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 HONG KONG — Hollywood's fighting cartoon panda is a hit in the furry animal's home country. The American animated movie Kung Fu Panda has made nearly $16 million at the Chinese box office as of Wednesday, according to its distributors. |
BEIJING, June 23 -- Russian director Vladimir Kott's "Mukha" received the Best Film award at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival, which wrapped up on Sunday night. Chinese director Gao Qunshu's "Nick of Time" scored two awards - the jury award and Best Actor award for Ma Guowei's performance. |
 The Chinese movie market is running a bit light ahead of summer vocation. Hong Kong director Tsui Hark's new flick stands out. Famous for his action movies,Tsui is getting into horror movies for the first time. He took his inspiration from a sunken city that thrived over ten thousand years ago. Tsui learned about the city from a documentary. So let's see what it's about. |
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BEIJING -- For people from outside looking to get in, China is not big on production incentives, but it is a dynamic market not without charm, and a lot of the country's most talented filmmakers are starting to come out from underground into the mainstream. |
 Cannes - Chinese director Jia Zhangke's haunting and unsettling portrayals of life in modern China would not appear to be the type of movies that the Beijing authorities like to see representing their country at the world's leading film festivals. But Jia's latest film 24 City, which recounts the lives of workers in a factory earmarked for demolition to make for a skyscraper, has been selected for the race to win the prestigious Palme d'Or award at this year's Cannes Film Festival. |
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