Wong in contention at Golden Goblet

Hong Kong director Barbara Wong is a contender for the Golden Goblet Award at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival, which runs through June 23. Wong's romantic drama, The Stolen Years, stars Bai Baihe, the actress who leads in smash hits like Love Is Not Blind and A Wedding Invitation. It tells the story of an advertising company executive who partly loses her memory and tries to rebuild her relationship with her boyfriend. The film competes with two more Chinese productions among the 14 nominated pictures. Amazing, a homemade 3-D film, stars Huang Xiaoming and NBA star Dwight Howard. Hong Kong action film director Dante Lam presents Unbeatable about a boxer's life. The awards ceremony will be held on the evening of June 23.

Intangible cultural heritage recognized

The Chinese National Academy of Arts and China Oceanwide Group jointly presented the second Xinchuan Awards to 60 people from all over China to recognize their work in passing down intangible cultural heritage. The awardees include inheritors of Chinese music, dance, art, embroidery, crafts and medicine. They were nominated by the intangible cultural heritage safeguarding centers of each province, municipality and autonomous region, and selected by a jury of experts. Founded last year, the awards are presented annually.

Theater managers receive a master class

A master class for theater managers has concluded in Beijing. Twelve experts and managers from theaters and troupes around the world shared with their Chinese counterparts the secrets of marketing, financing, pricing strategies and human resources management at the Central Academy of Drama. More than 40 managers from Chinese art institutions enrolled in the class. Xu Xiang, president of the academy said: "By combining the most advanced management concepts with Chinese culture, we will find the best way to run our theaters and art troupes."

China Daily

(China Daily USA 06/19/2013 page9)