{"id":647135,"date":"2026-06-19T12:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/647135\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:27:09","slug":"womens-snooker-doc-the-queens-of-147-heads-to-shanghai-tv-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/647135\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Snooker Doc ‘The Queens of 147’ Heads to Shanghai TV Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cThe Queens of 147,\u201d a feature-length documentary tracking the parallel lives of two Chinese women in professional and amateur snooker, has been selected for the third edition of the \u201cImage Possibilities Coproduction Plan\u201d WIP program at the Shanghai TV Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeveloped and produced by U.K.-China Film Collab, the project follows world champion Bai Yulu on the international professional circuit in the U.K. and an amateur player named Tian navigating China\u2019s underground snooker scene. The film examines ambition, identity, gender, and cultural exchange through the sport\u2019s long-running ties between Britain and China.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector Lea Pan, who trained in the U.K., will present the project at the coproduction forum on June 23. <\/p>\n

\n\tPan said: \u201cThis film is about far more than sport. Through these women\u2019s stories, we explore perseverance, belonging, and the changing cultural relationship between China and the U.K. We are honored that the WIP program has recognized the project\u2019s potential and look forward to sharing it with international sales agents and distributors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tExecutive producer Hiu Man Chan, who originated the project, added: \u201c\u2018The Queens of 147\u2019 represents the type of cross-cultural storytelling we are committed to developing through U.K.-China Film Collab. Snooker has become an extraordinary bridge between Britain and China via Hong Kong, and this film highlights voices that have too often been overlooked within that story. We are delighted to bring the project to the Shanghai TV Festival. I have always felt the absence of women in this sport as an amateur player myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCurrently in production, the film has shot footage from tournaments in both the U.K. and China, with backing from the World Snooker Tour and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. It is being positioned for international festival, broadcast, and platform distribution.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Shanghai TV Festival runs contiguously with the Shanghai International Film Festival<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Queens of 147,\u201d a feature-length documentary tracking the parallel lives of two Chinese women in professional and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,216409,217983,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-647135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-shanghai-international-film-festival","tag-shanghai-tv-festival","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}