2nd Beijing International Film Festival on April 23-28

The 2nd Beijing International Film Festival will be held from Monday, 23th April to Saturday, 28th April 2012. Ziyi will shine on the red carpet again…

Festival organizers say they will be screening more than 260 films from across the globe over the course of the six-day event while hosting a film market that aims to bridge the gap between China and the international film community. Among the local stars set to grace the red carpet are directors Feng Xiaogang and John Woo and stars Tang Wei, Fan Bingbing, Zhang Ziyi and Jackie Chan.

Source. And don’t forget to visit the official website of the festival.

L’Officiel April Scans

We’ve just added scans from L’Officiel magazine. As always if a kind person who speaks Chinese wants to translate the interview do not hesitate to contact us!

Sophie’s Revenge 2: More Information

A new article (and in English) about Sophie’s Revenge 2.

“After a series of preparations, the new film is planning to kick off at the end of June or the beginning of July,” Zhang said. “The new film is tentatively titled ‘Sophie’s Revenge 2,’ but the plot is more creative than the first one.”

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China Film Director’s Guild Awards – Best Actress

Congratulation to our favorite actress! Ziyi won today the Best Actress award at the China Film Director’s Guild Awards for her amazing performance in Gu Changwei’s film “Love for Life“.

News edited – April 10th
Here is Ziyi’s acceptance speech for the China Film Director’s Guild Award.

The Grandmasters not Ready for Cannes!

It’s a great disappointment for all of us, Deadline revealed that Wong Kar-wai is still shooting his film…

I can confirm that Wong Kar-Wai’s The Grandmasters will not be ready in time despite longtime hunches to the contrary. Vincent Maraval of Wild Bunch, which is handling the film internationally, tells me not only will it not be ready for Cannes, it won’t be ready for Venice or Toronto either as Wong will still be shooting even during Cannes.

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L’Officiel China – April 2012

Ziyi is on the April cover of L’Officiel magazine in China. Take a look at the nice cover…

…and the very glamorous photoshoot.


Sophie’s Revenge 2 – Shooting Starts in June!

Huge surprise! The news is spreading throughout the Chinese web, Zhang Ziyi is involved in a new cinematographic project… Sophie’s Revenge 2. Ziyi is still the main character of the film, she will produce the film and more surprising, she will direct a part of the movie. The story is not what happen after we left Sophie in 2009 but a new story. Yao Chen and Ruby Lin (Sophie’s best friends) will be also be part of the movie. Famous actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan will join the cast. Ziyi also hopes to reunite the previous cast but schedule issues will probably compromise the reunion.

We don’t know yet the name of the director but it looks like he or she is an international director. The shooting will takes place in Hong Kong, Singapore and other places. Shooting is due to begin in June and the film will be released at the end of the year!

And about “The Grandmasters” Ziyi will be in Shenyang at the end of the month to finish the shooting of Wong Kar-wai’s next film.

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Love for Life Screencaps

We’ve added the captures of the latest movie of Ziyi, Love for Life. We’ve also added sceencaps of the documentary Together, filmed simultaneously with the movie, and sceencaps of the making-of.

Love for Life movie

Love for Life making-of

Together documentary