Qingdao aspires to become UNESCO City of Film
( chinadaily.com.cn )
Updated: 2017-06-08
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A Film Cities Summit of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was hosted by the Qingdao government from June 6 to 8 to brainstorm ideas and cheer for Qingdao's application to be named a UNESCO City of Film.
More than 100 distinguished guests from the China Film Association, the China Film Group Corporation, CCTV Movie Channel, 1905 (Beijing) Network Technology Co, Qingdao West Coast Development Group Co, five UCCN film cities -- namely Bradford of Britain, Rome of Italy, Sydney of Australia, Santos of Brazil, and Bitola of Macedonia -- as well as China's Beijing and Shanghai, UCCN cities in design rather than film, took part in the event.
A Forum on Film and the Sustainable Development of Cities is held on June 6 at the 1907 Movie Club, the former Qingdao Seamen's Club. [Photo by Wang Yongsen/people.com.cn] |
A Forum on Film and the Sustainable Development of Cities was held on June 6 to discuss issues related to the development of the global film industry, developments and trends in the Chinese film sector and the outlook of Qingdao's film and creative industry.
During the forum, all the film cities and the applicant city Qingdao jointly released the Qingdao Declaration of Film Cities, an initiative put forward in support of the goals set by the UCCN and to promote sustainable development of creative cities.
The Five Film Cities and the applicant city Qingdao jointly released the Qingdao Declaration of Film Cities on June 6 in Qingdao. [Photo by Zhou Guanghui/people.com.cn] |
The UCCN was created in 2004 to promote cooperation between cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development. It currently consists of 116 members from 54 countries, covering seven creative fields: Crafts & Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Music and Media Arts.
The 116 cities work together towards a common objective: placing creativity and cultural industries at the heart of their development plans at the local level and cooperating actively at the international level.
To date eight Chinese cities have joined the UCCN: Shenzhen (2008), Shanghai (2010), and Beijing (2012) are in the catalogue of Design Cities; Hangzhou (2012), Suzhou (2014), and Jingdezhen (2014) are Cities of Crafts and Folk Art; Chengdu (2010) and Shunde (2014) are classed as Gastronomy Cities.
Eight cities so far have been named film cities: Bradford of the UK, Sydney of Australia, Busan of South Korea, Galway of Ireland, Sofia of Bulgaria, Bitola of Macedonia, Rome of Italy, and Santos of Brazil.