Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Dec. 4, 2013 photo, Chinese director Sun Zhendong, left, and his crew prepare to film the “Mr. Ball” microfilm near a ...

“Microfilms” are all the rage in China’s film-scape right now. These short films are called “Wei Dian Ying” (微电影), which mostly refers to low budget amateur digital videos hosted on streaming websites ...

Dream team Scarlett Johansson, Matthew McConaughey and Martin Scorsese were gearing up for a blockbuster – but not quite the kind you had in mind. In fact, the Hollywood heavyweights united for a ...

Zhang Rui (front) shooting his first microfilm entitled Glass Tank in Gubei town, an old mountain town in Anhui province. Zheng Jinqiang / for China Daily A couple of school buddies share many hobbies ...

Trying to get a regulatory handle on the burgeoning "microfilm" market, authorities announced a new rule requiring all uploaders of such content to identify themselves online with their real names. By ...

'In 2010 there was a 40 minute film made by young men based on their dissatisfaction for China in the 1980s called Old Boys. It got 80 million views,' says Philip Dodd, chairman of Made in China, a ...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. What better than creative microfilms to tell luxury brands’ stories? STYLE has handpicked 5 luxury microfilms that stand out from the crowd. SERIES 3 ...

BEIJING (AP) — People in China watch them in the subway, on buses, even as they walk down a sidewalk: homegrown short films that are low-budget, intensely popular and accessible to anyone with a ...