Insights

Chinese Cinema Season Panel 4: An Evening with Lady Tessa Keswick

Tessa Keswick first travelled to China in 1982 and immediately fell in love with its history, culture and landscape.

Chinese Cinema Season Panel 3: Tradition and Innovation in Chinese Animation

Founded in 1957, the SAFS is the most respected animation studio in China. It is famous for its experiment to include traditional Chinese fine and folk art into the making of animation, such as ink painting and paper-cutting.

British Film Masters Season sold out within minutes in Shanghai

While we are co-presenting Chinese Cinema Season in the UK, our friend, Shanghai Film Art Federation will launch a British Film Masters Season in March across four cinemas.

A public enquiry into the BBC’s Nezha mystery

The original Nezha animation is now streaming in the UK and Ireland, which brings questions to the version that the…

Chinese Cinema Season Panel 2: British East/Southeast Asian Women in Film and TV

This forum addresses female professionals’ strategic evocation of women’s issues as a way of expanding film art and culture beyond the white-male-dominated industry and patriarchal society.

Presenting 10 Classics from Shanghai Animation Film Studio

The Shanghai Animation Film Studio Retro section will showcase 10 Chinese animation classics dated from the 1950s to the present. All films have recently been remastered to the highest quality (2K) and will appear in the UK for the very first time.

Chinese Cinema Season Panel 1: International Reception of Chinese-language Films by Post-Millennials

Chinese Cinema Season – the largest online film festival dedicated to Chinese language films in the UK and Ireland.

Launching the biggest online Chinese Cinema Season in the UK for Lunar New Year

The biggest online Chinese Cinema Season in the UK.

Giulia D’Aquila: International Audience Analyst

Giulia D’Aquila from the University of Edinburgh has been selected to join UCFC as a member via the organisation’s Future Talent Programme 2020-2021.

British animation IP ‘Octonauts’ theme park attraction opens in Shanghai

The underwater attraction based on a British animation IP opened its doors to excited visitors on 28th December and is already making a big splash with families.

Hong Kong FILMART 2021 registration now open

FILMART Online, the digital version of HKTDC Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) will return on 15-18 March, 2021. The inaugural Filmart…

How Hong Kong’s film industry can reinvent itself for a global audience

A recent article about Hong Kong film industry’s future for the South China Morning Post’s opinion section.

Report: UK Films in China 2020

While it was hoped to be a year to break the record for cinema admissions, it turned out to be the worst in recent history, however, still in the lead globally for 2020 with the highest admission revenue.

British film Limbo wins 5th International Film Festival and Awards Macao

Macao News: The 2020 British comedy-drama film Limbo, directed by Ben Sharrock, has won the 5th International Film Festival &…

Call for Interest: UK docs entering the Chinese documentary market

This is a survey designed for UK based documentary filmmakers and companies,  who might be curious about rising opportunities to…

89 projects benefited from the Shanghai Film Industry Development Fund in 2020

The Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation made an official announcement yesterday, a total of 89 projects benefited from the Shanghai Film…

‘Harry Potter’, ‘Avatar’ film storyboards and manuscripts on show in Beijing

CGTN: An exhibition presenting film storyboards and manuscripts is currently being held at the IOMA Art Center in Beijing’s 798…

UCFC supported Chaplin’s classics to appear at the Hainan Island International Film Festival

We have recently supported five Charlie Chaplin’s classic films to make a historic appearance at the 3rd Hainan Island International…

8th Festival of German Cinema in China opens in Beijing

CGTN: Germany hit the big screens of Beijing once again as the 8th Festival of German Cinema in China opened…

Cara Cox: International Documentary Producer & Research Specialist

Cara Cox from the University of Oxford has been selected to join UCFC as a member via the organisation’s Future…

UK/US film Widows (2018) to be released in China across cinemas on October 16

UK/US film Widows directed by Steve McQueen is scheduled to release in China across cinemas on October 16.

Tips to Streaming British Films in China

60 days, 150m visitors, $795m BO: How did Chinese cinemas recover so fast post COVID-19?

The story began in late January, when all the Chinese New Year new films were pulled and cinemas were ordered to…

Curtis Weir: International Film Relations Negotiator

Curtis Weir from the University of Edinburgh has been selected to join UCFC as a member via the organisation’s Future…