The China Film Group has selected six Chinese movies for the
upcoming Cannes Film Festival, including The Knot,
Tokyo Trial, and Love in The City.
May 16 marks the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival,
which is expected to boast an unprecedented star-studded lineup and
top film competitors.
The high-profile Chinese actor-turned-director Jiang Wen's
latest movie The Sun Still Rises will also enter the
Cannes' race as an individual applicant via Hong Kong's Emperor
Group. The movie has already?received an official pass from
China's film authority to screen in cinemas, and the director is
currently finishing post-production in France.
A Zhou-surnamed senior manager from China Film Promotion
International, an?affiliate of ?China Film Group
Corporation, told Shanghai Youth Daily that the six
officially recommended movies are good both in terms of box office
takings and reputation. They should represent the quality of
contemporary Chinese movies.
Organizers of the Cannes Film Festival have released the first
batch of guest lists, which include Chinese star actress Gong
Li.
Moreover, Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai's first English
language movie My Blueberry Night is expected to be the
opening film at the festival.
The documentary A Great Master Recaptured, which tells
stories of the late Chinese opera master Mei Lanfang, will also be
screened during the film festival.
China Film Promotion International will put up a big exhibition
at the film festival to promote Chinese movies. Some 50 bosses of
China's film companies will also be in attendance to get a chance
to meet their overseas buyers.
(CRI.cn April 13, 2007)
