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In what can only be described as no surprise, an entirely AI-generated movie out of China has flopped at the box office in the country. Costing $1.5 million, “Sanxingdui: Future Past” only managed to scrape in $181,000 despite flooding theaters with over 10,000 showings on its debut date. According to reports, Bona Film Group, the…

China’s first fully AI-generated feature film opens in cinemas on Friday, in what promises to be a tough box-office test for the country’s booming tech industry as advance ticket sales lag.

Nearly 100 people took more than two years to make the film, which cost more than 10 million yuan ($1.5m). 23 Oct, 2026

The Elephant Odyssey, the first original IMAX documentary focusing on Asian elephants in China, premiered in Beijing on Oct 21, bringing the animals’ stories to the big screen.

ARTS / CULTURE & LEISURE China’s first fully AI-generated feature film to hit cinemas on Friday

American documentary producer Bill Einreinhofer’s love of film began early while in high school, and he admits that his incredible career spanning five decades capturing life through a lens has given him a charmed existence, and one where he still enjoys the art of making documentaries and has been fortunate enough to travel the world…

XinhuaSeptember 15, 20263 min readA three-dimensional laser head is pictured at a technology company in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, Sept. 14, 2026.PHOTO: XINHUA

Watching “Niu Lai” was an experience like no other. The theater was surprisingly busy for a late Sunday-night screening, with a crowd eager to watch China’s most notorious cartoon calf and his mother. For the first half hour, I was surrounded by laughter, fueled by the characters’ crude 3D modeling, wooden movements and facial expressions,…

Everything seemed to be business as usual as filming got underway on a dimly lit set in a basement in Hengdian, a town nicknamed “China’s Hollywood” for its sprawling complex of film studios.

The film, made by a mother and son over five years, has made 17.1m yuan in ticket sales. 18 Aug, 2026