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Tuesday, 13 Apr 2021 03:48 PM MYT Derek Tsang, director of ‘Better Days’, is seen on a reflection of a poster of leading actress of the film Zhou Dongyu, after interview with Reuters in Hong Kong April 9, 2021. — Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. HONG KONG, April 13 — Better Days director Derek Tsang said his Oscar-nominated film could inspire other Chinese artists to pursue difficult topics despite the challenges in getting ...

Movies News - HONG KONG – Better Days director Derek Tsang said his Oscar-nominated film could inspire other Chinese artists to pursue difficult topics despite the challenges in getting works past censors in China. Adapted from Jiu Yuexi’s novel Young And Beautiful, the movie tells... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Chinas Douban Censors the Oscars From Its Platform Rebecca Davis, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail China’s influential Douban review and culture online platform has wiped the 2021 Oscars from its site, the latest indication that this year’s Academy Awards have become a political flashpoint in the world’s largest film market. Douban is a trend-setting social networking site home to a vibrant message board community and a platform for user reviews for books, music and films. It boasts an i...

Oscar nominated short films are available through the Fredonia Opera House. The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center has launched its latest round of films that can be streamed online in the Opera House Screening Room, featuring the 2021 Oscar-nominated short films. The Opera House Screening Room provides movies and other digital programming online to its patrons in the wake of the continued COVID restrictions which have restricted the theatre’s opening. The cost of streaming the ...

Oscar Shorts 2021 run the gamut from maudlin to magnificent The 15 nominated shorts offer everything from vivid cartoons to complex metaphors and shattering stories of lost lives by Norman Wilner on April 7th, 2021 at 8:00 PM 1 of 4 2 of 4 Oscar Shorts 2021 Available to stream at VIFF Connect until April 29 Remember last year, when passing an Oscar pool around the office was a completely normal thing? The 2020 Academy Awards ceremony was one of the very last normal events of the before-ti...

Print The 15 short-film Oscar nominees — live action, documentaries and animation — show that the format is alive and well, showcasing a wide range of topics, tones and approaches — and highlighting a trend in documentaries toward more daring cinematic style and extreme subjectivity. For information on viewing them, go to shorts.tv/theoscarshorts. Here’s a quick look at each. Animation “Burrow”: A Pixar SparkShort about a rabbit embarrassed by her humble ambitions for her home when ...

Fearful of political criticism, China won’t show the Oscars live Sun Online Desk 5th April, 2021 11:07:12 With a Mandarin-language movie nominated for best international feature and a Chinese-born woman the front-runner for best director, this year’s Oscars should have been an opportunity for China to take a victory lap. Instead, the annual ceremony is becoming something else in one of the world’s largest film markets: a thorn in its side. The developments are turning a potential moment o...

Advertisement With a Mandarin-language movie nominated for best international feature and a Chinese-born woman the front-runner for best director, this year’s Oscars should have been an opportunity for China to take a victory lap. Instead, the annual ceremony is becoming something else in one of the world’s largest film markets: a thorn in its side. The developments are turning a potential moment of easy Hollywood harmony into a political flash point and underlining the growing comple...

The potential for critical comments from Chloe Zhao and others has Beijing opting out of live-streaming the Academy Awards broadcast.

Review: Two Distant Strangers highlights stellar class of Oscar shorts Oscar-Nominated Short Films program, a favorite on the Detroit Film Theaters annual calendar, unfolds virtually beginning Friday Adam Graham A White cop and a young Black man are caught in an endless cycle of violence in "Two Distant Strangers," an invigorating "Groundhog Day"-style tale with a social justice twist, and one of the highlights of the 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films program.  Even in an off year for the Oscar...