Nearly a hundred outstanding films from the 2011 7th China-US Film Festival made their brilliant debut in Hollywood!
>Nearly a hundred excellent films from the 2011 7th China-US Film Festival made their brilliant debut in Hollywood! The annual Hollywood Chinese-American Film Festival is held at the Film Bureau of the China State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, China...
With the strong support of the Film Bureau of the China State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles and the American Film Association, the annual Hollywood Chinese American Film Festival has become an annual event for exchanges between the Chinese and American film industries. A few days ago, the organizer of the American Eagle Dragon Media held the first press conference of the 7th China-American Film Festival at the Asia-Pacific Museum in the United States. Su Yantao, chairman of the China-American Film Festival and president of the American Eagle Dragon Media, Andrew Morgan, co-chairman of the film festival and president of the American Rudy Morgan Film Group, which produced the Oscar-winning films "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby," co-chairman of the film festival and wife of the Los Angeles County Sheriff, Hu Hui Ling, Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles Che Zhaohe, Cultural Consul Li Bing, Charlie Mason, Director of the Asia Pacific Museum of the United States, Wang Guolan, Senior Vice President of East West Bank, the honorary sponsor of the Chinese American Film Festival, Yang Rui, Deputy General Manager of Air China Los Angeles, the designated airline of the conference, as well as many members of the film festival organizing committee and crew representatives of many participating films attended and delivered speeches at the event. Su Yantao, chairman of the China-American Film Festival, said that this year's film festival is honored to invite a Chinese film delegation led by Director Tong Gang of the National Film Administration of China to the scene. This film festival has also set a record in terms of films screened and Chinese film companies participating. Currently participating include: China Film Group, China Film Co-Production Company, Huaxia Film Group, Tianjin Northern Film Group, Pearl River Film Group, China News Film Group, Huayi Brothers Film Group, Poly Bona Film Group, Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, Yunnan Film Group, Northern United Film and Television Group, DMG Film Company, Sunshine Media Group, IDG Group and more than ten film companies, as well as the China Film Association and the Macau Film Association will participate in this China-US Film Festival. In addition to Chinese film companies, the American Film Institute, Fox, Disney, Sony, DreamWorks and other major Hollywood film groups, as well as many independent production companies, also enthusiastically participated in this China-US Film Festival. In addition to Hollywood heavyweights such as MacLean, chairman of the American Film Market Association and producer of the Oscar-winning film "The English Patient," and Mike Deoy, the president of Phoenix Films and producer of Oscar-winning films such as "Black Swan," "Dances with Wolves," and "Rocky," the bureau of the organizing committee of this year's film festival also invites the former chairman of the Oscars in the United States and former chairman of Universal Pictures to join the bureau. At the press conference, the China-US Film Festival Organizing Committee announced the first batch of films. Many excellent films that premiered in North America and have achieved great success and reputation in the Chinese and American film markets over the past year will join hands with American audiences. These include: "Da Wu Sheng", "Hero's Blood", "Big Sun", "Snowflake Secret Fan", "White Flowers of Autumn", "Gang Piano", "Summer Fun", "My Sassy Girl 2", "If You Are the One 2", "Love is Excellent", "October Siege", "Legend of the Rabbit Man", "Ogo", "One Week More", "Flying", "Love to the End", "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven", "Following Kong Lingxue", "Guarding Childhood", "Once Upon a Time in Tibet", "Bi Luo Snow Mountain", "Jewish Girl in Shanghai", "Sister Tao", "Guo Mingyi", "Eternal Sheep", "Watching the Sky Mountain" , "My Girlhood", "Thor" (Thor), "X-Man: First Class" (X-Man: First Class), "Bridesmaids" (Bridesmaids), "Unstoppable" (Unstoppable) and nearly a hundred outstanding Chinese and American films will make a brilliant appearance during this year's Chinese and American film screenings! Members of the China-US Film Festival committee who attended the press conference that day also included: Paul, the Oscar winner and sound effects master who produced blockbusters such as "The Hurt Locker", "Spider-Man" and "2012"; Omar Kasmacher, the president of the film distribution company that released "Superman"; Han, a Chinese musician who played the erhu for many Hollywood blockbusters such as "Kung Fu Panda" Huaqi, Emmy Award winner Dino Herman, well-known Hollywood Chinese movie star Zhang Yuji, Chinese director Lan Boru of movies such as "Into America", Chinese movie actor and producer Hu Xuelian starring in "Chinatown", American Multimedia Group President Michael Xie, former president of Columbia Hollywood Film School Luo Xinghua, Los Angeles College professor Liao Maojun, etc. The China-American Film Festival Organizing Committee announced the list of the first batch of films and the main event schedule of this year's China-American Film Festival at a press conference. The 7th China-American Film Festival will hold more than ten unique large-scale film special events and seminars and more than 200 film screenings for a month from October 27 to November 30 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The opening ceremony of this film festival will be held grandly at the Directors Guild of America headquarters in Hollywood on October 27th. On the 28th, there will be an exchange and discussion between Chinese and American filmmakers. On the 29th, the Chinese American Film Festival Fashion Night will be held. On the 30th, the opening ceremony of the San Francisco branch will be held. Starting from the beginning of November, nearly 100 excellent Chinese and American films will be screened in more than 20 venues in Hollywood, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Friends who are interested in supporting the 2011 Hollywood Chinese American Film Festival and purchasing film festival tickets are welcome to call 1-626-856-3889 or log on to www.cafilmfestival.org for details.
Che Zhaohe, cultural counselor of the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles (third from left in the first row), Su Yantao, chairman of the China-American Film Festival and president of American Eagle Dragon Media (fourth from the left in the first row), Andrew Morgan, co-chairman of the film festival and Oscar-winning film producer such as "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby" (fifth from the left in the first row), Hu Huiling, co-chairman of the film festival and wife of the Los Angeles County Sheriff (fourth from the right in the first row), Yang Rui, deputy general manager of Air China Los Angeles, the designated airline of the conference (second from the left in the first row)
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