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New Year film offers message of hope and courage By FANG AIQING | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-02-10 08:19 Share CLOSE Lulu Wang's film, Nian, features the beast that, according to legend, is scared off from attacking villagers by Lunar New Year celebration fireworks. CHINA DAILY The latest work of Lulu Wang, Chinese-American director of the Golden Globe-nominated film The Farewell, may surprise audiences with not just its content, but also its production format. Footage for the short film, Nian, made to celebrate Lunar New Year, was c...

" target="_blank" > [by Ent Team] Shunji Iwai's‘Last Letter’ was confirmed of its release in February. ‘Last Letter’  is a pure emotional melodrama that calls memories of the first love of 3 people who were mixed during their school days by meeting again with Jiwhoa, who attended the reunion to announce her order sister's death, and her first love, Inchuan, 30 years ago. ‘Last Letter’  was directly directed by Shunji Iwai based on the novel written by the great director, Shunji Iwai, in 2018, who has long been loved for his warm image using his unique natural light, such as ‘...

Wednesday, 03 Feb 2021 Serene Tan, 29 (left) taking a wefie with her family members at the Chinese New Year decoration in Queensbay Mall, Penang. —Photos: ZHAFARAN NASIB, LIM BENG TATT and CHAN BOON KAI/The Star THE vibrant Chinese New Year decorations put up by shopping centres in Penang will help uplift spirits in these challenging times. Radiating auspicious vibes with gold and red, these eye-catching scenes create an ambience of festivity as the Year of the Ox approaches. With smaller crowds due to the ongoing movement control order (MCO), those who stop by for groc...

Migration China voices fury at the opening of a new visa scheme Enjoy more audio and podcasts oniOSorAndroid. FROM JANUARY 31st Hong Kongers are invited to apply for a new British National Overseas (BNO) visa that leads to citizenship. Peter Chan (not his real name), a photojournalist horrified by the impact a new national-security law has had on the city’s previously freewheeling press, will be among them. “If I have the opportunity to leave Hong Kong, I plan to take it,” he says. The BNO passport created when Britain handed over Hong Kong to China in 1997 conferred few rights. But whe...

His experience as an active regulator as head of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission may transfer to his new post.