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Academy President Janet Yang Highlights China-Hollywood Bridge at Beijing Film Festival
Academy president Janet Yang discusses cultural exchange between Hollywood and China, sharing insights from her career bridging both film industries.
Yang, whose term as Academy president ends in “a few months,” reflected on her pioneering career bringing Chinese cinema to Western audiences and facilitating major Hollywood productions in China, including Steven Spielberg’s “Empire of the Sun” and Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Last Emperor.” The Academy chief noted significant underrepresentation of talent from Greater China among the organization’s nearly 11,000 members, despite growing recognition of global cinema exemplified by South Korea’s “Parasite” becoming the first non-English language best picture winner in 2020. Looking toward the future, Yang addressed industry challenges including post-pandemic box office declines and artificial intelligence’s impact on filmmaking, while expressing optimism about rising Chinese cultural influence through recent successes like “Black Myth: Wukong” and “The Three-Body Problem” adaptation.
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