Company: Yi Shi Yi Se (Beijing) Cultural Communication Co., Ltd
Country: P.R. OF CHINA
Section: MOVIES & TV FOOTBALL – GREAT CHAMPIONS
Discipline: Soccer
Year: 2016
Director: Billy Starman
Editing: Zhang Yi
Photography: Kit Chung, Sun Yu
Voice Off: Billy Starman
Producer: Billy Starman
Time: 44 min
Projection: Friday 18 November – 16.30 – Sala Terrazzo
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Synopsis
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the Chinese football team does not fare well on international stages. However, the Chinese Super League is popular as ever. With its expanding fan base, professional football has popularised a word: Derby. The word originally means rivalry between local teams of the same city or region, but Chinese association football has created derbies between cities or regions – the ‘Qi Lu Derby’ (between Shandong and Qingdao, the ‘Jing Jin Derby’ between Beijing and Tianjin, even terms like ‘National Derby” between Beijing and Shanghai are thrown into the regional rivalry for good measure.