June was a big month for the Chinese movie industry, with the glitzy Shanghai International Film Festival proclaiming a rebound for the industry post-COVID. Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Fresh Wave International Film Festival sounded a more sobering note as organizers not-so-subtly highlighted Chinese Communist Party (CCP) censorship. The two festivals provided a perspective on a movie…
Sluggish Recovery Post COVID for Chinese Film Industry
‘Bollywood to Brisbane’: Australia Signs New Film Deal
Australia and India will collaborate on an audiovisual co-production deal designed to “bring a slice of Bollywood to Brisbane” following the prime minister’s whirlwind tour of the Asian economic powerhouse. Anthony Albanese and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi finalised the deal on Mar. 10, encouraging collaboration and creative exchange to ensure more co-produced films between the…
The Creation of Pure Flix: Opening the Curtain on Faith-Based Films
“Our goal is to make films that uplift and inspire the human spirit, that ultimately bring people to higher levels of insight to who God is and the purpose that he has for their lives.” That’s the mission statement of Pure Flix—the production company and on-demand streaming service behind the “God’s Not Dead” film franchise—as told…
Why ‘Dobbs vs. Jackson’ Gives Me Hope for Hollywood
Commentary When I was 15 years old, I decided that the Motion Picture Production Code was the answer to society’s problems. I boiled the moral decay in American culture in recent decades down to one thing: the bad influence of the entertainment industry. It all starts in Hollywood, so I pinpointed unwholesome films as the…
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