tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30136369545441629732024-03-20T12:52:12.053+01:00Eye on ChinaEuropean news and events in ChinaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013636954544162973.post-86246833663454259342009-11-24T09:31:00.018+01:002009-11-27T13:26:50.713+01:00Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-H6u54_jA2N09Y0PFbwtsT4K5qEiD6zixutlaBqI1EBalph9OpAsZUqqpNe-aAgbxU9QRoN5KjayrUMNu3eqjOorq9ekvnGetUcyZbL57Qmh23cN-LBkczz0w1sMjIlkgZiEIjkHS90/s1600/DSC03919.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-H6u54_jA2N09Y0PFbwtsT4K5qEiD6zixutlaBqI1EBalph9OpAsZUqqpNe-aAgbxU9QRoN5KjayrUMNu3eqjOorq9ekvnGetUcyZbL57Qmh23cN-LBkczz0w1sMjIlkgZiEIjkHS90/s400/DSC03919.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407599623239622082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The <a href="http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/gh_tc/news-e-1.aspx">Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival</a> opened on Nov 4 with the screening of <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Warrior and the Wolf</span>, a film by Chinese director Tian Zhuang Zhuang.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>The festival is the largest showcase of international movies in Taiwan, it is non competitive for foreign film and ends with a spectacular gala and awards ceremony for Asian movies on November 28.</div><div><br /></div><div>The audience is generally young, and films are sold out very quickly making this a great event for filmmakers to attend.<br /><br /></div><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaRnee_adiMJ5rmU7D34-3G4PjTW4A1fmEjd0TaDcsNLycDgVN0bPi90UMY1bCdFfs2jLmihG9NIjmOFUJBFlAqJbsYUUV6FaywM4wEwKUs97HgJONzp2ahvIV6jYzt8KqsmxMFCOMlo/s400/DSC04029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407599051023650162" border="0" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br />A large number of European films are screened during the 2 weeks event, European guests to the festival include:</div><div><br /></div><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_9oyg-2DI7gCGn7-yiCZI5V1AuxiOTM0g34o293C-B5fEYsRzZbey3992cxppwx4Gm6K5jaxoAqhmiZ4dYaM4KrV98hNCyiIb4xFBSVy-kBb6Un2OA8Uv6xjcNl-I1VOhQDFDezwHEU/s400/DSC04184.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407598117175080322" border="0" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Actress Isabelle Huppert and director Benoit Jacquot with <a href="http://cineuropa.org/film.aspx?lang=en&documentID=88708"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Villa Amalia</span></a>, to be released on December 4; Isabelle Huppert will also give a "master class" on November 24. A restrospective of 8 of her movies is being shown during the festival. </div><div><br /></div><div>Director Gilles Bourdos with <a href="http://cineuropa.org/film.aspx?lang=en&documentID=81745"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Afterwards</span></a> to be released December 4, is also in town to participate in a tribute to Taiwanese director of photography Mark Lee Ping Bing as are Tran Anh Hung and Ms. Tran Nu YenKhe with <span style="font-weight: bold;">At the height of summer</span>. Director Lorenzo Recio <span style="font-weight: bold;">The headless sailor</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lisa</span> is also in Taipei. </div><div><br /></div><div>Actor Vincent Perez and director Denis Dercourt <a href="http://cineuropa.org/film.aspx?lang=en&documentID=103131"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tomorrow at dawn</span></a> to be released December 11;<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhan9rrsiqUQIMA9-ibw4gRPmALD_qj6qFnD0Q2soQak4nuldcrS8VrPe99bsmQFo3jn_W8VAodlGeInioDA7Wravfx6JAE7cgn4wgHGi78RWFjFmb2yRf_2JEU8D23W8Whcu9j2ErnlrE/s400/DSC03936.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407593059899508530" border="0" /></div><div>from Germany : Actress Jana Pallaske <span style="font-weight: bold;">Phantom Pain</span>, Directors Thomas Heise <span style="font-weight: bold;">My brother we'll meet again</span> and Marco Wilms <span style="font-weight: bold;">Comrade Couture</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-EZH58akwhCnpfbDmmWqAxgYDrn7ge6nDiXkBfJvdxLIZ5V50Tk01VGZzTQarxobsIBnkDuTKD57RErBLnustfYEQD4yilO1_sVu-npwavowX437KOyygj3IpDBOAj0n9twCScPd1e0/s400/DSC04014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407593067218772866" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" /></div><div><br /></div><div>The French Taiwanese co-production <span style="font-weight: bold;">Visages</span> from Tsai Ming Liang is in competition and has been nominated for 5 awards. </div><div><br /></div><div>Cannes Golden Palm winner <a href="http://cineuropa.org/film.aspx?lang=en&documentID=90347"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The white ribbon</span></a> by Michael Haneke, a French German and Austrian coproduction will be screened at the closing night ceremony and released on November 27.<br /><br /></div></div>Christine Perninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08201672160199872241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013636954544162973.post-4083087062913912182009-11-12T10:55:00.014+01:002009-11-24T09:30:18.721+01:00Opening of the 2d annual EU Film Festival in Beijing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfF7WkVoor7KbinKd8o4L-6O6iZA11diG8DxVl6FDDhXFrwI8kX7xqVUeS7oha57jKgw3Uqp0O03nUIUZApJQmglcNC4PJiUEVCB2MTJhAvfxu7h_bwMO41BGCnKPKQhuYEEIZdh_mBvs/s1600-h/2009%5B1%5D.11.05+EUFF+Opening+01+-+Saga+Cinema.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfF7WkVoor7KbinKd8o4L-6O6iZA11diG8DxVl6FDDhXFrwI8kX7xqVUeS7oha57jKgw3Uqp0O03nUIUZApJQmglcNC4PJiUEVCB2MTJhAvfxu7h_bwMO41BGCnKPKQhuYEEIZdh_mBvs/s400/2009%5B1%5D.11.05+EUFF+Opening+01+-+Saga+Cinema.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403154739700586882" border="0"></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">In celebration of the second annual EU Film Festival in China, celebrities, moguls, filmmakers, and diplomats, among others, gathered for cocktails followed by the screening of the Swedish film <a href="http://www.cineuropa.org/film.aspx?lang=en&documentID=20117" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">Evil</a>, by Mikael Håfström. The gala evening was hosted by Swedish Ambassador M. Mikael Lindström and European Union Ambassador M. Serge Abou at the Saga Cinema Theatre in Beijing.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0sdnNr6DI2WpQNaDIgnUyeub-21WcZ2prWHpotP4tP6gMI0WNOz1wQzWmuxMjXylJptwUfjhRLCdYrZuSDEWf3l1y6SRJz5-NjXRnE39ycQbfX1wugaavcTu2XgJY8hO_2BJW_2LtOc/s1600-h/2009%5B1%5D.11.05+EUFF+Opening+02+-+Saga+Cinema.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0sdnNr6DI2WpQNaDIgnUyeub-21WcZ2prWHpotP4tP6gMI0WNOz1wQzWmuxMjXylJptwUfjhRLCdYrZuSDEWf3l1y6SRJz5-NjXRnE39ycQbfX1wugaavcTu2XgJY8hO_2BJW_2LtOc/s400/2009%5B1%5D.11.05+EUFF+Opening+02+-+Saga+Cinema.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403155222551695170" border="0"></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia"><br /></font><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqIhZzlBMTt1CkDA3Q6DjUCbna3cJvV7rvhJlJks6aSNWQZoLwEUMRA7Mcb0Ov0EwectKbMQnncivVB6_9uxKdTs6Wwc4qe2Yj2NxjaD1dME8X9-OCF-JviqVOon9tDoQhKqbC2IV8Qo/s1600-h/2009%5B1%5D.11.05+EUFF+Opening+04+-+EU+ambassador.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHQHpqFLxRIjrQBrhwfyTriyixUZ1vn6hH4surOGupwixmd8epNcD7kwh1Fwj9eir9iBQe857tE1y9A7uqZO4mMMMaoln_X6Wa8qWwQjkpcGXm5vf90Z-aWJH4OBwdbIfu1wwIFNX8ew/s400/2009%5B1%5D.11.05+EUFF+Opening+03+-+Bulgarian+ambassador.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403155923062831090" border="0"></a><br />Chinese actresses <font style="font-weight: bold;">Zhou XianXin</font> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1231871/"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Shen Aojun</font></a> also attended the gala, as well as <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910840/"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Wang Biao</font></a>, who plays the grandfather in the Austrian film <font style="font-style: italic;">Mozart in China</font>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoGYFl73tA_7-w_hw3Myds09XjvvlbmPmmaVf3_o66NQB80zxAg3Yu6k0kHTpeRaErmiST9Y1ekvbH1HxpnIZ105P72GJJVVpstpPYP3OT_KaStz8NZ0FxdLrWGCpupo1OI3EGs6VYMM/s1600-h/2009%5B1%5D.11.05+EUFF+Opening+06+-+EU+ambassador+and+Shen+Aojun.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tGm2LAHMCFzQCp-fkGZ4xlX4g8THM2h8Nx39kREWcnbyk7mIaCgD0U9ZqJSy2Q9607MjK_UinNh8hRs2ud4rhkpxHFElEtN6k-LES2leccaVBIVLP1fm6483pPe2yKNe93YVBSCRZTY/s400/2009%5B1%5D.11.05+EUFF+Opening+07+-+Wang+Biao.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403158263761074338" border="0"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8jBhvkcn8z_wTFwSCq1eXHEGXYKGtiXO9PEE3rYkaqsqYSkLrztZ03tFm_AS55RzxlREtyri9UQFmHJJ5OcQg0TV93oA8kRKlpIMgKHVpB57jMBAfVqm2d-FjiFpx_9gec0u5M7oJJI/s1600-h/2009%5B1%5D.11.05+EUFF+Opening+08+-+Swedish+and+EU+embassadors.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8jBhvkcn8z_wTFwSCq1eXHEGXYKGtiXO9PEE3rYkaqsqYSkLrztZ03tFm_AS55RzxlREtyri9UQFmHJJ5OcQg0TV93oA8kRKlpIMgKHVpB57jMBAfVqm2d-FjiFpx_9gec0u5M7oJJI/s400/2009%5B1%5D.11.05+EUFF+Opening+08+-+Swedish+and+EU+embassadors.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403158993758735554" border="0"></a>Christine Perninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08201672160199872241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013636954544162973.post-79272691050863700202009-11-09T13:38:00.007+01:002009-11-24T09:29:39.275+01:002d annual EU Film Festival in China<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV8NQdigEkRtGnDvEo8EOY-tXzDY_8m7AUTN3xR22YcycZrVXhhBB1cpQpOV7EuO2YLmRe5KKr0RXK04CuAadiAIhHRvLrkTTe8qns1UqLZmw59EvqjVVUqa8AzghfzJ6udVRuXwzd0I/s1600-h/EUFF2009_poster%5B1%5D.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV8NQdigEkRtGnDvEo8EOY-tXzDY_8m7AUTN3xR22YcycZrVXhhBB1cpQpOV7EuO2YLmRe5KKr0RXK04CuAadiAIhHRvLrkTTe8qns1UqLZmw59EvqjVVUqa8AzghfzJ6udVRuXwzd0I/s200/EUFF2009_poster%5B1%5D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402082605415455106" border="0" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Following the great success of the first Annual EU Film Festival in China, held in Beijing in December 2008, the 2</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">nd</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> Annual EU Film Festival in China is taking place from November 5th to December 4th, 2009. This year the film festival is expanding and will take place in three cities: Beijing, Chengdu and Nanjing.</span></span></p><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The film festival, which is financed by the Delegation of the European Commission to China and supported by the Swedish Presidency, invites all 27 EU Member States to showcase one recent, popular and successful film, and such a wide and diverse selection will enable the Chinese general public to discover the new faces of European cinema. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Each movie will be shown twice in Beijing; a selection of 10 films will be screened once in Chengdu and a selection of 5 films will be screened once in Nanjing; Screenings in Beijing will take place at the Centre Culturel Français (French Cultural Centre), the Instituto Cervantes (Cervantes Institute), the Istituto Italiano di Cultura (the Italian Institute of Culture), the Polish Embassy, the Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, the German Embassy School and the Broadway Moma Cinemathèque in Beijing; the screenings in Chengdu will take place at the Stellar Yingdu Cinema, and in Nanjing at the Xinjiekou cinema. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Each film will be screened in the original language with English and Chinese subtitles.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><br /></span></p></div>Christine Perninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08201672160199872241noreply@blogger.com0