It’s not supposed to be that many people in China admire. Because there is already an Autonomous buses. Because airports are quickly built. Because as someone offers gone mad USA the forehead. There’s just a teeny little Problem. It could be for the Berlinale, a large.
In the basic law reads: “freedom of The press and freedom of reporting by means of broadcasts and films shall be guaranteed. A censorship does not take place.“ The games actually for the Berlin film festival?
The Berlinale has taken over a Chinese contribution to the competition. The official reason is “technical problems in Post-Production”. The Film “Yi miao zhong” (“One Second”) of the award-winning Director Zhang Yimou is set in the time of the cultural revolution, China’s authorities are trying to remain silent. The Protagonist has escaped from a labor camp. The Berlinale has already sold Tickets for the Film; now it shows the appointments just something else. The release process consists of four meaningless sentences.
“We can only refer to the statement of the production company”
I have the press ask you a few questions sent – for example: “According to the Berlinale technical problems in Post-Production,’ the reason for the denial. What technical problems these are?“
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writes the Berlinale: “According to information from the production company, there are problems in post-production – what is the nature of this is not known to us.” Too bad.
Next I wanted to know: “Can you exclude that the cancellation goes back to the political pressure or censorship in China?”
The answer: “We can refer only to the statement by the production company.” Too bad.
The Berlinale, in 1951, founded in West Berlin as a Festival of freedom and high political and moral claims of the self-blessed – acts delivered. Just a pity?
a week Ago has been canceled, a Chinese contribution: the youth film “Shao nian de ni” (“Better Days”) about a gemobbtes school girl. In the program it is, and he felt it was “unsparing critique of society with a fairy-tale love story”.
The Berlinale justified the cancellation: “The Chinese production company has informed us that the Film is still in post-production and not finished on time.”
In China, you can quickly build airports. But critical films, they don’t get done on time.
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– Almut Fischer, the face of the Berlinale to see on each poster – as a bear. A real Berlin-the Film is also her life.
– Black-white-grey, the Berlinale, are-bag this time, like an old Film. After all, wine can be transported in it. The you also need.
The ticket sale is opened – as well as the Drama of the coveted cards. Well, if you know the correct map switch.
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– hat players at the Potsdamer Platz, film trick lovers. For this, you set extra small red carpets.
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