#  Rediscovering early Chinese Film History: Spanish, Mediterranean and Southern European seminal influence in the genesis of Chinese Film Industry 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **March 3, 2016** 

 04:15PM - 06:15PM EST 

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 **RCC Seminar Room, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

RCC is pleased to announce this talk by [Juan Ignacio Toro Escudero](/people/juan-ignacio-toro-escudero), RCC Fellow and Teaching Assistant at the Department of [Romance Languages & Literature at Harvard](http://rll.fas.harvard.edu/).

For the first time in History, Chinese box-office surpassed North American revenues for ticket-selling in some periods of 2015, becoming the top national market in the world during those weeks, in what seems to be a solid tendency for the coming years. The Chinese market is, notwithstanding, not especially permeable to foreign films, a synonym to Hollywood films in Chinese film-goers’ and industry’s mindset. This was not always the rule. In fact, the foundations of Chinese film industry were set by a handful of foreign pioneers who, years later, made possible the timid endeavours of local entrepreneurs. Among those pioneers, Spaniards led by Antonio Ramos Espejo, were crucial.

**Sponsor(s):** [Real Colegio Complutense](/)  
  
**Contact(s):** [Kim Conant](mailto:///rcc@harvard.edu)



 

 



 

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