MCLC: Gallic-themed film city

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: Gallic-themed film city
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Source: The Guardian (7/23/14):
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/23/china-plans-cannes-style-film-f
estival-tourist-centre

China to build $1bn Gallic-themed 'film city' and Cannes-style festival
Chinese authorities, who are working with Cannes counterparts on film
festival, are planning film-themed tourist centre three hours from Shanghai
By Ben Child

China plans to create an ambitious $1bn Cannes-style film festival in the
eastern coastal province of Zheijiang, according to China Daily
<http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2014-07/22/content_17896290.htm>.

Chinese authorities are teaming with counterparts in the French city,
which has hosted the event since 1946, to bring a similar festival to the
county of Anji. The aim is to build a Gallic-themed "film city" and
tourist centre in one of China's most scenic regions, which is known for
its bamboo forests and is a pilot region for green building. (It produces
12m commerical bamboo poles annually and boasts China's largest bamboo
nursery.)

Xiao Wunan, of the Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation, told
China Daily that the program was aimed at establishing a milestone for
film in the world's most populous nation. "This film festival should also
maintain strong Chinese features. We hope this program can push China's
film industry to a higher level."

Anji was only connected to the Chinese national network of highways
between 2000 and 2002, and it remains one of the country's less-developed
regions. However, it now takes fewer than three hours to reach Shanghai by
car and the area has increasingly attracted investment from China and
abroad.