De Niro exports Tribeca film fest to China
Enlarge imageBy Jonathan Landreth
BEIJING (Hollywood Reporter) - A mini version of Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Film Festival will launch in China next month in a factory compound-turned-modern art gallery district reminiscent of the New York neighbourhood where the actor began his annual cinema fundraiser in 2002.
The two-day Tribeca 798 Film Festival Beijing, which runs July 10-11, will open with free screenings of the 2007 break-dancing documentary "Planet B-Boy" by Benson Lee.
The Beijing event is named for the 798 neighbourhood where local organizer Huang Hung, the publisher of weekly entertainment magazine "Time Out" in China, has her headquarters.
The district has evolved from its origins as a machine parts factory built by former Soviet-influenced architects from East Germany into one of China’s most vibrant artist communities. It has nonetheless also experienced police raids and temporary shutdowns over the years.
Beijing lacks an independent film festival, and theatrical distribution in China is controlled by communist censors who regularly bar anything that might be perceived as harmful the image of the party or the nation.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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By Jonathan Landreth
BEIJING (Hollywood Reporter) - A mini version of Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Film Festival will launch in China next month in a factory compound-turned-modern art gallery district reminiscent of the New York neighbourhood where the actor began his annual cinema fundraiser in 2002.
The two-day Tribeca 798 Film Festival Beijing, which runs July 10-11, will open with free screenings of the 2007 break-dancing documentary "Planet B-Boy" by Benson Lee.
The Beijing event is named for the 798 neighbourhood where local organizer Huang Hung, the publisher of weekly entertainment magazine "Time Out" in China, has her headquarters.
The district has evolved from its origins as a machine parts factory built by former Soviet-influenced architects from East Germany into one of China’s most vibrant artist communities. It has nonetheless also experienced police raids and temporary shutdowns over the years.
Beijing lacks an independent film festival, and theatrical distribution in China is controlled by communist censors who regularly bar anything that might be perceived as harmful the image of the party or the nation.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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