For those of you who missed the April screenings BOOMTOWN BEIJING, during the Singapore International Film Festival, you now have another chance to catch the film at Sinema Old School in the month of July:
Thurs July 3 — 9pm
Sat July 5 - 9pm
Sun July 6 - 7pm
Sun July13 - 5pm
Venue: Sinema Old School
11 Mount Sophia Road
Singapore
For ticketing details contact Sinema Old School
http://www.sinema.sg/oldschool
Our film, Boomtown Beijing made its China debut in Beijing on April 20 2008. Since then, we have done a tour of China’s top universities and screenings in the major Chinese cities of Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xian and Suzhou.
As the 2008 Olympics fast approaches, we return to China’s capital for a series of encore screenings. You now have another chance to catch the film.
Dates:
Sat 5th July, Sun 6th July and Sun 13th July
Sat 21 June and Sun 22 June
Time: 3 - 5pm
Venue: SALUD, 66 Nanluoguxiang, Dongcheng District
Donation: 50 RMB . Proceeds go towards the Library Project Earthquake Relief Program
This series of screenings is presented by Sino Hotel Reservation.com, Salud Bar and MyChinaChannel
We want to say a big thank you to Winser Zhao from Sino Hotel Reservation for doing all the legwork in making this series of screenings happen. Winser first saw the film during the China premiere on April 20th and has taken it upon himself to promote the film so it can be seen by as many people as possible.
Olympics documentary, Boomtown Beijing, makes its debut in the scenic town of Suzhou, thanks to the hard work of Rebecca Trigger from the Suzhou Bookworm, a English lending library, restaurant and cultural events centre.
Date: Fri 13th June
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: The Bookworm
Number 77 Gunxiu lane,
corner of Shiquan Street and Ping Qiao Zhijie.
Suzhou, Jiangsu.
Proceeds go towards the Library Project Earthquake Relief Program
Since the debut of our film in Beijing on April 20th, our Shanghai friends have been asking us, “when will the film be coming to Shanghai?”
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a series of screenings at the ARCH, 439 Wukang Lu, Xuhui near Huaihai Zhong Lu.
Media Preview — Sat 31st, May 8-10 pm. By invitations only. This event is open to members of the media and potential event partners. If you are interested in attending the preview or know of someone we should invite, drop us an email at boomtownbeijing@gmail.com
Public Screenings — 3rd, June and 7th, June (8pm –10pm)
Admissions: 100 RMB per person for movie with free flow of wine. For details, go here
All proceeds will go towards the Library Project Earthquake Relief program.
Watch the trailer for the film here:
Boomtown Beijing: 2008 China Olympics documentary film
We need to say a big thank you to Lonnie Hodge and David Degeest from Culture Fish Media and the Dreamblogue for facilitating this event at the British Consulate in Guangzhou.
We also appreciate Jim Hollington, director of culture and education section at the consulate for lending us the premises and his personal support for the fundraiser.
Date: Wed 14th May 2008
Time: 8pm
Place:
Cultural and Education Section
British Consulate-General Guangzhou
7th Floor, Teem Tower
208 Tianhe Road
Guangzhou 510620
China
All proceeds from event will go towards The Library Project’s Earthquake Relief initiative, to donate libraries and offer education assistance to schools destroyed by the earthquake in Sichuan, China. Details available soon on the Library Project website.
Wed 30th April marks the 100th day in the countdown to the Beijing Olympics. There will be two screenings of Boomtown Beijing on that day in Beijing and Xian, China.
100th Day Countdown Charity Screening in BEIJING
Date : 30 April 2008
Time: 7:30pm — 9:30pm
Place: Passby Restaurant
Add: 114 Nanluoguxiang, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Admission:50 RMB per person. All proceeds are donated to the Library Project, a
charity that builds libraries for rural elementary school students.
RSVP at the Facebook event page here.
100th Day Countdown Charity Screening in Xian
Date: Wed 30th April
Time: 8pm -10pm
Place: Xiangzimen Youth Hostel, Xian
Admission:30 RMB per person. All proceeds are donated to the Library Project, a
charity that builds libraries for rural elementary school students.
RSVP at the Facebook event page here.
There will be a screening of Boomtown Beijing on April 25th at the Beijing Film Academy, China’s largest and most famous film school.
The director, Tan Siok Siok, will field questions from students after the film screening. Boomtown Beijing was made with the help of her students at the film academy while she was teaching a module on international documentary production.
Event: Boomtown Beijing screening at the Beijing Film Academy
Date: Fri April 25th
Time: 2pm
Venue: Beijing Film Academy
The screening is co-organized by the Beijing Film Academy’s student union.
Boomtown Beijing will make its debut in Beijing on Sunday April 20th 7:30pm at Yu Gong Yi Shan
The Brown University Club of China presents this premiere in China’s capital, kicking off a series of charity screenings in cities around the world. All proceeds will go towards The Library Project, a charity that builds libraries for rural elementary school children in China.
The production team, including students from the Beijing Film Academy who took part in the making of the film, will be present at the premiere.
Read Hollywood Reporter news story about premiere here.
Read full events details, go here. We also have an event page on Facebook.
Boomtown Beijing will be screening at the 21st Singapore International Film Festival on the Wed 9th April at 9:15 pm and Sat 12th April at 2pm at the Sinema Old School.More details soon.
Watch the trailer here
10. This documentary about the Beijing Olympics grew out of a module on “International Documentary Production” that the director, Tan Siok Siok, taught at the Beijing Film Academy, China’s famous film school.
9. 4 of the producers on the project are current undergraduate students from the Management Faculty of the Beijing Film Academy. They are led by Chief Producer, Hu Tingting, who graduated from the BFA in 2005.
8. Almost everyone on the production team is a current student or recent graduate of the Beijing Film Academy.
7. The initial idea for the film came about as a result of a conversation among four friend over drinks in Hou Hai, Beijing’s popular night life district. All four go on to play key roles in the production of the film — they are Tan Siok Siok (Director), Hu Tingting (Producer), Zhao Dahai (Director of Photography), Tong Zhijian (Cameraman).
6. One of the sources of inspiration for the film is a series of 19th century Japanese woodblock prints,”36 Views of Mount Fuji” by the artist Hokusai.
5. Filming took place between May to September 2007. Hence the working title of the film was “The Summer Before the Olympics”
4.The director thinks that the first 100 days after the Beijing Olympics would make an even more fascinating documentary.
3. Billboard along the streets of Beijing containing slogans and advertisements about the 2008 Olympics feature prominently in this film.
2. The closing scene of the film was shot on the eve of Oct 1st, China’s National Day and the beginning of week long national holidays dubbed the “Golden Week”.
1. When you google “Beijing Olympics documentary”, the official website of the film Boomtown Beijing is #2 out of more than 87,000 hits.