Unforgettable Love, a feature directed by New Zealand's Simone Horrocks and China's Wang Lin, has now commenced production in Southern China's Yunnan region.

The start of production was marked by a press conference and official opening ceremony attended by Government officials and leading business figures in the city of Kunming last week.
The project represents a milestone in New Zealand film-making as Horrocks becomes the first Kiwi to work with a full Chinese crew on a project filmed in Mandarin.

Horrocks was invited to co-direct the project following the successful world premiere of her debut feature After The Waterfall in Beijing in 2010.

"After returning home, producer Mr Tan Ligeng, of China Jialong Culture and Communications Ltd, contacted me to say he was impressed by my film and asked if I would be interested in working in China ... after reading the script, which I loved, it was easy to say yes," says Horrocks.

The film which features Shanghai and Tokyo Film Festival award winner Mr. Wang Qianyuan (Best Actor), tells a story of great passion and love, when a girl is forced to choose between two worlds. Horrocks says Unforgettable Love has a universal message that will speak to everyone.

Although the film is not an official co-production, Horrocks believes that the project is an encouraging step towards bringing the two industries together which should be further enhances with the signing of the NZ-China Co-Production agreement last year.

A number of China's leading screen producers will be visiting New Zealand later this year to attend the 2011 Asia-Pacific Producers Network (APN) Symposium, hosted by Film Auckland at UNITEC Mount Albert, November 11-13.

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