chongqing, focuses on the indifferent rich, the head clerk on a farm, and some young intruders. […]

Japan in the Films

October 27, 2016 chiefeditor 0

Compared with advertisement and tourist handbook, film is the best way to promote the scenery in a place. You might not like all the films shot in Japan, yet some of the scenery in the […]

Success of A Film Festival Depends on Characteristics and an Identity
Interview with Kim Dong-ho，BIFF Chairman

October 5, 2016 chiefeditor 0

Kim Dong-ho, one of the most reputable names in Korean cinema, now has returned to the film festival he headed for 15 years. BIFF, which will enter its 21st year in October, ran into a […]

Chinese Film Must Take Ourselves as the Lord
- Interview to Producer Hu Xiaofeng

October 5, 2016 chiefeditor 0

With rich experience in production, steady working style and many years of accumulation, Hu Xiaofeng has not only witnessed the ups and downs of Chinese film development, but also worked hard for the Chinese film […]

The Director: A Lonely Pitcher at the Center of the Baseball Field
- An Interview with Chan Chi-fat, Director of Hong Kong Film Weeds on Fire

October 4, 2016 chiefeditor 0

Chan Chi-fat graduated from the Department of Social Sciences of the School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University, majoring in film and TV. Before his graduation, he obtained an advanced diploma in multi-media design […]

From Science Fiction to Sci-fi Films
- Interview with Dong Renwei, Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Nebula Award for Global Chinese Science Fiction Films

September 7, 2016 chiefeditor 0

In the summer of 2016, the high profile film, Three-body Problem, was not able to be released as scheduled, with an indefinite delay. Disappointed fans complained, but were to some extent relieved. It seems the […]

How to Shoot a Crafted Countryside Romance
— Director Yang Zi and His Mountain Cry

September 6, 2016 chiefeditor 0

In 2015, Mountain Cry was selected as the closing film of Busan International Film Festival and was highly praised. Director Yang Zi talked about how he shot Mountain Cry, and what he thought and gained […]

Innovation is a way to survive
-Interview to Zhang Zhao, CEO of LeTV Pictures

September 6, 2016 chiefeditor 0

Time Raiders, which was propagated in 2016 Cannes International Film Festival, finally presented to the audience on the summer schedule in August. Five days before the release, LeTV held the “Value Reconstruction Day” conference, proposing […]