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Despite the booming film industry, young Chinese directors at Shanghai International Film Festival yesterday expressed concerns about the lack of professional directors, poor variety and insufficient investment in non-blockbusters.
"I became a film director because there aren\'t enough of them, especially not in genre movies," said comedian-turned-director Xu Zheng. "I couldn\'t get good roles in other filmmakers\' movies, so I had to direct my own," he said.
China\'s box office grew by 30 percent to 17.07 billion yuan (US$ 2.74 billion) in 2012, and hit 10 billion yuan two days ago for 2013, indicating a box office return for the full year of over 20 billion, double that of 2010.
Xu\'s directorial debut movie Lost in Thailand has delivered a phenomenal return of US$200 million since its release last December in China, topping the box office of movies released in 2012.
Many believed the hilarious movie attracted Chinese audiences largely because the market was overloaded with big-budget costume dramas and a good comedy film was rare.
Xu was among the seven young directors who attended the 赌博app forum themed "Chinese Productivity in the Spotlight: Made by Youth". None of the seven is a professional director and their former professions include writer, scriptwriter, songwriter, actor, actress and producer.
"The majority of Chinese audiences today are young people around 20 years old," said Guo Jingming, a bestselling writer. "So we can\'t make movies like we did in the old days. We have to do something to attract these young people.”
Guo\'s directorial debut Tiny Times, adapted from his own novel of the same name, tells the story of a group of young people and will be released at the end of June.
"The current Chinese film market, despite its revenue, is not mature enough in terms of the variety of genres,"said the forum\'s moderator, veteran director He Ping."We need more genres to satisfy audiences with different demands," He added.