'Foreign' films - From longtang life to kids who missed college

Created: 2008-11-26

Author:Yao Minji

FROM old-time longtangs (lanes) to expat guy meets Chinese gal, expat film makers see Shanghai as a gold mine of stories and opportunities. They love setting eternal themes in the Paris of the East, writes Yao Minji. 

It's maybe tougher for independent Chinese movie makers to film in Shanghai than in better-organized Beijing or Guangzhou, but many foreigners find this metropolis an inspirational, affordable, can-do and easygoing place to make indie films.