As domestic film industry rising rapidly, international co-production starts to play a more and more important role in the business. How to better serve international co-production projects is the key that has drawn attention from film professionals. Beijing Huairou Film and TV Industrial Park will establish an International Film Co-production Service Center (IFCSC) in May as the first service center of its kind focusing on providing management and assistance to every aspects in international co-production.
IFCSC will open a green path for co-production projects to expedite the progress and simplify the procedure for application. In addition, all the foreign film workers will have an easier way to get the VISA and to solve other VISA related issues when working in China on a co-production project.
Also, IFCSC will integrate all the services that Huairou Film and TV Industrial Park offers to better serve the international crews, including sound stage, costume, post-production, talents agency, distribution, film festival and etc.
In recently years, there are more than 20 co-production films shot or produced in Huairou, and they were all big box office winners.
Film Wolf Totem is a great example of successful international co-production project