BEIJING: Veteran Chinese film director Cao Guiqian has expressed her keen desire to enter into a joint venture with her counterparts in Pakistan in order to strengthen people to people contact among the two countries and also enhance their mutual understanding about each other’s culture.
Talking to APP, Guiqian said the strong relationship between China and Pakistan could be further diversified and cooperation in the fields of film production and television drama making can be one of the most efficient modes to achieve the objective.
Inviting producers from Pakistan to enter into joint filmmaking ventures with China, she said this holds tremendous potential as the professionals from the two countries could benefit from each other’s expertise as well as resources and capacities.
“Moreover, performers and technicians with different nationalities working together is again a growing trend to bring people closer to each other,” she commented.
In reply to a question, Cao Guiqian said the venture could only be materialised once a substantial proposal is despatched to her and this is consequently as well as duly placed before the departments concerned of the two countries.
The director, with 21 years of experience in filmmaking, sounded quite confident that any joint Sino-Pakistan film production scheme could go a long way, particularly in view of the relations between the two countries.
To another query, she said cinema making has emerged as a tremendous means of investment that is not merely oriented towards profit making but also catalyst in providing quality and healthy entertainment to the people in general.
“I do look forward to an opportunity to work with competent professionals from Pakistan,” said Cao Guiqian.
Guiqian, also a distinguished opera performer is particularly known for her music videos. She started her career from Shanghai Conservatory of Music and later moved to Beijing Film Academy.
