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33 Postcards, the first official film co-production between Australia and China to film in Sydney, has had its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival and its international premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Chinese star of the film, Zhu Lin, won the Rising Talent Award at Shanghai Film Festival and the film also received the Community Relations Commission Award at the Sydney Film Festival.
33 Postcards is the second official co-production between Australia and China to be filmed in Australia.  The film was written and directed by Pauline Chan and stars Guy Pearce and Claudia Karvan alongside Zhu Lin.

The film was produced by Portal Pictures and Zhejiang Hengdian Film Productions in association with IFS Capital Limited and Screen NSW.

Zhejiang Hengdian Film Productions is the third major component of China’s industrial giant Hengdian Group Holdings (after Electric & Electronics, Pharmaceutical and Chemical).  The Group was established in 1975, and their Film and Entertainment business was established in 1996.  It is now the biggest filming base in the world, and one of the fastest growing entertainment groups in China, owning cinema chains, theme parks, sound stages, extensive film locations, comprehensive production servicing, training centres, film development and financing.

33 Postcards was filmed over four weeks in Sydney last year with one week of filming in China at the Hengdian Chinese Film Industrial Park, Zhejiang.    All post-production was undertaken in NSW.
The film was produced by Penny Carl-Nelson, Pauline Chan, Lesley Stevens and Zhijiang Liu. Writers, with Pauline Chan, were Martin Edmond and Philip Dalkin.

33 Postcards tells the story of Chinese orphan, Mei Mei, who arrives in Australia to meet her Australian sponsor Dean Randall and his beautiful family. Instead she finds him behind bars for manslaughter. Mismatched and unloved, both are lost souls but over a roller coaster ride of three weeks each helps the other to grasp their chance at life.

Chief Executive of Screen NSW, Tania Chambers, said:  “33 Postcards is an excellent example of how film can illuminate the shared experiences between the peoples of China and Australia and build on our mutual understanding. Co-productions are a powerful vehicle to strengthen ties between our arts communities and societies more broadly. NSW is proud to be an investor in this film.”