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Time: Saturday, June 29, 2024, 2:00PM-3:30PM (Beijing)

Location: Columbia Global Center Beijing, 1F Core Plaza, No. 1 Shanyuan Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District

Language: English

The globalization of a country's film industry is crucial for its development, cultural confidence, and international impact. Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan's kung fu films brought Chinese cinema onto the international stage and laid the foundation for some present-day Chinese films to travel the world. Despite these achievements, there is still a mismatch between the global influence of Chinese cinema and China's international status.

Columbia Global Center Beijing cordially invites you to a panel discussion featuring Ty Lawson, the Joan Konner Visiting Professor of Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, as well as accomplished industry professionals from China.

This event, part of the Beijing Global Center's Scholar-in-Residence program, aims to explore the critical issue of effectively presenting China's social culture through cinema to a global audience.

Panelists will discuss the positioning and development strategies of Chinese films in the international market, the opportunities and challenges of Sino-foreign co-productions, and examine the cultural discount issues faced by exporting Chinese films.

Moderator

Ty Lawson is a creative global media and education professional experienced in broadcast and digital news as well as filmmaking. He has worked for national and international broadcasters ABC News' "Good Morning America”, NBC’s “3rd Hour Today”, BBC Worldwide, and CCTV’s CGTN Digital division, producing innovative content.

As a filmmaker, Ty has produced more than a dozen short films that have screened at the world’s biggest film festivals including Cannes, Berlinale, and Toronto. He was selected as a Berlinale Talent in 2014. His career has taken him around the world, living in New York, Beijing, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Seoul. He is currently working on a documentary about his own family’s experience with loss and healing in the US judicial system.

Shawn Liu Ye has cooperated with many famous Chinese film directors, such as Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, and Zhang Meng. He graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory with a Bachelor's Degree and then from the Central Conservatory with a Master's Degree. Having studied under Tan Dun (the Academy Award winner of Best Original Music Score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Liu worked alongside him on several projects.

He also collaborates frequently with Hollywood composers such as Peter Golub and Nathan Wang. Shawn's current work includes "Hovering Blade," "The Unfilial Son," and "Heroes," as well as "My Dad is an Alien." German, Italian, and Argentine cinema.

Theo Xu Yang is an animation film producer, investor, and co-founder of Initial F Media. His representative works include the animated films White Snake, Tom & Jerry: the Movie, and Gloria 7 Days Adventure, as well as the film series Vagabonds by science fiction writer Hao Jingfang. Theo has also participated in the productions of Mr. Nian, Tofu, Mosley, and Take Your Mark.

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