After the end of the war , a second golden age took place , with production in Shanghai resuming , with films such as '' Spring in a Small Town '' ( 1948 ) , named the best Chinese-language film at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards . After the communist revolution in 1949 , previous and some foreign films were banned in 1951 , and movie attendance increased sharply . During the Cultural Revolution , the film industry was severely restricted , coming almost to a standstill from 1967 to 1972 . The industry flourished following the end of the Cultural Revolution , including the " scar dramas " of the 1980s , such as '' Evening Rain '' ( 1980 ) , '' Legend of Tianyun Mountain '' ( 1980 ) and '' Hibiscus Town '' ( 1986 ) , depicting the emotional traumas left by the period . Starting in the mid to late 1980s , with films such as '' One and Eight '' ( 1983 ) and '' Yellow Earth '' ( 1984 ) , the rise of the Fifth Generation brought increased popularity to Chinese cinema abroad , especially among Western arthouse audiences , with films like '' Red Sorghum '' ( 1987 ) , '' The Story of Qiu Ju '' ( 1992 ) and '' Farewell My Concubine '' ( 1993 ) winning major international awards . The movement partially ended after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 . The post-1990 period saw the rise of the Sixth Generation and post-Sixth Generation , both mostly making films outside the main Chinese film system and played mostly on the international film festival circuit
24th Hong Kong Film Awards
24th Hong Kong Film Awards
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