Pekingman shoot: Living proof that China co-production still exists
In addition to a rare pandemic-era China co-production, Streamlined takes a brief look at Asghar Farhadi’s legal woes and the controversial restructure of India’s film-related public bodies.
1. Sino-French co-production Pekingman wraps in China
Earlier this week, Streamlined caught up with Shanghai-based producer Natacha Devillers, currently in lockdown as the city battles Covid, which meant she had time to discuss the China-France co-production she recently wrapped, docu-fiction Pekingman: The Latest Secrets Of Humankind, directed by France’s Jacques Malaterre.
Co-produced by France Television and Chinese broadcaster CCTV, the feature-length production filmed from February 14 to March 22 in the midst of Chinese New Year, the Beijing Winter Olympics and a never-ending pandemic. While this was by no means an easy feat, it does prove that China co-production is still possible and the country is not as hermetically sealed off as it can sometimes appear.
Malaterre, wh…