Chinese film opens 2023 Asian Film Festival Barcelona

STORY: Chinese film opens 2023 Asian Film Festival Barcelona DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of posters of the Chinese film "Yangzi's Confusion" 2. various of the 2023 Asian Film Festival Barcelona 3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): MENENE GRAS, Director of the Asian Film Festival Barcelona STORYLINE: The 2023 Chinese film "Yangzi's Confusion" by debutant filmmaker Li Jue opened the 11th edition of the Asian Film Festival Barcelona (AFFBCN) on Wednesday. The inaugural film tells the story of the ten-year-old Yangzi, who discovered that her mother gave up the custody of Yangzi after divorce, causing tension between the two. Running until Nov. 5, the festival boasts over a hundred films from 25 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and Spain, some 22 films in this year's festival are from China, five more than in 2022. Twelve of the Chinese films are feature-leng

Floral art exhibition held in Barcelona, Spain

STORY: Floral art exhibition held in Barcelona, Spain DATELINE: May 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): MENENE GRAS, Curator of the exhibition 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): MENENE GRAS, Curator of the exhibition STORYLINE: An exhibition that brings together the works of 24 contemporary artists inspired by Asian interpretations of flowers is being held in Barcelona, Spain. The exhibition, titled "After the fog, the first flowers," runs from April 26, 2023 to Jan. 7, 2024. In its aim of relating the orientalism of modernism and the globalization of art today, the exhibition features artistic forms from painting and photography to video and art installations. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): MENENE GRAS, Curator of the exhibition "Around the world, flowers represent reproduction, and obviously the renewal of nature, thanks to flowers as if they are, in some way, the mother of nature." SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): MENENE GRAS,