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Interview: Italian official calls for Italy-China cooperation in film-making

Xinhua, May 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

An official from Italy's motion picture association Anica has called for more co-productions between China and Italy in the film industry.

Roberto Stabile, head of the International Department and Events of Anica, the umbrella organization for Italian film, audio-visual and multimedia industries, said at the ongoing 69th Cannes Film Festival that the combination of Italy's creativity and China's high technology could yield nice results.

Stabile underlined the importance of China's market, both for Italy's audio-visual sector and the "made in Italy" products.

However, he believed that there were challenges to enter the Chinese market as it requires great patience and professionalism.

He proposed cooperation models which will bring Chinese films to shoot in Italy or make Italian movies starring Chinese actors and actresses. Such models, he believed, would help Italian movies enter the Chinese market.

Stabile also wants to promote vintage Italian movies in China, saying he believed many Chinese audience were attached to some Italian film masters of the past. Endit