[转帖]Salute to Chinese Cinema

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<>【<IMG src="http://club.topdigi.com.cn/images/face/6.gif">静盟女士】 于 2002-10-10 10:53:09 加贴在 <FONT color=#336699><b>一场风花雪月的事</b></FONT></P>
<>Salute to Chinese Cinema

Denver, CO (September 16, 2002) The 25th Starz Denver International Film Festival (DIFF), which takes place October 10-20, 2002 has announced that it will present a “Salute to Chinese Cinema” as its annual spotlight on a country or region during this year’s event. To bring the featured Chinese films to the festival, DIFF partnered with Encore International (EI), the China arm of Liberty Media, and China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), which oversees the film industry in the PRC. The “Salute to Chinese Cinema” will officially kick off on Friday, October 11 with a press conference and an Opening Gala event, which will include appearances by several of the Salute’s stars and directors, as well as officials from SARFT. The announcement was made today by Ron Henderson, director of the Denver International Film Festival.

“For the first time in our 25 year history, we are shining the spotlight on China, a country that has become an increasingly important contributor to the film world,” noted Henderson. “With the help of our friends at Encore International, we have amassed a group of fantastic films that we are very proud to premiere here in the United States at our festival. It may be one of the only places you’ll be able to see these films the way they should be seen – in a theatre and on the big screen. We thank Michelle Sie Whitten and Encore International, as well as China’s SARFT for making this extraordinary event possible.”

“China’s contributions to the film community have certainly grown in the past few years and filmmakers there are now starting to meet with international acclaim, thanks to the film festival circuit,” said Michelle Sie Whitten, president and CEO, Encore International. “With this year’s ‘Salute to Chinese Cinema,’ DIFF is providing an excellent forum to showcase some remarkable films. At Encore International, one of our goals is to promote better cultural understanding between our two countries, so we are very pleased to be sponsoring this event, as well as hosting the delegation of Chinese directors, actors and SARFT officials who will be in Denver next month.”

Members of the Chinese delegation attending the press conference and Opening Gala held at the King Center on Friday, October 11 will be Wu Ke, deputy director general of the Film Bureau, SARFT; Feng Xiaoning, director of GADA MEILIN; E. Yonglin, star of GADA MEILIN; Huang Xiaoning, director of THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE; <B>Xu Jinglei, star of DAZZLING;</B> Chen Kaige, director of TOGETHER, who will also receive a three-film tribute (with FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE and YELLOW EARTH); Chen Hong, producer and actress of TOGETHER; and Zhang Yahui, liaison officer of SARFT.

About Denver Film Society/Starz Denver International Film Festival
The Starz Denver International Film Festival is the award-winning flagship program of the Denver Film Society (DFS) and has been showcasing the best of world cinema since 1977. DFS is the premier cultural institution in Colorado dedicated to the celebration and cultivation of film as an art form. At its permanent home at the Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli on the Auraria campus, DFS offers year-round cinematic programming and special events.</P>