Bright Shadow Films

Nature.

A Sino-foreign co-production, simply put, is a contractual arrangement between a foreign party and a Chinese party to conduct filming in China. There may be multiple parties on each side, provided that the Chinese party/parties must be production entity/entities accredited by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) (for details, see “Structuring a Sino-foreign co-production”). For purposes of Sino-foreign co-production, investors or producers from the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administration Regions and the territory of Taiwan are considered as overseas parties.

Relationship of the parties.

The parties to a Sino-foreign co-production organize and conduct affairs of the co-production, including division of rights and obligations, in accordance with the co-production agreement entered into between them. The parties do not set up a separate entity for purposes of the co-production.

Approval.

All Sino-foreign co-productions must obtain the approval granted by the SARFT before any filming activity commences, and when the film is completed (that is, the censorship approval). Every co-production project can only be directed at producing and shooting one film, and a separate application is required for each project. The approvals are granted on a case-by-case basis depending on the relevant authority’s review of, among other things, the screenplay and the completed film. The regulatory regime captures all film genres and all formats in which filming will be conducted.

Governing authority.

The governing authority for Sino-foreign co-production is the SARFT, in particular, the Film Bureau of the SARFT. Nevertheless, the SARFT has appointed China Film Co-production Corporation (CFCC) as its sole agent to assist in managing and coordinating the applications, conducting preliminary review of the screenplay and completed film, and other logistical matters relating to Sino-foreign co-productions.

• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• The People of Republic Desire Update-20090925
• People’s Republic of Desire
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• CFPC’s project is on theatrical release

This Article Originally From:Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Disney’s $4 billion purchase of “Iron Man” moviemaker Marvel Entertainment signals a possible wave of media industry consolidation, but the cash to do deals may come from India or China, not Hollywood or Wall Street.

Even before Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) and Marvel Entertainment Inc (MVL.N) made their announcement on Monday, Hollywood watchers said Indian firm Reliance ADA Group’s recent $325 million investment in Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks movie studio was a sign that opportunity exists for similar deals.

As the recession took hold in late 2007, Hollywood saw financing from U.S. hedge funds and banks dry up, and experts say Indian and Chinese firms are now in a better position to invest. For its part, Hollywood needs overseas cash to continue expanding globally where growth opportunities are strongest.

“If you have capital to invest, you can probably cut a better deal now than any time in the last ten years,” said Larry Gerbrandt, principal at consultancy Media Valuation Partners.

“A lot of Indian and Chinese companies have excess capital these days and Hollywood, aside from the fact there’s a certain glamour factor, those (Indian and Chinese) markets also need content, so there’s interesting deals to be made.”

Sky Moore, an attorney who worked with Reliance as it put together the DreamWorks financing package, said a bigger deal could be in the offing within two years.

“I think the bigger move is buying a studio, and I don’t know if it will be (a company from) India or China, but I think somebody is going to buy a studio,” Moore said.

STUDIO TARGETS

The Disney/Marvel deal fueled speculation DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc (DWA.O), maker of the “Shrek” movies and a separate company from DreamWorks Studios, could be next on the acquisition target list because of its solid position in the marketplace and focus on the lucrative family market.

Moore and Gerbrandt also named Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc as a potential acquisition target, although they said they had no specific information of any deal in the works.

Rumors of MGM’s potential sale have surfaced for years. The storied Hollywood studio faces looming payments on $3.7 billion of debt from a 2005 buyout of the firm, and earlier this week it replaced its CEO and hired a turnaround expert.

Chinese film studios are strengthening ties with their peers across the Pacific. The Huayi group, which Morgan Stanley called “China’s Warner Bros for tomorrow,” has said it is seeking capital to expand and has developed movies with Hollywood majors such as Sony Pictures. Its larger rival, The China Film Group, is reportedly keen on developing projects in the United States as well.

India’s expanding reach into Hollywood has included Reliance’s purchase of about 50 U.S. theaters and Indian entertainment company UTV’s investment of tens of millions of dollars over the last three years in several movies, including “The Happening” and “The Namesake,” Moore said.

“It’s not about bringing Bollywood to Hollywood, it’s about mainstream worldwide English-language entertainment,” he said.

Hollywood studios have also made big investments in India. Warner Bros, a division of Time Warner Inc (TWX.N), has signed multi-picture deals with Indian companies People Tree Films and Ocher Studios.

Twentieth Century Fox, a division of News Corp (NWSA.O), has started a joint venture with Asian broadcaster Star to create films for India under the name Fox Star Studios.

Foreign investment in Hollywood is nothing new, of course. In the 1990s, German tax credits spurred production of U.S. movies, and before that Japan’s Sony Co (6758.T) in 1989 bought Columbia Pictures. Sony also has a stake in MGM.

David Molner, managing director of Screen Capital International, a media and entertainment financing firm, said that absent foreign investment, Hollywood could simply have to endure a slowdown due to lack of capital.

“Either the Asians lead the pack or we have a lull,” he said. “Mostly because they’re probably going to be the fastest out of the blocks as the economy recovers.”

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte and Tim Dobbyn, Phil Berlowitz)

• What is a Sino-foreign co-production?
• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• The People of Republic Desire Update-20090925
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• CFPC’s project is on theatrical release

Title: Days with You

Country : Japan

Year : 2008

Director: Amiy Mori

Running time: 103

Synopsis

Two childhood friends who grew up in a town that used to be called “Town of Falling Stars” are reunited after an 11 year interval. While an old landmark planetarium is about to be demolished and the star lights about to be replaced with neon lights in their hometown, the two confront their harsh fate. Believing in the miracle of the constellation meteor shower… (continue reading…)

• What is a Sino-foreign co-production?
• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• The People of Republic Desire Update-20090925
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• CFPC’s project is on theatrical release

Danny BOYLE (British director)

One of the UK’s finest directors, Danny Boyle has a wide array of critically acclaimed and commercially successful film credits: Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach, Alien Love Triangle, 28 Days Later, Millions and Sunshine.  Slumdog Millionaire is his eighth international theatrically-released film and it won 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director in 2009.

HUANG Jianxin (Chinese director)

Huang Jianxin, Chairman of the Beijing Film Director Association, has won awards at international film festivals in Shanghai, Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Rotterdam.  He has been honoured by inclusion in the “Top 10 Chinese Language Film” category at the Hong Kong International Film Festival three times.  His productions Black Cannon Incident and Back to Back, Face to Face have made Asia Week magazine’s list of the “Top 100 Chinese Films in the 20th Century”.  In 2005, Gimme Kudos won the Jury Grand Prix and Best Screenplay at the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival. Huang has been a jury member at many film competitions and festival events, such as China’s 12th and 26th Golden Rooster Awards; 11th Fukuoka International Film Festival; and 25th Cairo International Film Festival.  He was jury president in the 11th Pyongyang International Film Festival.

Andie MacDowell has established herself as an accomplished actress in a career that is showing no signs of slowing down.  Her undeniable charm and talent have gained her in worldwide recognition.  She first received critical acclaim for her performance as a repressed young wife in Steven Soderbergh’s Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989).  The film won the Palme d’or at Cannes, and garnered MacDowell the Independent Spirit Award and the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Actress, as well as her first Golden Globe nomination. MacDowell earned the worldwide title of #1 female box-office draw with her performances in the smash hit romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, and the western Bad Girls with Drew Barrymore.  She also starred in the holiday classic Groundhog Day.  In other comedies MacDowell continued to partner with top leading men including Gérard Depardieu in Green Card, for which she again earned a Golden Globe nomination, Michael Keaton in Multiplicity, and John Travolta in Michael. Additional dramatic performances include The End of Violence, directed by Wim Wenders, which was selected to screen at the opening of the 50th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival; Robert Altman’s The Player and Short Cuts, for which the cast earned a special Golden Globe Award for Best Ensemble; Unstrung Heroes, directed by Diane Keaton; and the ever-popular St. Elmo’s Fire.

OH Jungwan (Korean producer)

OH Jungwan made her debut as a producer in 1998 and established her production company in 1999.  Since then, she has focused on producing accomplished feature films with a unique style which challenges conventional ideas.  These have been well-received by film critics and audiences in Korea and around the world. Her production An Affair won the Newport Beach International Film Festival and Fukuoka Asian Film Festival.  The Foul King was selected at the Berlin International Film Festival Forum.  Tears was selected at the Berlin International Film Festival Panorama.  A Tale of Two Sisters was honoured at the Portugal Fantasporto Film Festival (Best Film/Director/Actress).  The Uninvited was awarded at the Sitges International Film Festival (Citizen Cane Award-Best New Director).  A Bittersweet Life was selected at the Cannes Film Festival.  Woman on the Beach was selected for special presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival: Special presentation, and at the Berlin International Film Festival Panorama.  Night and Day was nominated at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival Competition.  My Dear Enemy was selected at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival Forum.

• What is a Sino-foreign co-production?
• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• The People of Republic Desire Update-20090925
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• CFPC’s project is on theatrical release

Article from Guardian UK, here is the original post:

His Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire is a love letter to Mumbai, but its rags-to-riches story of a young orphan who rises from the slums to win a gameshow has found Danny Boyle favour across the border in China. The movie was recently approved for wide release by the country’s famously restrictive censors, and Boyle was today named jury president of the 2009 Shanghai international film festival.

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Release: 2008
3. Country: UK
4. Cert (UK): 15
5. Runtime: 120 mins
6. Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
7. Cast: Amil Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Azharudin Mohammed Ismail, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan, Madhur Mittal, Rubina Ali
8. More on this film

Speaking at the premiere of his film in Beijing, Boyle described the appointment as “fantastic”. He said he had never been on a festival jury before but added that he would not make a list of criteria by which to judge the films in competition.

“It’s very rare in normal life, going to a cinema, that you know nothing about the film,” he told the Xinhua state news agency. “You should always approach those films with a completely open mind. And that’s what I’ll be doing.”

Slumdog Millionaire, which won eight Oscars last month, opens across mainland China from tomorrow. Weng Li, spokesman for the film’s distributor, China Film Group, said he was confident Chinese cinemagoers would considerably boost the film’s global box office, which currently stands at more than $200m (£137m).

Tang Lijun, the festival’s general manager, said: “Slumdog Millionaire is a perfect example for the cultural exchange between the eastern and western world.”

Last year, the Shanghai film festival jury was presided over by Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai. This year’s event runs from 13-21 June.

• What is a Sino-foreign co-production?
• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• The People of Republic Desire Update-20090925
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• CFPC’s project is on theatrical release

Just a quick update for you guys who will come to Shanghai International Film Festival, we will have our booth in Shanghai International Film Festival Market Area, Our film booth number is 221, hope to see you in the Festival.

Our manager Charlie Moretti will join this festival, same time our distribution manager Gregory will show up in the festival, too. Feel free to contact us for the visit! Hope to see you there!

clark@brightshadowfilms.com

• What is a Sino-foreign co-production?
• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• The People of Republic Desire Update-20090925
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• CFPC’s project is on theatrical release

Bright Shadow Films offers a total range of production solutions from script to completed delivery on multiple platforms as well as turnkey solutions of the highest quality for third party productions coming to China.

We are flexible and very experienced with a great balance of Western experience and communication skills, with Chinese local knowledge and cultural sophistication.

To add to this, our comprehensive range of services covering pre-production planning, film making and your post production needs are presented at attractive rates offering great value.

Bright Shadow Films has four main activities :

Independent Production
Bright Shadow produces, finances and distributes either directly or through partners our own projects, managing content from its inception at script stage to final delivery.

Production Agency
Building on the strengths of its own productions in China, Bright Shadow offers selected services to its clients, from full on production to parts of the process.

Studio
Bright Shadow operates one of the finest sound production facilities in China. Bridging an often overlooked part of the production process, Bright Shadow has brought international expertise and talent to man what is a unique facility in China.

News
Production services offered to news crews who’s need for efficiency and reliability are paramount.

• What is a Sino-foreign co-production?
• The Insider’s Guide to Shooting in China
• Production Equipment Rental List
• The People of Republic Desire Update-20090925
• Application materials for a Sino-foreign co-production
• Confucius (Kong ze)
• Showreel
• Hong Kong Filmart launches documentary market
• Are you ready for 34th HK Film Festival
• CFPC’s project is on theatrical release