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Best of British in frame
(Beijing Weekend)
Updated: 2004-06-03 14:47  The best of British film comes under the spotlight in Beijing next week
with the launch of a special showcase.
Ten of the most popular recent
classics and new releases from the UK will be screened at the British Film
Festival.
The 10-day event will open on June 11 at the Star City cinema
at Oriental Plaza, running until June 20.
The films, including Calendar
Girls, Gosford Park, Touching the Void, Last Orders and Wondrous Oblivion, will
be screened. The same films are first being shown at the 7th Shanghai Film
Festival which runs until June 13.
Special screenings for film
industry professionals and students will also be held at the Beijing Film
Academy.
The films, unlike Hollywood productions that are commercially
distributed around the world, are rarely found in China - but they are every bit
as artistic and entertaining, according to Colin Chinnery, Arts Manager with the
Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy.
"The American film
industry is so big that we cannot avoid its influence on our film production,"
said Keith Davies, First Secretary of the section. "However, you can still
identify a British film from an American film. We have our own styles of humour
and sensitivity.
"Through the festival we hope to showcase some of our
creative talents and to introduce Chinese movie-goers to the unique, original
qualities of British cinema."
A film delegation consisting of John
Woodward, CEO of the UK Film Council, and Ben Gibson, Director of the London
Film School, will also be in attendance at the festival.
The event,
co-organized by the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film and
Television, is part of a film exchange programme between China and the UK. A
China film festival was held in the United Kingdom last October.
In
conjunction with the film festival, a multi-media exhibition by one of the top
visionaries of the UK film industry, onedotzero, will be held at the Today
Gallery in Haidian District.
Onedotzero are recognized internationally as
leaders in the digital image field and have exhibited as part of many
international film festival programmes.
This is the first time
onedotzero has travelled to China. It will present an exhibition and screening
of the latest digital and new media motion pictures from the UK, including short
films, digital animation, computer game concepts, music videos and advertising.
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Movie Times |
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Date |
Tiime |
Name |
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Jun 11 (Fri) |
19:00 |
Calendar Girls |
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Jun 12 (Sat) |
18:50 |
Plots with a View |
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Jun 13 (Sun) |
18:50 |
I Capture the Castle |
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Jun 14 (Mon) |
18:50 |
About a Boy |
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Jun 15 (Tue) |
18:50 |
To Kill a King |
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Jun 16 (Wed) |
18:50 |
Last Orders |
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Jun 17 (Thu) |
18:50 |
Gosford Park |
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Jun 18 (Fri) |
18:50 |
Wondrous Oblivion |
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Jun 19 (Sat) |
18:50 |
Bridget Jones's Diary |
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Jun 20 (Sun) |
18:50 |
Touching the Void |
Price: 40 RMB
for adult, 25RMB for students
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