China Film Group Corporation

Not to be confused with China Movie Channel (organisation) or CCTV-6.
China Film Group Corporation
中国电影集团公司
State-run film distributor, production company
Industry Cinema
Founded February 1999
Headquarters Beijing, China
Key people
 Han Sanping, Zhang Qiang
Products film
Website www.zgdygf.com

China Film Group Corporation (Chinese: 中国电影集团公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó diànyǐng jítuán gōngsī), abbreviated as CFGC, is the largest[1] and most influential state-owned film enterprise in China. According to Forbes it is a state monopoly that all imported films have to work with. It also runs theaters and finances, produces, and distributes films.[2] In 2014, the company was the largest film distributor in China, with 32.8% of the market.[3]

History

The predecessor China Film Corporation was established in 1949. In 1999, it became the conglomerate China Film Group Corporation built to develop and distribute films in the Chinese industry.[4] It is also the only importer of foreign films in China and a major exporter of Chinese films.[5][6]

Businesses

China Film Group is involved in a variety of businesses which include film and television production, film distribution and exhibition, film importation and exportation, cinema circuit management, digital cinema construction, print developing and processing, film equipment management, film and TV CD production, ancillary products, advertising, property management as well as real estate.[7] China Film group partnered with Crest Digital in 2007, building a 15,000 square meter state-of-the-art DVD and CD manufacturing facility outside Beijing.[8]

Along with the China Research Institute of Film Science & Technology, the group created DMAX, a large-screen film format developed to break IMAX's large-screen monopoly in China.

Subsidiaries

For over a decade, China Film Group's subsidiary, China Film Import & Export Corporation, has been the sole government-authorized importer of films.[6] Another CFG subsidiary, China Film Co-production Corporation, is charged by the SARFT to oversee and manage all Sino-foreign co-productions.

China Film Group's film and TV production units include: the former China Film Corporation, Beijing Film Studio, China Youth Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Corporation, China Film Equipment Corporation, Movie Channel Production Center, Beijing Film & Video Laboratory and Huayun Film & TV Compact Disk Co., Ltd. The company has an animation division, China Film Animation.[9]

China Film Co-Production Corporation

The China Film Co-Production Corporation (Chinese: 中国电影合作制片公司), abbreviated as CFCC, was founded in August 1979.

China Film Co-Production Corporation is authorized by the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT). As a sole agency, CFCC enjoys all rights and liabilities of an individual legal entity. It was founded to administer affairs relating to film co-production, and provide coordination and other services, pursuant to the Regulations on Administration of the Film and the Rules on Administration of the Sino-Foreign Film Co-production (Edict 31,Edict 52 and other relevant rules by the SARFT). CFCC has its precise roles and functions as follows:

Procedures for Sino-foreign Co-production Both Chinese and overseas parties should sign a co-production agreement or letter of intent upon mutual consensus (the Chinese parties should be state-run companies or private ones with co-production credentials).

CFCC has established two offices in charge of general administration and co-production business respectively. The general office takes care of general administration, secretary, finance and human resource matters. The business office takes care of administration, service and coordination of film co-production between Chinese film studios and foreign filmmakers, and hosting foreign crews for making non-feature films in Mainland China.

Films

Each year, China Film Group produces more than 30 feature-length films, 400 TV plays, and 100 telefilms. Its films include The Warlords, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle, A Golden Bear Winner Tuya's Marriage, and Protégé.

Filmography

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References

  1. ↑ Rob Cain (June 16, 2015). "Announcement of China's 'Netflix' May Be The Death Blow For Netflix In China". forbes.com. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hollywood's China Fixer November 12, 2012 Forbes page 127, 128
  3. ↑ "China Film Industry Report 2014-2015 (In Brief)" (PDF). english.entgroup.cn. EntGroup Inc. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.chinafilm.com/gzzy/index_image/20070204/2110.html
  5. ↑ (Chinese) CFGC issues 500m yuan bond to finance digital movie_English_Xinhua
  6. 1 2 U.S. Commercial Service (2013). U.S. Commercial Service, ed. China Business Handbook. Washington, DC: U.S. Commercial Service. p. 68.
  7. ↑ China Film Group: Archer Entertainment Media Communications Incorporated
  8. ↑ www.chinatechnews.com
  9. ↑ Alex Ben Block (May 12, 2015). "China Film Group, Canadian, Kiwi Partners Back 17-Movie Slate (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved May 21, 2015.

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