On Jan. 9, 2018, the New York Film Academy (NYFA) co-organizes two celebratory events as a part of the 2018 Chinese New Year festivities. Chinese Cultural Performances will be shared directly before the opening of Shanghai Film Week, with both events taking place at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in downtown New York.<\/p>\n
Events include:
\nChinese Cultural Performances
\nJan. 9, 2018 at 10:30-11:45 a.m.
\nSafra Hall Theater, Museum of Jewish Heritage.<\/p>\n
Shanghai Film Week Industry Panel & Film Screening: “Amazing”
\nJanuary 9, 2018 at 1:30-6 p.m.
\nSafra Hall Theater, Museum of Jewish Heritage<\/p>\n
Shanghai Film Week
\nJanuary 10-12, 2018
\nNew York Film Academy Theatre<\/p>\n
The Spring Festival-themed Chinese Cultural Performances will feature presentations by a variety of Shanghai-based cultural and educational institutions, while Shanghai Film Week will feature an Industry Panel of filmmakers, critics, and educators discussing the future of internationally collaborative cinema. Shanghai Film Week will continue as the New York Film Academy will screen seven well-received Chinese films, which have won numerous accolades and awards in China, at the NYFA Theatre at its Battery Park campus throughout the week.<\/p>\n
With the approaching Chinese Spring Festival ushering in Chinese New Year, the festival\u2019s Chinese Cultural Performances will feature performances around the theme of \u201cjoy, harmony, sharing, praying, and auspiciousness.\u201d The East China Normal University, Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai Film Art Academy, and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine will all make presentations in a range of art forms from folk dance to martial arts.<\/p>\n
Following the performances, Shanghai Film Week will offer screenings — and several well-received Chinese films with English subtitles as well as the Industry Panel.<\/p>\n
The Chinese film industry began in Shanghai, and was projected to become the world\u2019s largest and — despite hitting a plateau in growth in 2016 — may still surpass Hollywood in the coming years. Reuters has reported that 2017 will see three times 2016\u2019s rate of growth, for a total Chinese box office take of 55 billion yuan ($8.31 U.S. billion). Six of China\u2019s 2017 top-10 box office performers were Hollywood-made, highlighting the fact that, as ScreenDaily points out, the relationship between the Chinese and American film markets is “mutually dependent.”<\/p>\n
With this in mind, Shanghai Film Week\u2019s opening day Industry Panel, moderated by New York Film Academy President Michael Young, will investigate the theme of the “The Present and Future State of the U.S. and China Film Collaboration.”<\/p>\n
Confirmed panelists include:
\nFilm critic for the Christian Science Monitor and NYFA Instructor Peter Rainer
\nNYFA Chair of the Broadcast Journalism Bill Einreinhofer
\nNYU\u2019s Tisch Undergraduate Film & Television Associate Professor and award winning textbook author David Irving
\nFilm Director Sherwood Hu (\u80e1\u96ea\u6866)(\u201cAmazing\u201d)
\nVice President of the Shanghai Film Group Corporation Xiaojun Wang (\u738b\u5c0f\u519b)
\nFollowing the Industry Panel, the New York Film Academy will screen Shanghai Film Week panelist and acclaimed film director Sherwood Hu\u2019s film \u201cAmazing.\u201d The film features NBA superstars Scottie Pippen, Mel Chude, Dwight Howard, and Carmelo Anthony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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