Han Jing/Shanghai Daily news
Tickets for the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival will be sold at 23
appointed star-graded cinemas across the city starting on Saturday, the festival
organizing committee said on June 2.
The 11th Shanghai International Film Festival will be held from June 14 to 22
and almost 300 movies will be screened.
The Golden Cup Awarding Party for the film festival will be simplified to a
ceremony. Quake relief themes will be added to the festival.
The appointed cinemas will adopt a ticket-selling network and provide
flexible ticket prices. One yuan (14 US cents) in each ticket sale and a batch
of movie projection equipment purchased from a series of charity screenings will
be donated to quake-ravaged areas.
¡°Ashes of Time Redux,¡±the latest work of well-known Hong Kong director Wong
Kar-wai, who will chair the film festival jury, will be screened at the
festival. All box office revenue will be donated to quake-stricken areas in
Sichuan Province.
Film retrospectives will also be held to pay tribute to celebrated Swedish
director Ingmar Bergman, British director Anthony Minghella, Chinese actor Sun
Daolin and film maker Shao Yifu.