Bursztejn doing third pic with Wang
Producer Sylvain Bursztejn is teaming with Wang Chao for the director's third film, he said Thursday at the 10th annual Shanghai International Film Festival. Their last collaboration, "Luxury Car," made a splash at the Festival de Cannes in 2006, taking Un Certain Regard prize.

Shanghai Film Fest high and dry
A screening of "Flight of the Red Balloon" brought the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival to a gentle landing following the closing Jin Jue awards ceremony at Shanghai's Grand Theater with some of the film's Asian stars making a show of support for their film. The film, written and directed by Hsiao-hsien Hou, has been characterized as an homage to the 1956 Albert Lamorisse classic "The Red Balloon."

Panel: Obstacles, potential in Chinese market
Filmmakers from around the world are eager to tap into the vast potential of China's entertainment market, but many hurdles are still barring the way, panelists said Wednesday at a Shanghai International Film Festival session.

Disney site targets China's mobile market
Walt Disney has launched a new Web site here dedicated to delivering branded games, photos and other mobile content to China's millions of users of wireless devices, the company's technology arm said Thursday.

Big Tudou for ad platform launch
Chinese video-sharing site Tudou.com has launched an online advertising platform executives hope will make the homegrown YouTube competitor profitable.

hanghai's TV fest spotlights animation
The Shanghai Television Festival opened Monday with a new focus on animation and two new award categories that organizers hope will draw greater international attention to the world's biggest potential TV market.

Shanghai pitch session timely
Eight fledgling Chinese filmmakers got a crash course in the pitch from top American film educators this week before testing their new sales skills in meetings with potential investors from around the world.

han headlines anti-piracy campaign
Holding out a firm hand, Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan stares out of an anti-piracy poster for China that was unveiled Saturday at the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival.

arketing, tech talk highlight Shanghai panel
The 10th annual Shanghai International Film Festival seminar "Increasing Film Market Value" drew a crowd of mostly Chinese guests Monday for a discussion of the latest in film business 101, Hollywood-in-China style.

Shanghai Film Festival reinvents itself as gateway event
Filmmakers around the world see the untapped potential of the Chinese film market as a tantalizing tease. With 247 million people, or only 19% of the population, currently able to afford tickets to a modern movie theater, the rest of the country's 1.3 billion people represent something of a holy grail to filmmakers hoping to take full advantage of China's increased interaction with the rest of the world.

Chan headlines anti-piracy campaign
Holding out a firm hand, Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan stares out of an anti-piracy poster for China that was unveiled Saturday at the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival.