"Great, My Country" exceeded 300 million at the box office and became the box office champion of mainland documentaries
On March 16, the documentary "Great, My Country" exceeded 300 million at the box office, setting a new high for the documentary box office.
"Great, My Country" is the first film in China to present China's development and achievements since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, as well as General Secretary Xi Jinping's major exposition on the entry into a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the report of the 19th National Congress, in the form of a documentary on the big screen. Since its release on March 2, it has grossed 92.817 million in the first four days. At present, it has been released for 15 days, and the total box office has exceeded 300 million on the 16th, surpassing 170 million yuan of "Twenty-Two" to become the box office champion of mainland documentaries.
Ali Music has partnered with Merlin, an independent music copyright owner
On March 16, Ali Music officially announced a strategic cooperation agreement with Merlin, an independent music digital copyright agency, where Ali Music will add Merlin's copyright library to its current library of more than 18 million songs. In the future, Ali Music and Merlin will carry out more cooperation in the copyright operation and content publicity of independent music.
Founded in 2007, Merlin Network (full name Merlin Network) is committed to providing digital rights agency services to independent music labels worldwide, with 802 members from 53 countries. Merlin is headquartered in Armstrong, the Netherlands, and has offices in London, New York and Tokyo. The company licenses to several digital music service platforms around the world, including SoundCloud, YouTube Red, Spotify, Pandora, Google Play, KKBOX, and more.
In 2014, Alibaba Music reached a strategic cooperation with music copyright management company BMG for the first time, and in 2016, the two sides held hands again, covering more than 600,000 song recording rights of singers such as Janet Jackson and music services with about 1.9 million songwriting rights of artists such as Sun Yanzi, Jolin Tsai, Jacky Cheung, and Yu Quan. In 2016, Ali Music acquired a 4.4% stake in South Korean entertainment company S.M.
The series of activities of the "French National Film Festival" will be held in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou
On March 16, Poly International Cinema announced on its WeChat account that the "French National Film Festival" series of activities hosted by Poly Pictures and the French Embassy in China will be held in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou from March 23 to 31.
At that time, the audience can enjoy 8 film masterpieces from many French-speaking countries and regions in some of the Poly theaters in these three cities, most of which are winners or nominations for the Cannes Film Festival, berlinale, Locarno film festival, Academy Awards, including "The Screaming Man", "Today", "Timbuktu", "Gabriel", "Aya in The City of Jopp", "Little Farmer", "Together", "Montreal No Return". Among them, "Montreal's Road of No Return" will be unveiled as the opening film at the Francophonie Film Festival, and the director of the film, Pierre Bensardek, will also be present to have face-to-face exchanges with audience friends.
The first batch of films at the 8th Beijing International Film Festival was announced, and a total of 500 Chinese and foreign films appeared
On March 16, the 8th Beijing International Film Festival officially announced the first batch of films. The film list is divided into fourteen parts, of which "Disaster Artist", "Florida Paradise", "Escape from Desperate Town", "Please Call Me by Your Name", "Clown Returns", "Dunkirk" and other outstanding films in the awards season will also be screened. 2018 coincides with the centenary of Ingmar Bergman's birth, so 14 of his most iconic classics will also be screened.
The festival will be held in Beijing from April 15 to 22.
The full list of films is as follows (picture from the official Weibo of The Beijing International Film Festival)
The 8th Beijing International Film Festival announced the "Temple of Heaven Award" as a member of the international jury
On March 16, the 8th Beijing International Film Festival announced the members of the international jury of the "Temple of Heaven Award", which was chaired by director Wong Kar-wai, including American film director and screenwriter Rob Cohen ("Fast and Furious"), Chinese actors Duan Yihong ("Blizzard Is Coming", "The Burning Sun") and Shu Qi ("Assassin Nie Yinniang", "City of Glass"), Polish composer and producer Jenn Kazmelik ("In Search of Neverland", "War and Peace"), Romanian film director Karin Pete Königsberg( Netzer (Child Pose, Anna, My Love), Swedish film director and screenwriter Ruben Ostlund (Square, Tourist).