6 January 2012, Beijing
-RICHARD TROMBLY, Independent Film Maker and Former Business Journalist;
-TENG JIMENG, Beijing Foreign Studies University;
-ZHOU TIEDONG, President of China Film Promotion International.
China’s film industry is the world’s third largest, both in terms of the number of films produced and box office takings. However, with a few high-profile exceptions, its films have not made an impact on the world stage and are struggling to take on the challenges of Hollywood productions at home.But are things changing?What is the future of this seemingly booming film market, and how can ‘Sino-wood’, as we could refe to it, compete with ‘Hollyood’ both Home and Abroad? http://english.cri.cn/8706/2012/01/06/2861s674961.htm
Richard Trombly richard@trombly.com www.obscure-productions.com is an American writer, journalist and filmmaker who has been living in China since 2003 and has