Culture

Chinese artist Shu Yong, a member of the Chinese Artists Association, has been following the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in his own unique way since the opening ceremony on February 4: painting an artwork each day. The painting series, titled “Together for a shared future” after the theme of the Winter Games, combines Olympic imagery such as Olympic and …

Berlinale welcomes African films African films are enjoying a high profile at the Berlinale festival in 2022, with debuts from South Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR) turning heads along with a new take on “Nollywood.” While there are no African films in the main competition at Europe’s first major film festival of 2022, several documentaries and features from …

After more than half a century making acclaimed films with his brother Vittorio, Italian director Paolo Taviani premiered a movie on his own in Berlin on Tuesday at the age of 90. But despite Vittorio’s death in 2018, “he is still with me,” Taviani told AFP ahead of the first screening of Leonora Addio at the 72nd Berlinale film festival. The two brothers initially …

After rooting around in Chinese historical literature, a design team created a stage image related to Jiletian, the flying goddess in Chinese Buddhism, and connected it in a musical performance with Wang Yaping, the first Chinese woman to walk in space. Tuesday marked the traditional Lantern Festival in China. A short music program named Qitianle, meaning music in heaven, was …

The livestream of Jingxiu embroidery Photo: Courtesy of Yongyuan A series of cultural events were held in the Yongyuan culture industry park in downtown Beijing’s Dongcheng district on Tuesday to mark China’s Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year. Taking flowers as its theme, the events included flower embodiments, flower arrangement and floral lantern …

Zhang Li,designer of the “Snow Ruyi” and dean of the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University Photo:Courtesy of Zhang Li After heavy snow on Sunday, the National Ski Jumping Center, also known as the “Snow Ruyi,” lies quietly among the mountains like a graceful poster, shining in the silver world under the glow of spotlights. The unique ski jumping platform …

Literary writer Taranath Sharma has died at the age of 87. Sharma, who suffered from dementia, high blood pressure and diabetes, died at home on Tuesday morning, according to family sources. In Nepali literature, Sharma, who is also an activist of the radical movement, is famous for his works including “Belayat tira baralida”, “ghanaghasya ko ukalo” and many popular masterpieces. …

Living with trauma A Spanish film about the aftermath of the 2015 attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris premiered at the Berlin film festival on Monday, with the actors confessing it was “hard” to relive the trauma of the attack. One Year, One Night, directed by Isaki Lacuesta, is one of 18 contenders for the Golden Bear top …

March’s Oscars will include a new “fan favorite” prize for 2021’s most popular film as voted for by Twitter users, organizers said Monday, seeking to lure viewers back to a ceremony that has seen audiences plummet. The announcement – which will be made during the 94th Academy Awards telecast on March 27 – comes after several crowd-pleasing blockbusters including Spider-Man: No …

China Literature, National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore jointly launched a new online literature platform, the Global Author Incubation Project 2022, on Friday. According to leading online literature platform China Literature, the project aims to provide creative guidance and policy support to online authors worldwide. A preliminary session of the project that took place in 2021 …