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While the Chinese film industry has boomed in the past few years with commercially successful films, critics and film industry officials hope that recent recognition for the Chinese movie “Black Coal, Thin Ice” can spur more films that also are critically successful.
The script of the movie was one of 20 projects funded by China Film Private Capital (CFPC), which helps directors enter the international market.
Established in 2007 at the Shanghai International Film Festival, CFPC helps use private capital to support young directors gain exposure in the West.
“Private investment in film has been encouraged and we can expect more brilliant works combining both artistic and commercial values in the near future,” said Fu Wenxi of the Shanghai festival.
It is the fourth movie from China’s mainland to win the Golden Bear after Xie Fei’s “Women from the Lake of Scented Souls” in 1993, Zhang Yimou’s “Red Sorghum” in 1988 and Wang Quan’an’s “Tuya’s Marriage” in 2007.
Lead actor Liao Fan, who plays the detective, scooped up the Silver Bear for Best Actor, the first Chinese actor winning this honor.
Zhou Xing, dean of the school of arts and communication at Beijing Normal University, considers the participation of Chinese movies in the festival this year “encouraging.”
China’s domestic film market has continued to break new ground. In 2013, box office receipts were almost 22 billion yuan (US$3.6 billion), with domestic films making about 13 billion yuan, up over 50 percent.
During the Chinese New Year holiday in 2013, movies grossed 760 million yuan with 19.25 million people going to the cinema. Both figures set historical records.
But despite the success, the industry has been widely criticized for placing too much importance on the box office and not enough on artistic value.
Director Wong Kar-wai, who was jury president at Berlin last year, reckons that more patience is needed.
“The art of film has a developing cycle, and it takes at least three years, or five years, even 10 years, to have a masterpiece. We have to wait,” he said.
(Xinhua)
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