China Film Forum - Part II Workshop: Best Practices for the Chinese Market

The afternoon workshop revolves around the various aspects of potential collaborations with China's film and audiovisual industry: trends and prospects for the film market (with Ben Ji, CEO of the production and marketing company Reach Glory); "Who's Who" in China (with Wu Sisi, head of production for the production and investment company Jetavana); a run-down of censorship and its rules (with Charles Lei from Thunder Media); and the documentary scene today (with Ning Yuqifrom GZDoc; Yu Zhou, vice-director of the Sino-Italian campus of Tongji University; and other European and Chinese speakers).

At the end of the workshop, some of the participants from Bridging the Dragon will be guest speakers at the Focus Session on China arranged by ANICA for the Ministry of Culture (MiBACT), which will provide a wrap-up of the workshop and the issues discussed.

In addition, at the 2016 China Film Forum (jointly organized by Venice Days, Dream Circle andIn Thinker Studio, along with supporting partners Beijing TV Studio and Hua Huang), major new collaborations will be announced: the joint project by Venice Days and the Shanghai Film Art Academy to promote emerging talent at the Venice Film Festival each year; the creation of a Chinese investment fund to support ties between China and the Italian and European film industries; and the launching of an artistic dialogue between Venice Days and the Silk Road Festival.