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  "The Rescue" film set for Spring Festival screening

  BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- "The Rescue," a new film by award-winning director Dante Lam, is set for release in China on Jan. 25, 2020, the Spring Festival or the Chinese Lunar New Years Day, according to the China Film Distribution and Exhibition Association.File photoThe film depicts the bravery of a maritime emergency response team leader played by Eddie Peng who together with his co-workers rush to the rescue after severe maritime accidents occur.Lam won the 2019 China Film Golden Rooster Award for best director for the blockbuster film "Operation Red Sea.""Operation Red Sea," released in China in February 2018, grossed 3.65 billion yuan (about 530 million U.S. dollars) in total box office revenue.

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  Apple's new Spring Festival film 'Daughter' touches Chinese netizens

  As China gets ready to celebrate Spring Festival, its most important holiday for family reunion, US tech giant Apple Inc looks to better resonate with local people in a new short film for the holiday.Apple unveiled its Spring Festival short film Daughter in Shanghai on Jan 12, 2020. (Photo: China Daily)Titled Daughter, the film was shot on an iPhone11 Pro. It is about three generations of Chinese women coming together at Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan 25 this year.The film was directed by Theodore Melfi, a US producer and film director, and the cinematography was done by Lawrence Sher. It also stars Zhou Xun, one of Chinas leading actresses. In the film, Zhou is a taxi driver. To take care of her daughter, Zhou has to let the girl ride in the taxis backseat while she is at work.Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, posted the short film on Weibo, a Chinese social networking platform, on Saturday, with a line that "there is nothing more special and enduring than the strength and love of family".Melfi said at the films launch event in Shanghai that the iPhone11 Pro is a fantastic tool for storytelling, which has helped him discover new possibilities.The film triggered hot discussion online. A netizen nicknamed "libin" said she was deeply moved and touched by the short movie, because she once met a similar woman taxi driver who has no other choice but to bring her daughter to work. "Life is hard, but the taxi driver did not complain," she recalled.Another netizen said, "I will support my daughter to follow her own will and be herself, just as Zhou does in the movie."Daughter is the third film in Apples Shot on iPhone series. Last year it partnered with director and screenwriter Jia Zhangke to create movie The Bucket. In 2018, it teamed up with director Peter Chan to shoot the short movie Three Minutes, which also was warmly received by Chinese netizens.Daughter came as Apple is working hard to help Chinese consumers b...

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  Annual Spring Festival gala staged in US Houston

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