Editing Cinema of China (section)

==== Notable Sixth Generation directors ====
In the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, two of China's Sixth generation filmmakers, Jia Zhangke and Zhang Ming – whose grim works transformed Chinese cinema in the 1990s – showed on the French Riviera. While both directors represent Chinese cinema, their profiles are quite different. The 49-year-old Jia set up the [[Pingyao International Film Festival]] in 2017 and on the other hand is Zhang, a 56-year-old film school professor who spent years working on government commissions and domestic TV shows after struggling with his own projects. Despite their different profiles, they mark an important cornerstone in Chinese cinema and are both credited with bringing Chinese movies to the international big screen. Chinese director Jia Zhangke's latest film ''Ash Is Purest White'' has been selected to compete in the official competition for the Palme d'Or of the 71st Cannes Film Festival, the highest prize awarded at the film festival. It is Jia's fifth movie, a gangster revenge drama that is his most expensive and mainstream film to date. Back in 2013, Jia won Best Screenplay Award for ''A Touch of Sin'', following nominations for ''Unknown Pleasures'' in 2002 and ''24 City'' in 2008. In 2014, he was a member of the official jury and the following year his film ''Mountains May Depart'' was nominated. According to entertainment website [https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/cannes-picks-asia-most-anticipated-titles-1202751347/ Variety], a record number of Chinese films were submitted this year but only Jia's romantic drama was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. Meanwhile, Zhang will make his debut at Cannes with ''The Pluto Moment'', a slow-moving relationship drama about a team of filmmakers scouting for locations and musical talent in China's rural hinterland. The film is Zhang's highest profile production so far, as it stars actor Wang Xuebing in the leading role. The film was partly financed by iQiyi, the company behind one of China's most popular online video browsing sharing sites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gbtimes.com/chinese-director-jia-zhangke-to-compete-at-cannes-2018|website=gbtimes.com|access-date=2019-11-12|title=Chinese director Jia Zhangke competing at Cannes 2018|archive-date=12 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112043410/https://gbtimes.com/chinese-director-jia-zhangke-to-compete-at-cannes-2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Diao Yinan]] is also a notable member of the sixth generation whose works include [[Black Coal, Thin Ice|''Black Coal Thin Ice'']], [[The Wild Goose Lake|''Wild Goose Lake'']], [[Night Train (2007 film)|''Night Train'']] and [[Uniform (film)|''Uniform'']] which have premiered at festivals such as Cannes and received acclaim abroad.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kenny|first=Glenn|date=2020-03-05|title='The Wild Goose Lake' Review: A Noir Thriller in Wuhan|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/movies/the-wild-goose-lake-review.html|access-date=2021-07-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>