formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
The ‘Shaolin Soccer’ spinoff, Stephen Chow’s first film as director in seven years, is projected to earn more than $350 million in its home market, with plans for a U.S. release still in the works. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/stephen-chow-kung-fu-soccer-china-box-office-1236646255/
The winners of the Main Competition at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival have been announced, with the feature film “Atlantic Rhapsody” directed by Zhong Kaifeng (China), winning the top Golden Goblet award. Source: https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/video_a_look_at_the_winners_of_the_28th_shanghai_international_film_festival_in_china
Researchers at Southeast University in China recently developed a new programmable metasurface, an engineered ultrathin material that can manipulate waves in unique ways, which reliably generates dozens of holograms at once. Source: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-programmable-metasurface-generates-dozens-holograms.html
China’s new guidelines push cinemas to add AI concierges, karaoke, and coffee shops as ticket sales slump, signaling a shift toward experiential revenue models. Source: https://ainave.com/tech-news/china-s-film-plus-push-cinemas-as-experiential-hubs-amid-ticket-slump
More than 95 per cent of China’s new microdramas in the first quarter of 2026 were AI-generated, compared with near zero a year ago. Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/ai-microdrama-china-film-industry-actors-jobs-6229191
This video explores the modern challenge of capturing an audience’s attention when movies must directly compete with social media feeds and rapidly advancing artificial intelligence. Source: https://www.citynewsservice.cn/articles/cns/city-news/general/the-code-no-algorithm-can-break-why-true-cinema-always-finds-its-audience-3k0ejjen