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Abstract
In October 1995, the China Film Bureau and Sundance Film Institute co-hosted a weeklong festival across Beijing. Each host provided a lineup of eight films to be screened in cinemas and a few dozen participants for a series of forums on topics like film financing, distribution strategies and co-production. Thus far overlooked in Sino–Hollywood and Chinese film festival histories, this article argues the design and operation of the Sundance Film Festival in Beijing reveals the Chinese industry renegotiating political and market forces at the start of Marketization, and the Sundance Institute exploring an emerging global market. This article examines the organization, invited guests, programming selections and physical sites of the festival.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 2 May 2025 |
Bibliographical note
WONG Sum Yi provided invaluable archival assistance.Funding
Research funding for this article was supported by an Early Career Scheme grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.
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On the Screen but Off the Map: Import Film Distribution in the PRC 1978-1993 (《地圖以外，銀幕之上：1978-1993年的中國進口電影》)
JACKS, W. (PI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Grant Research