A Kingold Australian Film Festival, jointly organized by the Australian Consulate-General Guangzhou and Guangdong Hua Ying Sollth Movie Cinema-Line Co. Ltd., is opened this evening (Nov 18) at the five-star level  Fei Yang Cinema in Guangzhou.

The Consul-General of Australia, Mr Kevin Magee, the Counselor for Public Affairs and Culture from the Australian Embassy Beijing, Mr Sean Kelly, the AFI Best Actor Award winner, Mr Sam Worthington, and the renowned Australian cinematographer, Mr Christopher Doyle, will participate in the opening ceremony. The Fei Yang Cinema exclusively screens the ten movies for three times a day from 19 to 28 November.

Sam Worthington jokes that he is pleased to cooperate with Wang Kar-Wai, but Wang could only produce one film in 10 years time.

The Australian Film circle produces an average 20 to 25 feature films per year with an overall production worth of almost AUD 2 billion (equivalent to CNY 12 billion). Australians stands the fourth highest cinema-goers per person in the world. It shows Australians' fever for films. Moreover, Australian film post-production sector earns a world renowned fame. A lot of Chinese big productions including "My Father and Mother", "Happy Times", "Hero", and "House of Flying Daggers" directed by Zhang Yimou, "Big Shot's Funeral" and "Cell Phone" directed by Feng Xiaogang, and "Warriors at Heaven and Earth" directed by He Ping, had the post production work completed in Australia.

The major reason the success that the Australian film industry achieved lays at the numerous and various  educational and training institutions are prevail with international quality to be in charge of the film practitioner¡¯s training programs . Australia keeps its status as a cradle to cultivating movie stars and camera talents for either the Australian or international film circle. For instance, Sam Worthington, the participator to the festival, has graduated from the National institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney.

It is the tenth anniversary purchasing of foreign big-production films for mass screenings in Guangdong, while Hollywood is for long the external productions that dominated the screening market. The Kingold Australian Film Festival renews Guangzhou citizen¡¯s appreciation to Australia films.

Editor: Donald

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