European Film Market in collaboration with the producers association
Bridging the Dragon hosted the
7th Sino-European Forum.
The program started with a webinar on documentary in China held by
QI Kang, CEO of Brilliantly Studio a branch of iQIYI, one of the local biggest streaming platforms. After the webinar presentation,
Han Lina, Senior Manager of the top Chinese TV drama house Perfect World Pictures, analysed the TV & streaming landscape of China.
The Forum continued with five roundtables on practical topics for a selection of 75 European producers. The experts were
Ma Shuang, Vice President of Hengye Group one of the main distributors in the country;
Hans de Weers ⢠Producer, FATT Productions
âCorrectly selecting from everybodyâs input is crucialâ
Hans de Weers, from the Netherlandsâ Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, at its 6th Sino-European Project Lab. De Weersâ project, a Dutch-Chinese thriller, was selected for the Project Lab.
Have you worked with China before?
Hans de Weers: I havenât worked with China before. However, I have produced a Netflix TV series called
Tokyo Trial, together with Japan. I think there are similarities between working with Japan and working with China. They are both outspoken Asian cultures. Actually, interestingly I think working with China could be even slightly easier, because the Chinese market is enormous. There are more opportunities in the market and it is somehow more flexible.
Li Xinran ⢠Partner and producer, Lian Ray Pictures
âEuropean audiovisual talents are extremely professional and have a very solid artistic foundationâ
Li Xinran, partner and producer at Lian Ray Pictures, the leading Chinese industry conglomerate behind a raft of commercial blockbusters.
Through
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Why do you think it can be turned into a Chinese film? What was the most appealing element for you?
Li Xinran: What attracted me most in
Italian Race are the emotions between the brother and the sister. That is to say, emotion is our first criterion of judgement when picking a film to be remade. People from different cultures may have different interpretations of things, whereas emotion is universal, thatâs what humans have in common. It is the most solid thing when you produce a remake.
Hans de Weers ⢠Producer, FATT Productions
âCorrectly selecting from everybodyâs input is crucialâ
Hans de Weers, from the Netherlandsâ Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, at its 6th Sino-European Project Lab. De Weersâ project, a Dutch-Chinese thriller, was selected for the Project Lab.
Have you worked with China before?
Hans de Weers: I havenât worked with China before. However, I have produced a Netflix TV series called
Tokyo Trial, together with Japan. I think there are similarities between working with Japan and working with China. They are both outspoken Asian cultures. Actually, interestingly I think working with China could be even slightly easier, because the Chinese market is enormous. There are more opportunities in the market and it is somehow more flexible.
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