Hangzhou-based Chinese production company Midnight Blur Films is poised to make a splash as it attends Filmart for the first time this year, with three titles selected for Haf and three others screening in the market, two of which will compete in the Hkiff. Under the name Parallax Films, it also is involved in international sales and distribution.
The company was co-founded by Cao Liuying, Zhao Jin and Xu Jiahan, academics in literature, philosophy and anthropology, respectively, who met in 2015 while studying abroad in Europe. The three first started a WeChat account for criticism called DeepFocus, which has since become one of China’s major platforms for such writing.
The trio became more interested in getting involved in the film industry after attending foreign festivals. In 2016, the group was hired to do promotion for black-and-white Chinese arthouse films “Mr. No Problem” (directed by Mei Feng) and “The Summer Is Gone...
The company was co-founded by Cao Liuying, Zhao Jin and Xu Jiahan, academics in literature, philosophy and anthropology, respectively, who met in 2015 while studying abroad in Europe. The three first started a WeChat account for criticism called DeepFocus, which has since become one of China’s major platforms for such writing.
The trio became more interested in getting involved in the film industry after attending foreign festivals. In 2016, the group was hired to do promotion for black-and-white Chinese arthouse films “Mr. No Problem” (directed by Mei Feng) and “The Summer Is Gone...
- 3/17/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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