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Winners of the 27th Shanghai Intl Film Festival Golden Goblet Awards unveiled

5 days ago | chinaservicesinfo.com | Zhang Kun

The Golden Goblet Award ceremony of the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival took place at Shanghai Grand Theatre on Saturday night. Kyrgyzstan's Black, Red, Yellow won the Golden Goblet Award for the Best Feature Film category. Although the director, Aktan Arym Kubat, is an acclaimed filmmaker known as "the poetic symbol of Central Asia cinema," this was the first film most Chinese audiences ever saw that came from Kyrgyzstan.
Funding festival-worthy films

1 week ago | chinadailyhk.com | Zhang Kun

Industry insiders discuss luring audiences back to cinemas by focusing on productions with better stories and lower budgets, Zhang Kun reports. To celebrate new achievements in Chinese films and showcase more than 400 international productions, the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival opened on June 12 in commemoration of 120 years of Chinese cinema. Founded in 1993, this is China's only competitive film festival approved by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations.
Funding festival-worthy films

1 week ago | global.chinadaily.com.cn | Zhang Kun

To celebrate new achievements in Chinese films and showcase more than 400 international productions, the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival opened on June 12 in commemoration of 120 years of Chinese cinema. Founded in 1993, this is China's only competitive film festival approved by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations. This year, the Golden Goblet Awards competition received an unprecedented 3,900 submissions from 119 countries and regions.
Shanghai film festival opens with packed lineup, global premieres and star jury

1 week ago | chinaservicesinfo.com | Zhang Kun

Italian film director Giuseppe Tornatore, alongside six of his fellow jury members leading the Golden Goblet Awards, met movie lovers at the Crowne Plaza Shanghai on Friday afternoon to unveil the 27th edition of the Shanghai International Film Festival. The festival, which began on Friday and is scheduled to run until June 22, will showcase a total of 410 films across 43 cinemas throughout the city.
Spanish sounds, stones and strokes brought to Bund

2 weeks ago | chinadailyhk.com | Zhang Kun

The Spanish Arts Festival on Shanghai's Bund is bringing exhibitions related to the spectacular architectural legacy of Antoni Gaudi and paintings inspired by China's ink art. Hosted by Jiushi Art Museum, the festival will continue through to Oct 22 in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Spain.
From Paris to Pudong

2 weeks ago | chinadailyhk.com | Zhang Kun

An exhibition brings the Seine's finest art to the Huangpu River's banks, Zhang Kun reports. A key exhibition Paths to Modernity: Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay, Paris will run from Thursday to Oct 12 at the Museum of Art Pudong in Shanghai, unveiling the largest showcase of the Musee d'Orsay in China. It will present 107 masterpieces from some of the most representative creations of such masters as Van Gogh, Millet, Manet, Monet and Renoir.
Encounter of kindness during a time of brutality

3 weeks ago | chinadailyhk.com | Zhang Kun

The use of a blanket plays the centerpiece in sharing a touching tale that takes place during a war, Zhang Kun reports. The Shanghai Ballet's new production of Lily will premiere at the Shanghai Grand Theatre on July 18. Lily, adapted from a short story of the same title by veteran writer Ru Zhijuan (1925-98), depicts a young military nurse's brief encounter with a soldier and a rural woman during a mission to borrow blankets from villagers during the War of Liberation (1946-49).
27th Shanghai Int Film Festival kicks off

3 weeks ago | chinaservicesinfo.com | Zhang Kun

The 27th Shanghai International Film Festival announced its screening schedule on Tuesday evening. The film screening of this year's SIFF will take place in 43 cinemas across the city from Jun 13 to 22. The online box office will open at noon on Jun 5, and the offline opening will be at 2 pm, Jun 5.
Symphony drums to the beat of environmental protection

4 weeks ago | chinadaily.com.cn | Zhang Kun

The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra will premiere Trees, a new repertoire with an environmental protection theme, on July 5, during the upcoming Music in the Summer Air festival. The orchestra has presented the annual festival since 2010 to serve as a crossover event introducing classical music to wider audiences. The event, featuring the theme "To the Future", will be held from July 1 to 13. It will exhibit the harmonious existence of humans and nature, with the debut of Trees being a highlight.
Musk leaving U.S. gov't role

1 month ago | today.line.me | Zhang Kun |Wang Pei

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday that he is leaving U.S. gov't role as an adviser to Donald Trump. He earlier criticized the president's "One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act," saying it increases the federal deficit and "undermines the work" of DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency). Produced by Xinhua Global Service■