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By Mariella Radaelli Yuan Yuan, Shu Huan  and Cristiano Bortone at the China Film Forum in Venice. With China on track to overtake the U.S. as the biggest movie market next year, European filmmakers are increasingly working with Chinese partners. The 73rd Venice International Film Festival, which ran until Sept 10, featured a rich edition of the China Film Forum on Sept 2, a collateral event that opened with a Sino-European content lab. Twelve projects in the forum from China and Europe benefited from tutors, including writers Yuan Yuan and Shu Huan, one of China's most in-demand screenwriters and author of the blockbuster hits Lost in Thailand and Lost in Hong Kong. Shu is working on the script for My Best Friend Andersen, the first China-Denmark production, based on the works of 19th-century writer Hans Christian Andersen. The project, a fantasy romcom primarily targeted at Chinese audiences, is backed by Zentropa China. Yuan is the screenwriter of last yea