China Film Administration
{{Short description|Chinese Communist Party organization}}
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| headquarters = No. 40 Xuanwumenwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
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The China Film Administration (CFA) is an external name of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. The Film Bureau of the Publicity Department is responsible for CFA's work.
History
In March 2018, as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions, the news and publication management responsibilities of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television was transferred to the Publicity Department, which also would the name of the China Film Administration as a one institution with two names.{{Cite news |last=Beach |first=Sophie |date=March 21, 2018 |title=Media, Film, Publishing Put Under Direct CCP Control |url=https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/03/media-film-and-publishing-put-under-direct-control-of-party/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203183934/https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/03/media-film-and-publishing-put-under-direct-control-of-party/ |archive-date=3 December 2022 |access-date=3 December 2022 |work=China Digital Times}} On 16 April 2018, the China Film Administration was officially established.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-16 |title=国家新闻出版署（国家版权局）、国家电影局揭牌 |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-04/16/c_1122688002.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430221744/http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-04/16/c_1122688002.htm |archivedate=2018-04-30 |accessdate=2018-04-16 |website=Xinhua |publisher= |language=zh}}
In July 2024, the China Film Administration announced that all short films may only appear at foreign film festivals or exhibitions if they obtain permits for public screenings.{{Cite web |last=Cai |first=Vanessa |date=2024-07-05 |title=China regulator says short films must follow the script for overseas screenings |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3269352/china-regulator-says-short-films-must-now-follow-script-overseas-screenings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706004814/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3269352/china-regulator-says-short-films-must-now-follow-script-overseas-screenings |archive-date=July 6, 2024 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
Functions
The CFA reviews films and dictates whether, when, and how a movie gets released.{{Cite journal |last1=Fang |first1=Jun |date=2024 |title=The Culture of Censorship: State Intervention and Complicit Creativity in Global Film Production |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00031224241236750 |url-status=live |journal=American Sociological Review |volume=89 |issue=3 |pages=488–517 |doi=10.1177/00031224241236750 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405011340/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00031224241236750 |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |access-date=April 5, 2024|url-access=subscription }}
Organization
According to relevant regulations, the China Film Administration was added as a signboard to the Publicity Department, and the Film Bureau of the Publicity Department is responsible for specific work. The Film Bureau of the Publicity has the following institutions:
- General Office
- Production Office
- Arts Department
- Market Department
- International Cooperation Office